Wine Tasting FirenzeChianti Hills Half-Day Tour with Wine Tasting
Seven wines at one winery, an olive-oil tasting and a stop at a vinegar producer, for less than half the price of anything else compared here. Sightseeing Experience runs this five-hour Chianti half-day by Gran Turismo coach with Wi-Fi and a multilingual escort, from $38.40 per adult. The trade is visible in the listing: no meals, no hotel pickup, and you meet at the operator's desk inside Santa Maria Novella station twenty minutes before departure. It holds 4.5 from 833 reviews. If cheap wine tasting Florence is the search that brought you here, this is the listing that answers it — against every wine tasting in Florence compared on this site.
About This Tasting
Sightseeing Experience desk inside Santa Maria Novella station, 20 minutes early
5 hours
Seven wines at one winery, plus olive oil
Gran Turismo coach with Wi-Fi; no hotel pickup
4.5 from 833 reviews on GetYourGuide
From $38.40 per adult, read in August 2026
Listing at a Glance
The same fields appear on every tasting page here, read from the operator's own GetYourGuide listing in August 2026. Prices, availability and terms are set by the operator and confirmed at checkout.
- Tour name From Florence: Chianti Hills Half-Day Tour with Wine Tasting
- Operator Sightseeing Experience
- Booking platform GetYourGuide
- Product ID 395231
- Starting price $38.40 USD per adult
- Price last checked August 2026
- Rating 4.5 out of 5
- Review count 833 reviews
- Review source GetYourGuide verified bookings
- Duration 5 hours
- Where it goes Chianti hills
- Departure times Morning and afternoon departures in four languages
- Tastings One winery tasting of seven wines
- Wines poured 7 at one winery
- Food included Typical Tuscan products alongside the wines; no meal
- Extras Vinegar-factory visit and an olive-oil tasting
- Transport Gran Turismo coach with Wi-Fi
- Pickup / meeting point No pickup — meet 20 minutes early at the Sightseeing Experience desk inside Santa Maria Novella station
- Expected return 5 hours after the start
- Group size Large coach group
- Guide language English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian departures (Portuguese for the escort only, not the cellar talk)
- Minimum age None stated; a free 0–3 rate must be selected for infants
- Difficulty Light walking; the order of visits may change
- Wheelchair access None stated
- Tips Not mentioned on the listing
- Cancellation Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start time
- Reserve now, pay later Yes — no payment at booking
- Weather The walk through the vine rows only happens in favourable weather
- Good to know A vinegar producer is part of the route; the stop includes a shop
- Closest alternative here Chianti wineries by coach
Check Dates and Availability
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Quick answer Seven wines for $38.40, and the three things the price leaves out
The Chianti hills half-day is a five-hour coach trip from Florence with a tasting of seven wines at a winery, tastings of extra-virgin olive oil, a visit to a vinegar factory and — weather permitting — a walk through the rows of vines. Typical Tuscan products accompany the wines. There is no hotel pickup: you meet twenty minutes before the start at the Sightseeing Experience Visitor Center inside Santa Maria Novella station. Departures run in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian, though the listing notes Portuguese is available for the accompanying escort only, not for the explanations in the cellar. The order of visits may change.
Key takeaways
- Seven wines is more than the $57.34 two-winery coach day pours — they are just all at one estate
- No hotel pickup: budget the walk to Santa Maria Novella and arrive twenty minutes early
- No meals at all, and five hours is long enough for that to be felt
- Portuguese speakers should read the small print — the cellar explanations are not in Portuguese
- 4.5 from 833 reviews, the lowest rating in this catalogue and still a solid one
What $38.40 Buys, and What It Does Not
Where the money is saved
Three savings make this price possible, and all three are visible in the listing. There is no hotel pickup, which removes an hour of collection driving from the operator's morning. There are no meals. And there is one winery rather than two, so the coach makes a single stop and the estate hosts one large party rather than several.
What survives the cuts is the wine. Seven pours is more than the two-winery coach day gives you, and the olive-oil tasting is a real one. If the aim is to taste widely for as little as possible, this is the listing that does it.
The vinegar factory, which sounds odd and is not
A stop at a vinegar producer sits in the itinerary between the wine and the oil. Tuscany's vinegars come from the same fruit and the same cellars, and the visit is short. Reviewers mention leaving with a bottle of onion vinegar as often as they mention the wine.
The order of visits may change — the listing says so — which is normal for a coach fitting several stops around a working estate's day.
For the same arithmetic across every option, including what an estate charges at its own door, see what wine tasting in Florence costs.
The Meeting Point Is the Catch
Santa Maria Novella, twenty minutes early
You meet at the Sightseeing Experience Visitor Center inside Santa Maria Novella station, twenty minutes before departure. That is a real constraint if you are staying in Oltrarno or beyond: budget the walk, and remember that the station is at its busiest exactly when the tour leaves.
Every other Chianti listing compared here includes hotel pickup. If you would rather be collected, the $57.34 two-winery day is the closest equivalent with a door-to-door start.
Children and the free infant rate
The listing sets out one piece of admin worth knowing: to reserve a seat for a child under four you must select the free children (0–3) rate at the time of purchase. A child without that rate has no seat.
Older children are not excluded, but this is a five-hour coach trip built around a tasting, and the one-hour city cellar is a far easier afternoon with a family in tow.
What Travellers Say
Short excerpts from verified GetYourGuide reviews of this listing, with the month they were left.
Extremely good value for money and very well organised. Such an amazing way to spend an afternoon.
I loved every bit of it! Ended up buying 2 wines and the onion vinegar too.
Questions About This Tasting
Why is this the cheapest wine tour from Florence?
Three reasons, all in the listing: no hotel pickup, no meals, and one winery instead of two. The wine itself is not where the saving comes from — seven pours is more than most half-days include.
Where does the Chianti hills half-day depart from?
From the Sightseeing Experience Visitor Center inside Santa Maria Novella station, and you need to be there twenty minutes before the start time. There is no hotel collection.
Is the tour available in languages other than English?
Yes — English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian departures run. The listing notes Portuguese covers the accompanying escort only, not the explanations given in the cellar.
Do I get to walk in the vineyard?
When the weather allows. The visit to the rows of vines is listed as conditional on favourable conditions; the tasting, the olive oil and the vinegar stop run regardless.
Can I bring a small child?
A seat for a child under four must be reserved by selecting the free 0–3 rate when you book. It is still a five-hour coach day built around a tasting, which suits some families and not others.
Page last reviewed August 2026. Price, rating and review count read from the listing on August 2026. Prices, availability and terms are set by the operator and confirmed at checkout.
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