We did the day tour to Siena, San Gimignano with Alessandro. He was an amazing tour guide! Very…read moreknowledgable, energetic, & kind, & you could tell he wanted to make sure we had the best experience possible. Siena's Cathedral alone was worth the trip!

Had a great Cinque Terre Walk About tour with our guides Naomi and Luca. Both brought their…read morepersonalities and knowledge of the area to the tour. You should be proud to have them as employees. Since they went the extra mile and smile, I have a little suggestion. It's best done to the Aerosmith song "Walk this Way". Enjoy... Walk About ( To the song Walk this Way by Aerosmith) Cinque Terre lovers There's a tour like no other Who can fill with your day with so much fun From the bus to the train Their always there to explain As you travel town to town in the sun Always with a smile They go the extra mile Naomi and Luca should really be praised For the hard work they do I have a suggestion for you How bout giving them both a raise Walk About We all shout Without doubt Don't cop out Just give them a raise Seaside villas Lined up and down the hillas Stretching up the Italian Coast With breath taking views So many we never knew An experience we all will boast Speaking for the rest These two really gave their best A credit to your industry by far So maybe tomorrow You can give them some more Euros And on Yelp I will give you 5 STARS Walk About We all shout Without doubt Don't cop out Just give them a raise

Mano was our tour guide during our stay in Florence. It was well-organized, and filled with so many…read morehistorical and fun stops along the way. We started early around 7AM, grabbing a bite to eat at the train station where we met up, before embarking on our adventures. Our first stop was at Pisa where we spent about an hour taking pictures of the leaning tower, as well as the Duomo cathedral. Next stop was the Cinque Terre, which we got to visit and see 3 out of 5 islands since 2 of them were closed off. The tour did not include lunch, but there was an option to prepay for our lunch or to venture on our own. We opted for the prepaid one since we knew we were limited on time, so that Mano could put in our order for us. Cinque Terre was breath-taking, and words could not sum up the feeling when you come there. It is crowded for sure, but take a moment to be still and look around you. All of the colorful houses were unique and quirky, which made for great background in photos. There is enough time to shop around for souvenirs, and eat gelato (omg, the best)! I only wished we booked lodging here so we could spend more time to explore, but until next time. This tour was amazing, and the group of people we were with were engaging and chill. We each did our own thing, and only met up at each designated spot when it came time. We ended the tour around 8PM, so it was well spent to say the least! Highly recommended!!

My boyfriend and I booked a half day WINE NOT tour with Italy on a Budget and as it was low season…read morein January, we ended up being the only ones on the tour! We were very pleased with the outcome of the private tour and was quite glad the company did not cancel our booking due to the small amount of people. The office itself was very easy to locate, just 5 minutes away from our hotel. Eduardo was our tour guide/driver and he did an excellent job providing useful information and answering all of our questions. The countryside of Tuscany/Chianti region is a beautiful place that is best reached by car. As we all know driving in Italy can be scary if you're a foreigner so we were glad we had Eduardo to drive us. Not only was Eduardo a wonderful tour guide and driver, he also was our photographer during the tour. This man is a jack of all trade! We visited 2 wineries on the tour. The owner of the first winery gave us a wonderful overview of how his winery works and we got to sample cheese, bread, and olive oil along with our wine tasting. The second winery we visited was a smaller, family-owned winery. Here we also got to sample olive oil with bread and wine. In the end we enjoyed both wineries so much my boyfriend and I ordered wines to be shipped back home to the U.S. After a few hours of wine tasting Eduardo drove us back to Florence. We had a nice chat along the way and learned a lot about Italy. If we had more time I would not hesitate to book with this company again. They offer many other great tours at a very reasonable price. Thanks again Italy on a Budget and Eduardo for a wonderful time! My last bit of advice to you is to be sure to have eaten prior to this tour as you will be tasting quite a bit of wine. Enjoy and have fun!

Tomas was very knowledgeable of Assisi, Cortona, and all of Italy. He also spoke English very well…read moreand was very friendly. He was an excellent and very safe driver and knew the area very well. My wife and I highly recommend him as a driver and tour guide.

