Classic Tuscany Hills and Florence bike tour with lunch

A day riding in the hills to see the best of  Chianti and Tuscany

Would you love to have a bike tour that will take you from the hidden walls and tiniest roads of Florence to the gorgeous countryside of Tuscany, while tasting traditional food and farm-produced wines and olive oil?

Then look no further, our Classic Tuscany tour is the ultimate experience for you!

Our friendly guide will greet you at our office in central Florence, in the less touristy and more traditional Oltrarno area of town.

Your guide will help you pick your bike and helmet. You will then have a briefing for safety and an introduction to the itinerary for the day. The minimum height for this tour is 150cm (4 feet 11 inches) and 14 years of age. If there are younger kids in your group, we tailored an incredible private half-day bike tour, check it out here.

The first part of the bike ride lasts about 2 hours, and it includes uphill sections, so get ready for a bit of calorie-burning! There will amazing panoramic stops to take some photos and learn about local life and nature from our knowledgeable guide to the Bellosguardo area of Florence, where also the most exclusive Villas and unique views over the Renaissance city are located.

Venturing into the Tuscan countryside, we will visit villages like Galluzzo (where you might see the local food market) to experience some local life!

After some more biking, we will reach a beautiful family-run Chianti farm for a tour of the property and a light Tuscan lunch with a tasting of self-produced extra virgin olive oil and of course, wine!

After greeting the owners, we will visit the beautiful fields to learn about natural olive oil harvest and making, as this farm still honors the ancient method of handpicking olives, to then have a peek into the vineyards.

We will then be more than ready for a typical Tuscan lunch made with local ingredients (also from the farm’s vegetable garden and natural herbs) paired with a tasting of olive oil and wine!

After lunch, we jump back on our bikes and start riding again to get back to Florence on a more downhill path that will let you relax and soak into the scenery after a great lunch!

This will be a great day to spend away from the crowds and noise of the city, learn about local life and farming, visit rural Tuscany and Chianti, and have some great fun with our trusted guides and maybe other guests!

We recommend upgrading to an E-bike as there are steep hills on this tour – for an extra €30 per person – Electric bikes might be available if you email us ASAP (limited number available!) – please ask for them if you are not used to biking!