I Bike Tuscany

Here is your chance to experience in one unforgettable day the "BIG THREE" of Tuscany's top attractions: Biking, wine tasting and cooking class. That's right -- no more tough decisions to make. No more sacrificing one for the other due to time or budget limitations. Now, we're happy to say, you can have it all!

We start out bright and early with pick up at or near your hotel and transfer by van to one of Tuscany's most lovely medieval villages in the breathtaking Chianti countryside. While we prep your bikes you'll have a chance to stroll its historic center, maybe grab a cappuccino in the piazza. Once on our bikes, we'll be pedaling on a gentle downhill through picture postcard vineyards and olive groves, past cypresses and stone farmhouses. With scenery this stunning you'll wonder how it can get any better. And then we arrive at our destination: a charming agriturismo set in a magical landscape; its ancient stone buildings (some dating back to the 11th century) restored with great care and in keeping with their original character. It's like something out of a movie or a fairy tale, and it's here where we'll say goodbye to our bikes and hello to our accomplished chef and teacher who, over the next few hours, will show us step by step and hands-on how to prepare mouth-watering Tuscan dishes using the highest quality local ingredients that are mostly organically grown. And yes, this will be lunch (paired with wines of the Chianti, of course)!

Afterwards your tour continues by van to nearby San Gimignano, UNESCO World Heritage Site and the most famous village in Tuscany. Explore the beautiful streets of this amazing town, also known as the "Manhattan of Tuscany" due to its fourteen medieval stone towers that make for its dramatic and unusual skyline in the bucolic surrounding.

Beginner or not, we're willing to bet it will be one of your best meals in Italy (made by you!), and definitely one of your best days.

Highlights: Lunch paired with wines, quiet country roads, vineyards, olive groves, visit to two beautiful medieval villages and cooking class performed by a professional English speaking Italian chef.

OVERVIEW

ITINERARY

You'll be picked up at your hotel (or nearby) in Florence and transferred by van to the medieval village of Castellina in Chianti in the heart of the gorgeous Chianti Classico wine region of Tuscany. From here we set out on our bikes to our destination where you'll learn all the secrets of handmade (hands on!) pasta, sauce and what not to amaze your friends and family when you get back home. Lunch is paired with wines. After lunch enjoy a visit to San Gimignano. In the afternoon, you will be taken by van back to your hotel in Florence.