Tours in tuscan countryside
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Tours in tuscan countryside
Does it work to hire a driver without a guide to visit hill towns (pienza , montalcino dairy farms ) and arrange to do tastings with the places on your own or do you need a guide with the driver
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You can walk side-to-side in Pienza in less than 10 minutes so will be easy to do on your own. Visits to farms and vineyards would have to be scheduled as they are more working type than Napa Valley type (although a few have regular tastings).
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I never heard of anyone wanting to visit dairy farms in Tuscany. It's not a big dairy region. I just did a quick search, and didn't see any dairy farms near Montalcino that had visits. In fact, I found only one dairy farm in the area.
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My understanding is that there is a difference between
Licensed drivers and licensed tour guides . Especially in indoor spaces like museums only licensed tour guides can take you in and provide information . Technically drivers are only supposed to drive . After doing more reading it seems like in places like tuscany where there is less interior touring and more driving through the countryside , the driver can do both if you get a driver who is knowledgable about the area .
Also as far as the dairy farm :I was looking to find a place that makes their own cheese on the premises . Maybe that is not called a dairy farm .
We are staying in siena for three nights . Still searching for a driver "guide" that won't cost a fortune to take us around the southern part of Tuscany. Thank you
Licensed drivers and licensed tour guides . Especially in indoor spaces like museums only licensed tour guides can take you in and provide information . Technically drivers are only supposed to drive . After doing more reading it seems like in places like tuscany where there is less interior touring and more driving through the countryside , the driver can do both if you get a driver who is knowledgable about the area .
Also as far as the dairy farm :I was looking to find a place that makes their own cheese on the premises . Maybe that is not called a dairy farm .
We are staying in siena for three nights . Still searching for a driver "guide" that won't cost a fortune to take us around the southern part of Tuscany. Thank you
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Here's something on cheese making.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserR...a_Tuscany.html
http://www.thekitchn.com/a-visit-wit...alcetti-196178
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserR...a_Tuscany.html
http://www.thekitchn.com/a-visit-wit...alcetti-196178
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Is there a reason you won't rent a car and do this by yourself? It's incredibly easy. You can't visit a museum and make sense of it without a private guide?
I agree about the "dairy farms." Not exactly what Tuscany is known for. And that's totally different from a cheese maker.
I agree about the "dairy farms." Not exactly what Tuscany is known for. And that's totally different from a cheese maker.
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>>> Especially in indoor spaces like museums only licensed tour guides can take you in and provide information . Technically drivers are only supposed to drive .<<<
That's more for sites like Pompeii, the Vatican Museums, etc. where you have to be licensed to guide inside.
If you are looking for places that make cheese, then it's Pienza surroundings towards Montepulciano (Pienza is known for it's pecorino) and not Montalcino as much which tends to be about the Brunello wines.
http://www.caseificiocugusi.it/azienda.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7jZhDM51CU
The tourist offices in Pienza or Montepulciano would have a list.
That's more for sites like Pompeii, the Vatican Museums, etc. where you have to be licensed to guide inside.
If you are looking for places that make cheese, then it's Pienza surroundings towards Montepulciano (Pienza is known for it's pecorino) and not Montalcino as much which tends to be about the Brunello wines.
http://www.caseificiocugusi.it/azienda.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7jZhDM51CU
The tourist offices in Pienza or Montepulciano would have a list.
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I second Luca.
>>Still searching for a driver "guide" that won't cost a fortune to take us around the southern part of Tuscany.<<
Would give people more to go on if you put an actual amount on what you're willing to spend. Obviously, "a fortune" means different amounts to different people.
>>Still searching for a driver "guide" that won't cost a fortune to take us around the southern part of Tuscany.<<
Would give people more to go on if you put an actual amount on what you're willing to spend. Obviously, "a fortune" means different amounts to different people.