Guided Tours

Castellare di Tonda minibus and our guide will take you to visit the most important places in Tuscany from a historical and cultural point of view, such as San Gimignano, Volterra, Florence, Siena, Lucca and Pisa.

Tourist Routes

San Gimignano: (20 km) Picturesque town on the hill overlooking the Val d'Elsa, in the heart of a flourishing agricultural area. Owing to its intact Medieval aspect, with several towers, monuments and art treasures, it is one of the most attractive tourist destinations in Tuscany. Places worth visiting: Piazza (Square) della Cisterna, Piazza del Duomo, Collegiata with frescoes by Benozzo Gozzoli and Pollaiolo, Piazza del Popolo. Cellole: (15 km) Pieve di Cellole, a Romanesque church just a few kilometres from San Gimignano in the fortified village of Collemuccioli. There are Etruscan tombs nearby (Poggio alla Cittą).

Volterra: (20 km) Etruscan, Romanesque and Medieval town perched on a high hill overlooking Val d'Elsa and Val di Cecina, with the horizon stretching as far as the sea. It is the seat of important alabaster manufacturing activities and boasts several monuments as well as archaeological and art collections. Places worth visiting: Piazza dei Priori, one of Italy's most beautiful squares surrounded by impressive 14th century buildings; the Priori Palace, the municipal Picture Gallery, the Romanesque Cathedral, the Baptistry, the arch Porta all'arco, the Etruscan acropolis, the Medicean fortress named "Maschio", alley Viale dei Ponti, Matteotti street, the Etruscan Museum Guarnacci with thousands of funeral urns dating back to the Hellenistic and Archaic periods, the archaeological excavations of the Roman amphitheatre and the tombs in Valle Bona.

Certaldo: (10 km) Giovanni Boccaccio's birthplace, an agricultural and industrial town in Val d'Elsa. Places worth visiting: the Medieval village with Boccaccio's house and Pretorio Palace.

Castelfiorentino: (10 km) Places worth visiting: the Picture Gallery (next to S.Verdiana church); S.Francesco church (12th century); church Pieve di S.Ippolito (10th cent.); S.Verdiana church (17th century).

Montaione: (2 km) Places worth visiting: in the hamlet of S.Vivaldo, S.Vivaldo monastery (15th century); Roman Cisterna (1st century AD).

San Miniato: (20 km) A bishop's seat, this historic town lies on a triple hillock overlooking the plain of the river Arno. In the Middle Ages it was the seat of the Imperial Vicar. Places worth visiting: S.Domenico in Piazza del Popolo (1330), the Cathedral, the Tower named after Barbarossa, where Pier delle Vigne committed suicide (1249).

Fucecchio: (25 km) Places worth visiting: S.Salvatore Abbey; Collegiate church

Montespertoli: (25 km) Places worth visiting: S.Andrea church (16th century). Monastery and castle of Bottinaccio; Poppiano Castle; Montegufoni Castle, church Pieve S.Pietro in Mercato; Medieval village of Lucardo.

Cerreto Guidi: (30 km) Places worth visiting: Medicean Villa; Parish church of S.Leonardo with Robbiano Baptistry; Sanctuary of S.Liberata.

Empoli: (25 km) Places worth visiting: Collegiate church of S.Andrea (5th-10th centuries); Collegiata Museum with masterpieces from the 14th-16th centuries: S. Stefano church (14th century). In the hamlet of S.Maria a Ripa: Church S.Maria a Ripa (14th cent.). In the hamlet of Monterappoli: Romanesque church of S.Giovanni (1165). In hamlet Pontorme: S.Michele church (12th century).

Vinci: (30 km) Places worth visiting: Leonardo da Vinci Museum. In the hamlet of Anchiano: Leonardo's birth house. In the hamlet of S.Ansano: church Pieve S.Giovanni Battista (10th century).

Montelupo: (35 km) Places worth visiting: Prior's Church of S.Lorenzo (13th century); Medicean Villa dell'Ambrogiana (16th century).

Capraia and Limite: (35 km) Places worth visiting: Capraia Fiorentina Castle; S.Stefano Church.