Discover our new torud dedicated to wine tasting.
We studied some interesting itineraries for lovers of wine and Tuscan regions. The routes chosen through the beautiful city of Siena until you reach one of the locations (optionally) dedicated to the production of typical Tuscan wines for example Chianti wine area. Book now your wine tasting tour by TAXI NCC ITALY.
Is any wine produced in the Chianti region, in central Tuscany, Italy. It was historically associated with a squat bottle enclosed in a straw basket, called a fiasco (“flask”; pl. fiaschi); however, the fiasco is only used by a few makers of the wine now; most Chianti is now bottled in more standard shaped wine bottles. Baron Bettino Ricasoli (later Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy) created the Chianti recipe of 70% Sangiovese, 15% Canaiolo and 15% Malvasia bianca in the middle of the nineteenth century
The city is known for its enormous historical, artistic, landscape and for his stylistic street furniture units purely medieval, as well as for the famous “Palio di Siena“, which annually attracts curious people from all over the world. The same Queen Elizabeth showed interest in this equestrian event requesting a representation in England.
In 1995 the historic center of Siena has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Among the most interesting buildings to visit:
- Duomo di Siena
- Battistero di San Giovanni
- Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata in piazza del Duomo
- Basilica dell’Osservanza dedicata a San Bernardino
- Basilica di Santa Maria dei Servi
- Chiesa di San Domenico
- Chiesa di Santo Spirito
- Santuario e casa di Santa Caterina
- Sinagoga
- Casa natale di Giovanni Dupré
- Palazzo Arcivescovile
- Palazzo Bardi alla Postierla, già Castellare dei Forteguerri
- Palazzo Bargagli
- Palazzo Bambagini Galletti
- Palazzo Bianchi Bandinelli
- Palazzo Bisdomini
- Palazzo Bichi Ruspoli, già Castellare dei Rossi
- Palazzo Borghesi alla Postierla
- Palazzo Brigidi
- Palazzo Bonsignore
- Palazzo Celsi Pollini o Palazzo del Vescovo
- Palazzo Chigi Saracini, già Castellare dei Marescotti
- Palazzo Chigi alla Postierla
- Palazzo Cinughi de’ Pazzi
- Palazzo Comunale
- Palazzo Fineschi Sergardi
- Palazzo Luti
- Palazzo Pannilini Zuccantini
- Palazzo Piccolomini
- Palazzo Reale
- Palazzo Tantucci
- Palazzo Tolomei
- Palazzo del Magnifico
- Palazzo Maccari
- Palazzo della Banca d’Italia
- Palazzo Patrizi
- Palazzo Venturi Gallerani
In our tour you can choose to visit many of the places mentioned above rediscovering the ancient medieval city spaces.
