"….We had a wonderful time and the apartment was the best self-catering accommodation we have ever stayed in. The welcome buffet and the tuscan meal were excellent…." 09 June 2005, Maragret Banning - UK
"…to the absolutely beautiful grounds and building, to the wonderfully accommodating Gabriele and his family, we could not have selected a better place from which to enjoy Italy. There is no better place to stay and we have made several recommendations to fellow travellers without hesitation…." 15 January 2005, Joe and Vi Adrignola - USA
"… in the most case is the homepage or the prospect better than the reality. Not in your case, I had not thought that your house is so beautiful. At our stay, we feel like in a little castle …" 10 May 2002 Family Brunner - Austria
With the passing of the years and being in close contact with my guests, I have realized that not only is the quality of our structure important but above all are the services offered to our guests.
For this reason, I have decided to put a window in our internet site regarding all the services we are able to offer to our guests in order to give you a wide choice serving every need.
It is an advantage to you to be able to choose a daily program at the time of booking - giving you the security of having a definite program and it also is advantageous to me to offer you this service.
It gives us both the possibility to organize ourselves in time in order to have a better success of the program.
DRIVING GUIDE TOURS
This is a "complete" service, very rare in Italy. This service will permit you to do away with the need of a rental car or other extra services.
For excursions - a person (interpreter/guide) will collect you directly at Le Torri and will accompany you on the discovery of the beautiful treasures, natural and artistic that Tuscany has to offer, with cultural and scenic tours of various types of your choice.
In the evening you will be brought back to Le Torri.
For this kind of services contact:
Dott. Marcello Grandini – International Tour Guide. Best private tourin Tuscany and Italy.
Languages: English, Franch and Spanish.
marcello.tourguide@tiscali.it
Hills and Roads - Private Tours Winery and Medieval villages or your own personal itinerari.
info@hillsandroads.com
Paolo Fanti - Internation Tour Guide
Languages: English, Spanish, French, German & Portuguese. www.masternet.it
GUIDE IN FLORENCE
For a guide in the city, I can recommend "Florence Guided Tours":
info@florapromotuscany.com www.florapromotuscany.com
Via Condotta, 12 - 50122 Florence. Tel and Fax +39 055 210301.
Excellent service honest price!
Walking tour + Academy Euro 40,00 per person
Florence in a day included Academy and Uffizi museum only Euro 70,00
Walking tour Euro 20,00 - Academy Euro 25,00 - The Uffizi Gallery Euro 30,00 Price Year 2008
TOUR GUIDED BUS
Excursions for all of Tuscany departing from P.zza della Stazione Santa Maria Novella on the corner of P.zza all'Unità in Florence.
Tours in comfortable air-conditioned buses.
A professional multi-lingual interpreter will provide you with information on the most interesting artistic, cultural and scenic places in Tuscany, based on your preferences.
Departures from P.zza della Stazione - Santa Maria Novella Florence.
The following options are available:
The city centre of Florence - visit to an historical craft workshop Siena and San Gimignano, Pisa, Chianti area, Lucca, Vinci, Perugina and Assisi Venice, Rome, Orvieto.
For programs and more information visit the web site:
www.caftours.com
CAF Tours
Via Roma, 4 - 50123 Florence - Tel. 0039 055 210612 Fax. 0039 055 2382790.
TOUR WITH A CAR AND DRIVEMAN, WITHOUT GUIDE
For this kind of services contact Alessandro (available car with 4 guests) mobile 0039 3396441133.
Service from Euro 160,00 to 240,00 per day ( 8 houres). Tour with the minvan 8 guests from Euro 270,00 to Euro 320,00, contact Gabriele (Le Torri Vacation Rentals).
ORGANIZED TOURS
If you would like me to organize a complete tour for you, provide me with your requests and your budget and we will organize everything for you.
GUIDED BUS TOURS OF THE CITIES OF FLORENCE, SIENA, PISA, LUCCA AND THE BEAUTIFUL TUSCAN HILLS FROM THE CHIANTI TO SAN GIMIGNANO
I would like to remind you that once you arrive in Florence by bus or car, there are organized tours for the artistic cities like Siena, Pisa, Lucca and excursions to the surrounding countryside like San Gimignano, tour of the Chianti, etc…
For excursions departing from Florence to other cities and the Tuscan countryside, we offer the following services.
Economical solution:
Round trip train service. For timetables visit: www.trenitalia.it
Bus lines departing from Florence. Timetables available att Le Torri reception.
For more information visit: www.sita-on-line.it
Standard Solution:
Organized bus excursions departing from Florence.
SITA bus line offers many types of guided excursions:
Half day excursions to:
Florence City Sightseeing Morning Itinerari, available from Monday until Sunday included.
Florence City Sightseeing Afternoon Itinerari, available on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
Florence by night, available on Thursday afternoon until 11.00 p.m.
Florence on foot. Available on Monday. On request.
Chianti tour on afternoon from lunch time until 07.00 p.m.; available on Monday and Friday
Pisa, available on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Pisa and Lucca, available on Tuesday and Friday
Siena and San Gimignano, available on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
Outlets, available on Monday.
Web-site bus service "SITA" is: www.sita-on-line.it Tel of Florence for information: 055 47.82.1. Free number: 800 37 37 60.
CAF bus line offers many types of guided excursions:
Half day excursions:
Visit of Florence half day in the morning, available every day, all year round.
Discovering Florence walk. In the morning every day, all year round.
Visit of Florence half day in the afternoon, available every day, all year round.
Visit of historic craft workshops in Florence, available on Wednesday and Friday afternoon from 03.00 p.m to 16.30 p.m.
Tour Florence by night with dinner and music, available every day, all year round.
Excursion Pisa, available every day. Only in the afternoon.
Excursion in the Chianti area, available on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Only in the afternoon.
Excursion to the Medici Villas, available on Wednesday and Saturday.
Excursion to Vinci, available on Monday and Thursday. Only in the morning.
Escursioni di una giornata:
Tour Siena and San Gimignano, available every day.
Excursion to Lucca and its Villas, available on Wednesday and Sunday.
Excursion to Perugia and Assisi, available on Wednesday.
Excursion to Venice, available on Tuesday and Friday.
Excursion to Rome and Orvieto, available on Monday and Thursday.
For more information: . www.caftours.it e-mail. caftours@tin.it - C.A.F. , Via Roma 4 – 50123 Florence.
FLORENCE INCOMING offers excursions by bus, but without a guide.
You will be furnished with an audio guide in 5 languages.
1 day excursions to Greve in Chianti, Siena and San Gimignano.
Half day excursions to Pisa.