Chianti Hills E-Bike Tour with Tuscan Lunch & Two Wine Tastings

Wonderful excursion to see the countryside and taste local food and wine! Great guide and fellow travelers

Beautiful countryside, wonderful wine, a strong e-bike and an outstanding guide. It was a good pace.

I feel bad leaving this review because our guide was nice but this is a honest review of our tour. It felt very unsafe the whole time. Our guide wove through busy city traffic and did not wait for the group. The only reason half our group didn’t get lost multiple times was because one of the other group members noticed the guide wasn’t waiting and stayed back to help the others find their way. We traveled on busy, narrow, dangerous roads the entire way to the wine tasting. The bikes were in poor condition and every single group member was covered in oil on the back of their legs that was VERY hard to get off and one bike had so many issues that the guide had to ride it instead, making that person use the guides bike which seemed heavier than the rest of the bikes because of the bags hanging on it to hold one bottle of water for each member of the group. The bikes didn’t have baskets, water bottle holders or anything so it was hard to bring your own source of water, sunscreen, or belongs, which were all extremely necessary due to the intense heat. Thankfully when one of the bikes broke the same group member who waited for the others, was also able to fix the bike, with out that person we would have been stuck waiting for the company to come replace, or fix the bike. The guide did not know how to fix it. Multiple people in the group fell or crashed because of how uneasy the road conditions were, leading to cut legs and arms. We left the tour early before the last wine tasting stop because we were so anxious about our safety and exhausted. I will say, the winery we stopped at for lunch was great and simple food. Very needed by the time we arrived, although others in the group were underwhelmed by the amount of effort put into the food. It was toasted bread with their home grown olive oil, a few meats, pasta, and a tart bar for dessert.

Our guide made the tour so great! He was patient and fun

We absolutely loved our e-bike tour! I’m writing this a month later, so I can’t recall our tour guide’s name, but he was wonderful; friendly and very knowledgeable with historical information. We took a route up into the Chianti Hills above Florence, through back roads and scented countryside. Stunning views, two wine tastings, one with lunch and one down in the city with snacks. This was one of the highlights of our month long trip to Italy. I would highly recommend it, if you enjoy biking, good food and wine, and exploring the region.