Absolutely incredible service -- Thomas went above and beyond!…read more We had the pleasure of having Thomas as our driver in Siena, and we honestly couldn't recommend him enough. It was a Sunday in Italy and we were completely stuck with no transport. Thomas arrived in a lovely, air-conditioned van, helped us with our bags, and immediately went out of his way to make sure we had the best possible experience. As soon as we got in the car, he told us all about Montepulciano -- the best vineyards to visit, what prices to expect, and how to get around. We hadn't booked anything, but Thomas contacted his friends and organised everything for us. He even took us to our hotel, waited patiently while we checked in, and never rushed us. He then arranged a taxi to collect us after our vineyard tour and even negotiated the price for us -- something we never asked him to do! At the vineyard, he personally walked us in and introduced us to his friends. Thomas truly saved our day and turned what could have been a stressful experience into one of the highlights of our Italian trip. He was incredibly kind, patient, generous, and genuinely wanted us to have the best experience possible. If you have the option to book this service, do it! And if you get Thomas as your driver, you're incredibly lucky. Thank you so much, Thomas, for making our experience so special!

Five stars for the team at Tuscany Bike Tours. Here's the day:…read more 9:30am Rendezvous at the shop in Florence. Meet your fellow riders. Try to pick out the riders that seem weaker than you. You'll need this info if it snows and you get stuck in the Pyrenees. 10am Take the shuttle bus out of Florence, into the Tuscan countryside. The van seats 8 comfortably. Bonding time with fellow riders...from Canada and the States and Oz. Note that many of them have cycling gear on. Lie to them and say that you competed in the Tour de France in 2012. Wear your seatbelts on the van. (This is Italy.) 10:45ish Tour the castle. Fortify yourself with a little wine. Get fitted for bikes and helmets. Your bike has a name. Remember it. Off onto the Tuscan roads 1pm Enjoy a late lunch at a little roadside cafe. Bruschetta, salad, pasta, lots of wine and plenty of convivial conversation with your fellow bikers. Tell them you were just joking about the Tour de France. Eat a little fruit and some espresso to get you ready for the road again. Try to remember the name of your bike. Was it "Diablo" or "Dianna Ross"? Consider going back in for some more wine while you try to remember. 2pm Another hour or two of biking the countryside. Your route includes an (optional) 2kilo stretch of road straight up Mount Everest. (Okay not really Mount Everest, but it feels like it by the time you are done.) You have the option of tapping out anywhere along the line. It is grueling. Consider giving up. Consider which of your fellow bikers you'll eat first if you've got to survive. Wish that you had done the Tour de France to warm up. Wish that you had not had so much wine. Wish that you never went on a biking tour. Wish that bikes had never been invented. Reach the top and forget all of this in a rush of endorphins. High five the other bikers. Feel better than you've ever felt. Consider buying a bike. Consider watching the Tour de France this year. Consider hugging that guy you were secretly planning to eat if things got really bad. 4pm Return the bikes and get in the van for the trip home. Realize that this was the best thing you've done in Firenze so far. Have a fantastic time talking to the people on your bike tour. Try to put that business about eating the weak behind you. Get lots of great tips from your driver. 5pm Reluctantly say arrivederci to your fellow bikers. Spend the rest of the evening talking about what a great day it was.

My dad and I enjoyed this tremendously. Our tour guide, Ben, was extremely nice and personable. He…read morewanted to know about us, and gave us every fact about what we were seeing. He also explained everything thoroughly, while making sure we were comfortable and safe. Definitely worth the money, meeting a local wine maker and eating at her home was once and a lifetime.

Loved walking around and taking tours and taking in as much as possible as we fill our day.read more

You have to wait way too long in the heat for each bus. Long lines waiting for the bus. Part of the…read moreseats on the top deck are broken and roped off so you can't use them. It didn't seem like the narration went with the tour. It was not nearly as good as we've had in other big cities.

This is a wonderful food tour by an American & Italian dual citizen who's lived in Florence for…read moreover 20 years and has been guiding for most of them. She knows the shopkeepers by first name and by the quality and pricing of their goods. A truly friendly lady who really enjoys her work.

