San Gimignano Tours, Tickets, & Excursions

Get out of restaurants and cooking classes and into the outdoors for a truffle hunt. With this tour, a guide and truffle-hunting dogs take you to look for white and black truffles while teaching you to identify the trees they grow on. After the hunt is complete, have a lunch of traditional Tuscan food products, and taste local wine, olive oils, vinegar, and truffle oil.

Take a deep dive into Tuscany's traditional cuisine with this farmhouse cooking class. Connect with a local host and learn how to prepare a number of classic Tuscan dishes in her family kitchen, based on recipes passed down through the generations. Roll up your sleeves and make a selection of starters, first and second courses, and dessert, then sit down to a celebratory meal featuring the fruit of your labors.

Discover the art of pasta making and other Italian cooking techniques at a 2-hour class in Tuscany. Visit a winery and learn to create three varieties of pasta plus other Tuscan classics, with guidance from a chef. Then, savor your creations for lunch or dinner. Afterward, enjoy an estate tour and tastings of 15 home-made winery products, including wines and olive oils. Choose a lunchtime or evening class, with no hotel pickup or drop-off included.

Add a dose of adventure to your wine-tasting with this exhilarating horseback ride around a Tuscan vineyard. Gentle enough for beginning riders, the tour includes hands-on instruction. Discover scenic, hilly trails with your guide as you work up an appetite. Then, settle down for a four-course meal made from fresh regional products, from truffle lasagna to roasted meats. You’ll finish with a tasting of local reds and whites from the on-site winery.

Sip on wine in San Gimignano during a Tuscan wine and food tasting. Try varietals such as Brunello di Montalcino, Vernaccia, and Chianti Classico, and learn about the distinct Tuscan winemaking regions as you drink. The tasting session is complemented by your choice of food. Select a winemaker option to include some light snacks, or upgrade to include a light lunch or dinner.

The ideal treat for wine aficionados, this special tasting excursion gives you exclusive access to San Quirico Winery, overlooking the stunning hill town of San Gimignano. Sample five organic labels, including Chianti and Vernaccia, and enjoy a tasty market lunch composed of local meats, cheeses, and breads. Small-group tours also included a guided visit of the winery’s cellars and a behind-the-scenes look at the winemaking process.

Combine your San Gimignano sightseeing with a taste of the local terroir on this organic winery visit. Go behind-the-scenes at the family-run farm and vineyard, tour the facilities, and then indulge in a generous wine tasting. You’ll also sample locally made olive oils, and enjoy a classic Tuscan feast of bruschetta, pasta, and more. Choose from lunch or dinner tours to best suit your schedule.

Visit a family-owned winery in San Gimignano for a tour of its prestigious vineyards, followed by a tasting session and lunch. Owned by the esteemed Giachi winemaking family, the Tenuta Torciano estate is dedicated to the production of the vernaccia grape, which is then turned into San Gimignano’s famous wine. Visit the estate’s unique spiral vineyard, sample several varietals of Tuscan wine, then take a seat for a 4-course lunch of local specialities.

This experience is a full immersion in the wine and Evo oil world, the focus is not the food but what we produce with so much passion. Relax in our garden watching the city of San Gimignano from an amazing perspective, taste our organic wines and olive oils paired with some homemade simple snacks.

Guided tour of the farm structures: vegetable garden, orchard, vineyard, olive grove, vinsantaia, historical cellar, collection of tools from the farming world. Tasting of 3 wines of your choice from our production: - "Casa Lucii" DOCG Vernaccia di San Gimignano; - "Mareterra" DOCG Vernaccia di San Gimignano reserve; - "Spicchio" IGT rosé Tuscan; - "Fuscelli" DOCG Chianti; - "Senarum" DOCG Chianti Colli Senesi; - Purus" IGT Rosso Toscano, without sulphites; - "Arturo" Tuscan Red IGT. The tasting is accompanied by a taste of our organic extra virgin olive oil, cheese and cold cuts produced by local farms and accompanied by vegetables from the garden and finally will be served as dessert DOC Vinsanto del Chianti 2013 and Tuscan Cantuccini.

Get out into the Tuscan countryside on a small-group horseback riding tour near Montieri. Ride through charming towns, verdant meadows, and pretty woods with your guide. Best for riders with at least intermediate experience.

