Carmignano Excursion

Explore the Tuscan countryside with an expert

Tour Details

About the Tour

Category: Excursions and Day Trips
Duration: 4 hours
Location: Tuscany

Photos & Highlights

Explore the unspoiled beauty prized by the Medici family including local wines, olive oils, and cheeses
Led by a local expert
San Michele and San Francesco church, Pontormo's Visitation, and Local Winery

Tour Description

Tucked into a valley just north west of Florence, lies the untouched Carmignano region. Frequented by the Medici family since Renaissance times, the area is known for its wine production and its untouched beauty. During this half-day Carmignano Tour led by a local expert, we will have the opportunity to experience the fruits of the region—most notably, its wine, olive oil and cheese production—as well as revel in its striking natural beauty.

Carmignano Tour

After a quick drive from your Florence hotel, we will arrive in the Carmignano. We will first visit the charming city center, whose San Michele and San Francesco church houses one of Pontormo's greatest works, Visitation. We will then head to a private estate, located in the heart of the surrounding countryside, surveying the grounds where the local wine is grown and the ancient cellars where it is stored, and where we will have a tasting of select bottles. If we are lucky enough to visit during the correct season (around November), we may also get to witness the process of olive oil production and visit the estate's frantoio, the traditional olive press used for making olive oil. Some additional Tuscan specialties such as grappa and pecorino cheeses may also be included depending on the availability of the day.

Looking for another Tuscan excursions? See our Siena Tour or Val D'Orcia Tour, which also includes tastings.

At the end of this sensorial excursion into a corner of Tuscany rarely frequented, allowing for an undiluted experience with its landscape, people and products, our docent will accompany us back to our hotel or flat.

NOTE: This tour includes a car service that will pick you up at your accommodation. Please tell us your hotel or apartment address in the 'Additional Details' box while adding the tour to your shopping cart. The price of this excursion includes the round-trip car transportation and wine tastings at the estate.

This excursion is priced for four people. We can accommodate up to six, for an extra cost of 160 euro per person.

Tour Experts

Adrienne

Adrienne has an educational background in art history and cultural management, and she obtained her MA from the University of Budapest. A postgraduate scholarship took her to Indonesia where she wrote her thesis on Eastern and Western cultural interactions. After graduating she started a career in the art world working for museums, art galleries, and a well-known auction houses in London, Venice, and Budapest. In this environment the relationship between art and wine was always in focus. While she was involved in wine auctions, she started her formal study of wine and completed a course with Christie’s Education. She now divides her time between Florence and Budapest. Tuscany is an incredibly inspiring place for her, as she dedicates her career and passion to art, wine, and gastronomy. Currently she is organizing and leading cultural and oenological tours in Tuscany and further afield.

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Wine tasting could have included a bit of food - cheese? - not just a few pieces of bread. Most of the tour was spent in the cellars and no time was spent in the vineyards or anywhere with an over-view of them. I know it was not harvest time, but we did not see any processing place either - for wine or olive oil.

Catherine

Apr. 21, 2014

Very enjoyable.

Carol

Oct. 2, 2012