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Trips and Tours - Exploring Siena, Tuscany and Italy

Villa Piccola Siena is pleased to offer a selection of excursions and tours in central Tuscany. Siena, one of the cradles of mediæval and Renaissance culture, has a wonderfully central location in Tuscany. Set in beautiful countryside, it is within easy tripping distance of some of Italy's most important cities of art.

From your base in the hotel or in Poggiarello Apartments, our well-informed enthusiastic staff will whisk you off to enchanting villages and (steering away from regular tourist trails) show you the splendours of such famous attractions as Siena, Chianti, Montalcino, Florence and San Gimignano.

An active holiday: hot air ballooning, trekking, horseriding, cycling and golf

There can be no more magical way of enjoying the countryside of Siena and Chianti than by soaring overhead in a hot air balloon. Villa Piccola Siena is delighted to offer individual balloon trips and these can also be included with many of the other packages on offer.

This part of Tuscany has a rich and varied countryside, offering plenty of opportunities for an active, outdoor holiday. Villa Piccola Siena offers a variety of speciality holidays so that you don't have to worry about enrollment, transport or equipment rental.

The hotel has close connections with a local golf club and with the fishing association at the local lake of Acqua Borra. Other activities include horseriding, cycling and trekking through the beautiful vineyards, nature reserves and white tracks of Siena.

Food and Wine - The cuisine of Siena and Tuscany

Meal-times are such an important part of Italian life that it is impossible to fully understand the culture of Tuscany without sampling some of the many local dishes and wines.

Villa Piccola Siena offers a chance to dive deep into Tuscan cuisine, with a range of cooking courses and tastings of cheeses, wines, olive oils and other local produce. Agreements with some of the best wineries in Chianti, Brunello and Vernaccia mean that the wine tours are exceptional.

The hotel also offers an excellent 'restaurant-finder' service, with personal recommendations removing the uncertainties of dining at a new restaurant. Since you only get to dine in Tuscany so often, shouldn't every meal be perfect?

Holiday tours, trips and courses are offered by Villa Piccola Siena. If you would like to find out more about your accommodation during your holiday please take a look at the hotel or at Poggiarello Farmhouse Apartments.