Cindy Word

€20 agent discount available on booking deposit for each line

1 Often drivers do not have a POS on board. You can use your credit card(s) at easily found ATM machines to withdraw cash. Your driver can show you where to find one. You get the cash just when you need it. The exchange rate is very convenient and it is the same rate applied when you purchase something with your Credit Card.

Optional service of a professional guide

Group price for 3 hours (minimum): €150  (€30 booking deposit and balance due to the guide in cash at travel time)

Additional hours: €40 payable directly to the guide

Full day licensed professional guide:  group price  €300 (€50 deposit and balance due to the guide in cash at travel time)

Full day licensed professional touristic escort:  group price  €230 (€50 deposit and balance due in cash at travel time)

Tour Descriptions (see 2 tours described below)

Tours Include: full day private excursion by air conditioned modern vehicle. English speaking licensed professional driver with vans.

Do Not Include: Museums or Archaeological sites entrance tickets which must be purchased separately. See here for skip the lines entrance tickets information including suggested entrance times.

DoNot Include: professional licensed guide. Note: While knowledgeable and informative, a driver is not an official guide. Italian laws require that only official licensed guides are allowed to escort people through sites and provide in depth information about them. Please let us know if you need a professional guide.

Pisa and Florence itinerary price: 8 pax van(s) full day, with English speaking driver

Optional Chianti region Wine tasting available (no longer requested but I left it here since it is just optional): 

this option would cost €50 more per vehicle + €10 per person for wine tasting and light lunch. Requires rearranging of schedule

• • Pick up in the morning from the port reaching Pisa after about 30-40 min. We will stop in Pisa directly in Miracle Square ranks as one of the world's loveliest squares where you can admire “La Torre Pendente” The leaning Tower Pisa's majestic Romanesque Cathedral and the unusual round Baptistry. You will have an opportunity to climb the Leaning Tower (takes 30 min). Please see here for purchasing information, and suggested entrance times.

  • We will continue for a 1 hour drive to Florence.   

  • The tour of Florence starts with the wonderful Michelangelo Square where you can enjoy the most beautiful view of the city.

  • The tour continues to the historical downtown area through which the driver will take you providing  an overview.

  • Your driver will drop you off in the historical area where you will be given free time to visit independently the beautiful Santa Croce Square, the Brunelleschi Dome, Piazza della Signoria and Ponte Vecchio the bridge famous for its unique charming appearance and for the fabulous jewelry shops.

  • If interested, you will have time to visit to the Academy of Fine Arts where the Michelangelo’s David is, or Uffizi Gallery. You must have pre purchased skip the lines entrance tickets (not included in the tour price). Please see here for purchasing information and suggested entrance times.

  • Your drive back to Livorno will take approximately 1.5 hours.

  • Return to indicated drop off location off location at approximately 5 to 5:30pm

Itinerary details are indicative and may need to be changed by the driver in case of heavy traffic or any other unforeseen situation. If a particular condition, needing a change in itinerary, should arise, your driver would explain the situation and provide you with alternative suggestions. NOTE that, upon request, the itinerary can be customized according to your specific needs and/or preferences.

Siena, Sangiminiano and Winery stopand: 8 pax van(s) full day, with English speaking driver

Proposed Itinerary (may be reversed or rearranged as needed)

NOTE that the itinerary can be customized and coordinated directly with the driver according to your specific needs and/or preferences.

• • Pick up in the morning from the port right at your ship's pier. Your day trip takes you through the picturesque countryside of the Chianti region, a magical landscape of cypress trees, vineyards and olive groves you'll recognize from Renaissance paintings. On your tour of the medieval walled city of Siena, you'll visit the cathedral and its museum, and admire Piazza del Campo, one of the most beautiful squares in Europe. There will be free time for you to enjoy lunch in Siena (not included).

  • Your tour continues to San Gimignano, a tiny city that has survived the centuries. Hilltop San Gimignano is famous for its numerous skyscraper-like towers, frescoes and other art treasures. You will have free time to explore this fascinating city.

  • Opportunity for a Group or Private Wine Tasting experience at the Tenuta Torciano Wineyard at San Giminiano. The cost for this will be €25 per person more(to be paid in cash directly at the winery) (select ''Add a reservation for the Wine Tasting Experience'' above).

  • On the way back, through the ample coach windows, you will be able to admire the ancient medieval village of Monteriggioni, enclosed by its famous still-intact walls.

Itinerary details are indicative and may need to be changed by the driver in case of heavy traffic or any other unforeseen situation. If a particular condition, needing a change in itinerary, should arise, your driver would explain the situation and provide you with alternative suggestions.

OLD INFO (REMOVED and stored here for reference)

Buses (have limited access) with Italian speaking driver