Top Lucca Day Trips - page 3

This tour is including a car at your disposal during the tour, transfer to a beautiful winery in Montecarlo where you can taste 4 different types of wine. After the winery, free time to visit Montecarlo, a magical medieval town that is on top of a lone hill, with an amazing panorama. After the visit, the driver will take you on a different part of the countryside of Lucca to Experience a real Tuscan farm; Among the silence and the scent of the hills, the Farmhouse and its cellars are still intact, just as they were in the 1600’s. It’s in this setting that we want to invite you, where you can learn about our history and the products of the Farmhouse: a taste of the past in Tuscany. Here you will taste local cured meats and cheeses, a bruschetta, a typical first course ‘Lucchese’ dish, a tasting of the Farmhouse’s olive oil with slices of bread and a tasting of 5 of our wines from the Farmhouse . 5-hrs tour. Lunch included

This idyllic combination of our self-tour aboard our Fiat 500s with the picnic lunch of our partner winery will take you on a most authentic journey around unexplored back roads of the Lucchese countryside. Starting from our shop, you will follow our GoogleMaps itinerary to pass underneath the Neoclassical acqueduct and through the lush scenery of Compitese, an area famous for it's olive oil and natural landscapes. Arriving then at the winery, the hosts will prepare for you a picturesque picnic set by the shade of the olive groves. Local cheeses and cold cuts, "giardiniera" style pickled veggies and other Tuscan classics (like bruschetta) will be paired with the wines of the property, in a series of simple pleasures that go a long way. Please note that the picnic has to be paid on the spot and is not included in the price. After lunch you'll continue down the road and over the mountain to arrive at a spectacular viewpoint overlooking the Massaciuccoli Lake, before heading back.