With medieval villages hidden among rolling hills and dense forests, the Tuscan countryside is an outdoor adventure-lover’s dream destination, with plenty of opportunities for exciting exploration. On this beginner rider’s tour, delve into the Tuscan wilderness on horseback and see the best of Tuscany from the saddle. With all safety equipment included on your tour, enjoy a scenic introduction to the sport of horse-riding.

Discover the Tuscan countryside on this all-day horseback riding tour. Designed for experienced riders, you’ll explore the wild region of Maremma Toscana, crossing wooded areas and small rivers and traveling past medieval villages. The horses are reliable and sure-footed; there are several opportunities to trot and canter. A picnic lunch is included.

With this experience, we decided to give importance to all aspects of wine. Balsamic vinegar is one of its derivatives and, it is produced with the grape must (freshly crushed grape juice with all the skins, seeds, and stems). Sitting and relaxing in a magical and warm atmosphere, you'll get the chance to experience this precious product, understand how to use it in different dishes, and learn how it's produced. Everything will also be paired with the tasting of our organic wines and extra-virgin olive oils & balsamic vinegar

San Gimignano, with its rural, hillside atmosphere, is a great place to sample Tuscan food and wine. This tour pairs Tuscan wine tasting with an elaborate Truffle-based meal at a family-run olive farm and vineyard. The meal is led by one of the farmers, who explains the characteristics of the wines and their organic production. The farm is within walking distance from the center of San Gimignano, so you can walk right over.

Enjoy a private vineyard tour with organic wines and extra virgin olive oil tasting and light lunch. Be fully immersed in a real Tuscan farm surrounded by the Tuscan countryside.

The Cesani family and our staff are pleased to welcome you to Pancole, just 5km from the historic center of San Gimignano, where you will have the opportunity to sit and taste the company products presented with skill and passion, and thus have the opportunity to to know the history, the production process and the organoleptic characteristics of all the productions that the Cesani family offers. The tasting includes 5 wines of our production (2 Vernaccia di San Gimignano and 3 Red Wines) and our extra-virgin olive oil. A taste of pecorino cheese and other traditional goodies will accompany the presented wine. The guided tour of the modern and rational winery will allow you to discover that tradition and technology are an inseparable combination for the production of great wines from organic grapes. Simplicity and professionalism are fundamental characteristics to obtain products of the highest quality.

If you have fallen in love with handmade Italian pasta in Tuscany but don’t know how to recreate this crowd-pleaser at home, learn the secrets to making fresh pici, tagliatelle, gnocchi, and traditional sauces during this Tuscan cooking class. Visit your host’s vineyard and olive grove, enjoy a wine tasting and sample of extra-virgin olive oil, and end your class with lunch or dinner in the rustic family kitchen to enjoy what you’ve prepared.

Take a private pizza-making class in Tuscany and learn to make delicious and traditional Italian pizza. Follow the instructions of your chef and learn how to prepare this world-famous dish learning traditional Italian techniques. Then sit down to the friends of your labor and sample a variety of regional wines, olive oils, and vinegars to complement your delectable pizza.

San Quirico Winery is a family-run winery located in the Tuscan Hills, just outside of San Gimignano. On this tour, gain an insight into Tuscany’s winemaking heritage as you tour the winery and vineyards, then enjoy a gourmet wine-tasting lunch. Sample a selection of five red and white wines, accompanied by regional specialties such as bruschetta, Tuscan soup, cold cut meats, and cheeses.

The wine tasting at Casa Emma allows you to spend wonderful time and to live a unique experience in the Chianti Classico area. Thanks to one of our wine experts, you will have the chance to learn the philosophy of the company and the stages of the vinification process. This experience takes please in our beautiful terrace, completely surrounded by the peace of our vineyards. We will make sure that you have a unique and memorable experience.

Visit an organic winery for an exclusive private tour complete with a balsamic tasting and light lunch. Walk from the San Gimignano town center to explore a family-run farm where both grapes and olives are grown. Taste several organic wines alongside a light lunch including bruschetta, pasta, and a range of pecorino cheeses.

San Gimignano is a small and historical medieval village and only with a local licensed guide you will enjoy easily its culture, buildings and history.

Tuscany is Italy’s gastronomic heartland and a cooking class is the perfect way to discover the region’s rich culinary traditions. On this 3-hour small-group cooking class, pick up tips and techniques from a local chef; create traditional recipes such as antipasti, bruschetta, and pasta dishes; then tuck into a delicious homemade lunch or dinner, accompanied by Tuscan wines.