My family and I had a great tour with Alessandro. Florence…read moreis paradise for foodies, and he knew some great places for us to try and was able to explain the background of the food. Some of the old places won't be around much longer, given how things are changing. Taste it while you can. It was a great experience for us, and, if you love food, this will make you happy.

We were a group of 10 visiting Florence. We were very lucky to meet up with Francesca from…read moreFantastic Florence! I found her through a recommendation from a friend. She was very flexible with our schedule and Mother Nature raining on our tour day. We were able to go a few days later. We did a three hour late afternoon tour. Francesca is friendly and knowledgeable. She arranged a boat tour that was incredible! The highlight of the tour! We also walked over to see David. Ask her anything and she knows the answer! Highly recommend!

We spent time with Francesca today and found the time (and money) to be very well spent. She is…read moreboth knowledgable and fun, customizing the tour to those things that interested us most. For example, we wanted to see some "off the beaten-path" sites and she showed us several that we had obliviously passed by the previous day. Francesca was immensely helpful in our quest to better understand Florence and its history.

We booked the 'Sunset Tour - Taste of Tuscany' last minute after finding out about it from our…read morehotel (10% discount with the brochure!), and had no difficulty booking online. Our family of 4 were the only participants, and our guide was early as well, so we were able to get our bikes, helmets & complimentary water bottles right away. Sally was very friendly and extremely patient with my mother, who had not ridden a bike on decades. She gave us very clear instructions on how to efficiently utilize our bike gears, and detailed information on what to expect. She also provided us interesting trivia about the Tuscany region, the manufacturing of olive oil, some local history, and even the scoop on Kanye & Kim's recent wedding. Lots of fun. The first half was mostly uphill, passing by some really magnificent scenery. We enjoyed some delicious wine & bruchetta at a local Villa, overlooking an incredible view that I'm sure the rich residents enjoy everyday. And the return route was an easy downhill with more beautiful sights, stopping by an outlook for some quick snapshots. I really like how this tour does have a little bit of everything in only a short few hours. My only complaint is that the actual sunset didn't happen until after the tour was long over.

There are not enough positive things we can say about this tour. So professional, so fun and…read moreamazing food, lodging and biking! We loved Marco! We stayed in gorgeous accommodations for all three nights that were prearranged. Our first day of biking we got rained out, but Marco was more than willing to offer other options (wine touring, site seeing, etc.). We opted for a long lunch at our gorgeous hotel. The bike tour days were incredible. The scenery was phenomenal as well as the prearranged stops and wine tasting. Our last day of biking ended with thermal hot springs and an amazing lunch. We would do this tour again for sure. Our experience was a 10+++

I did the half day Chianti Tour on my honeymoon and it was a highlight of the trip…read more We met our guide, Rebecca, at a very central location to gather with other participants. There were only 4 other people, which was awesome. The vehicle we took was very large, comfortable, and had fantastic AC. Rebecca did a great job of teaching us a few really cool things but also letting us bond as a group. She broke the ice and really got us all to become a family quickly. Our first winery was lovely. We learned about a few wines, walked around the vineyards, then Rebecca even got her camera out and did photoshoots with each couple! It was awesome! We culminated the visit with a fantastic tasting. The winemaker was very generous with pours and our table had a gorgeous view and incredible aesthetic. The bottles were super reasonably priced and we all got some, though there was no sales pressure. The second winery was part of an agriturisma, where we saw all kinds of animals and parts of the farm. We got a short tour, saw some wine in production, then were set up for a long and amazing lunch. We had 5 courses, tons of wines, and even got to eat with the winemaker and hear more about him. We were all so enthralled and it felt like we had all known each other for years. Both wineries were super accommodating with food for me since I am gluten free. I am confident that Rebecca made very sure to communicate this for me. Overall, we felt like VIPs all day and got such a wonderful experience. I have done many wine tours in my life and this one was the most unique and special. Worth every penny.

Want a great, no fabulous experience in Sicily? Book it with Grape Tours - Rebecca is the queen of…read moreplanning and exceptionally coordinating a fantastic tour. We had amazing wine, food, stunning views, amazing women/local guides at the places we toured. Our group was 16 and at the end felt like family. Highly recommend Grape Tours for any wine adventures - this was my second time and she exceeded my expectations.