Cinque Terre to Siena to Rome...expertise needed!

[brock9281]

Hi, this June my wife and I will be spending 2 nights in Cinque Terre followed by 2 nights in Siena and then 2 nights in Rome. We will be renting a car in La Spezia and driving down to Siena, keeping the car to explore and then turning in before heading to Rome. I would love some thoughts on the following itinerary....

La Spezia > Greve Chianti > San Gimignano > Siena (Day 1)
Siena > Val d'Orcia > Siena (Day 2)

Can anyone recommend a good loop for Day 2? We would like to visit Multipulciano and are open to any other suggestions as we have heard that region is awesome!

Thanks in advance!

[DonnaDenise]

Buongiorno,

Your first day probably be (travel wise San Gimignano comes first)

La Spezia > San Gimignano > Greve Chianti (quaint and on the way - Montefioralle) > Siena (Day 1)

As for your second day:

Siena > Montepulciano (go to the furtherst town first and then head back in) > Pienza > Bagno Vignoni > Siena

Buon Viaggio

[brock9281]

Montefioralle winery is on our list for the trip in from CT. Any suggestions for wineries in the Val d'Orcia region? We like smaller family-run wineries!

[DonnaDenise]

Buongiorno -

I am not that familiar with family run vineyards - but here are a few that you can look into:

Altesino between Montalcino and Buonconvento - historic cantina, beatutiful views. I have been here and they have a nice tour of the cantina

Castelnuovo Tancredi - the last time I was here, the person who did the tour was quite the character (fun type!) The farm is truly amazing.

This is definitely family run - it is a brother sister team, though I personally have never been to see the cantina, it is supposed to be very interesting. Bartoli Giusti

Buon Viaggio