CHIANTI DAY TOUR - WINE TASTING TOUR IN CHIANTI HALF DAY - FLORENCE TOURS

CHIANTI DAY - TOUR 1 - (half day)

From Florence we procede towards the fabulous countryside of the Chianti region, following the “Wine Road” until Greve where we find a monument to Giovanni da Verrazzano, the explorer who discovered the New York Harbour.  We see Piazza Matteotti with its porticoes, the Santa Croce church, the San Francesco convent and a series of pretty, tiny, shops and wine-cellars. One of the most famous is the butcher shop Falorni, which has been located in the piazza for 500 years.  You can have free samples of  many of their locally produced products.  Many famous people from Hollywood (and you thought they were vegetarians) order beef, salami, and ham from Falorni.  To find out names, just pop in and ask. 
After Greve, we depart for the magnificent castle of Verrazzano, found on top of a gorgeous hill between Florence and Siena, in the heart of the Chianti Classico wine production area. It was originally an Etruscan settlement, then a Roman one, until becoming the property of the Verrazzano family in the 12^th  century. Giovanni da Verrazzano, who discovered the bay of New York and the main part  of the East Coast of America (the suspended bridge in New York with the longest span in the world bears his name) was born here in 1485. At the Castle guided tours can be booked to see the gardens, the centuries-old ageing cellars and, as a curiosity, the wild boar which breed naturally in the surrounding woods. Together with the world famous wines, all the various products of the farm can be tasted, including salted meats and wild board sausage, and the area’s other typical specialities.

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