Rome to Tuscan Vintages

Arrive at Rome Fiumicino, about 45 minutes by road to the historic centre and transfer privately to your base. Time today to orient yourself around the Pantheon and Piazza Navona in the evening cool.

• Private transfer via Rome Fiumicino
• Orient yourself around the Pantheon and Piazza Navona in the evening cool
• Time to settle in before dinner

A guided morning through the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill on a single timed ticket, following the route the city actually grew along rather than jumping between monuments.

• Timed-entry Colosseum
• Roman Forum and Palatine Hill
• Capitoline Hill viewpoint at the end

An early reserved entry to the Vatican Museums, through to the Sistine Chapel and St Peter's Basilica. Dress code is enforced: shoulders and knees covered. The Museums are closed most Sundays.

• Reserved-entry Vatican Museums
• Sistine Chapel
• St Peter's Basilica and the dome climb (optional)

A walking day through the Pantheon, Piazza Navona, the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps, crossing the river in the late afternoon for Trastevere's lanes and an early Roman dinner.

• Pantheon and Piazza Navona
• Trevi Fountain and Spanish Steps
• Trastevere in the evening

Out to the Via Appia Antica for the old basalt road, the aqueduct park and one set of catacombs, a quieter half-day that explains how Rome fed and buried itself.

• Via Appia Antica
• Catacombs visit
• Parco degli Acquedotti

Drive up from Rome or across from Florence into the Chianti or Val d'Orcia countryside. On arrival, settle into the countryside and take the first evening slowly over a local red.

• Drive up from Rome or across from Florence into the Chianti or Val d'Orcia countryside
• Settle into the countryside and take the first evening slowly over a local red
• Timings reconfirmed locally the day before

Reserved entry to the Uffizi or the Accademia, then the Duomo complex, Ponte Vecchio and the Oltrarno workshops. State museums in Florence close on Mondays, so the day is planned around that.

• Uffizi or Accademia with reserved entry
• Duomo, Baptistery and Giotto's campanile
• Oltrarno artisan workshops

Two estate visits between Greve, Panzano and Radda, tasting Chianti Classico with the people who make it, with a long lunch between them.

• Two Chianti Classico estate tastings
• Panzano or Greve village stop
• Vineyard lunch

The Piazza del Campo and Siena's cathedral in the morning, then south through Pienza and Montalcino for cheese, Brunello and the cypress ridges the valley is known for.

• Siena cathedral and Piazza del Campo
• Pienza pecorino tasting
• Montalcino and Val d'Orcia viewpoints

One last walk through the vines before the drive to Florence or Pisa. Private transfer to Florence Peretola or Pisa in good time for your onward flight.

• One last walk through the vines before the drive to Florence or Pisa
• Late check-out arranged where the hotel allows it
• Private departure transfer