Top Montepulciano Dining Experiences

Learn how to make two types of homemade Italian pasta—topped off by a tasty tiramisu dessert—during this small-group cooking workshop in Montepulciano. Head to the home of a local Tuscan cook and enjoy an intimate class in a group capped at 12 people. A tasting of your creations is included, paired with wine and prosecco.

Find out how Italians eat in Montepulciano during a private lunch or dinner at the home of a local chef. Everything is prepared before you, so you get an insider’s look at traditional family recipes. Be sure to come hungry as the 4-course meal consists of a starter, pasta, main course, and a side dish. Wash everything down with a selection of regional wines.

Roberto knows his pigs one by one; they are raised in a semi-wild state, with carefully selected feed and cereals grown in the Tuscan countryside. The experience is as rural as it is unforgettable; after a walk through the vineyards and the olive grove, you will have the opportunity to interact with "Ciro", the domestic pig, and to meet all his company of Cinta Senese pigs having fun in the mud. after meeting these cute animals (and maybe even taking some selfies with them), it will be time to delight your palate with a tasting platter of Cinta Senese cured meats or a quick lunch based on agricultural products, perhaps collected directly in the garden from you.

Combine a sommelier-led wine tasting with a traditional Tuscan lunch during this gourmet Montepulciano excursion. Sample four local wines paired with regional products from within an authentic, centuries-old underground wine cellar. Then, sit down to a two-course Italian meal of cold cuts, cheeses, and fresh pasta, with vegetarian options available.

WINERY TOURS AND TUTORED WINE TASTING: instructive, cultural and educational winery visits to get in touch with the wine production techniques. You will turn yourself into a superb wine expert

Discover the secrets to Tuscan cuisine during a small-group cooking class in Montepulciano. With the careful guidance of your host, learn how to prepare an appetizer, two types of fresh pasta with sauces, and an iconic dessert. Once everything is ready, sit down with your classmates and enjoy your handmade Italian feast. Afterward, you’re ready to impress your friends and family back home.

Explore a wine cellar in Montepulciano with this tasting and tour. See rows of large oak barrels full of aging wine and learn about how it is made. Taste three local wines alongside pecorino cheese, Tuscan salami, and bruschetta. A small group size offers an intimate atmosphere.

The medieval hilltop town of Montepulciano is set in Tuscany's culinary heart. Experience both the local culture and cuisine with this tour that combines a guided walk through Montepulciano's old town with a number of food and wine breaks. Learn about the town's history and architecture between stops at a local gourmet shop, traditional restaurant, and wine cellar to taste local cheeses and charcuterie, handmade pasta, and wine.

Enjoy 1.5 hours wine tasting experience in an historical cellar in the heart of Montepulciano. Together with an expert sommelier, discover the cellar’s underground of XVI century characterized by vaults and tunnels attributed of Etruscan civilization. Listen the history of this ancient cellar as well as the explanation of the methods and techniques of the wine production. During this journey follows a unique tradition in high quality wine production. Furthermore, discover private collection of old wine bottles tunnel and be amazed by the Etruscan tomb located in the cellar. Then, take part to an exclusive wine tasting experience combined to bread with local olive oil. A sample of four local wines will be served with bread with local Tuscan olive oil. During this experience, you will taste four of the most important wines made in Montepulciano and known all around the world while a professional sommelier will explain you in depth the particularity of those Italian excellencies.

Enjoy a full-day culinary experience in Montepulciano that features a visit to the local market, private cooking class, and 3-course meal. Learn from your chef-instructor about the ingredients in Italian cuisine, then help to prepare three classic regional dishes in your host’s private home kitchen. Top off your class with a 3-course lunch or dinner accompanied by local red and white wines.

Our farmhouse is the perfect location to enjoy, together with the typical Tuscan cuisine, the undisputed charm of the breathtaking panorama that lies on the slopes of the Renaissance village of Montepulciano. It is surrounded by greenery, in an endless expanse of vineyards and olive groves. An ideal place for lovers of Taste and Romantic Atmosphere. On our terrace you can enjoy the vibrant emotions that are given to us by the enveloping touch of summer warmth. All this accompanied by a Tuscan Menu combined with our wines produced in the terroir of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. Our dishes are all inspired by the Tuscan tradition, offer authenticity and seasonality of the ingredients and taking inspiration from local cuisine, they are proposed with particular and captivating reinterpretations. The menu is 4 courses with the pairing of our wines.

WINERY TOURS AND TUTORED WINE TASTING: instructive, cultural and educational winery visits to get in touch with the wine production techniques. You will turn yourself into a superb wine expert You will visit the production area, the aging cellar with its big Slavonia oak casks and the oak barrels, the bottles will ripen, and then, after this winery you will taste, tutored by an expert sommelier, 4 of our wines and our Extra Virgin Olive Oil • Rosso di Montepulciano DOC, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG CRU, IGT Santo Pellegrino • Extra Virgin Olive Oil served on slices of fresh Tuscan bread

Visit a typical Cinta Senese farmhouse in Montepulciano and live an authentic rural experience. Enter in Roberto’s farmhouse, during the path, you will meet Ciro, the domestic pig, and its Cinta-Senese-piglets company. Delight your palate with a typical light lunch paired with fine wine.

Nothing says Tuscany like olive groves and vineyards. Savor the beauty of the Tuscan hills with this al fresco lunch under the olive trees at a farm just outside Montepulciano. Take in views of the Valdichiana and Val d’Orcia countryside while relaxing over a four-course meal featuring Tuscan specialties paired with the estate’s own wines. Opt to relax by the pool or in the spa after your meal (extra charge).

Get a glimpse into an authentic Italian kitchen with a private half-day cooking class inside a home in Montepulciano. Choose between a morning or afternoon start time and learn about creating Italian specialties from scratch. Cook three regional recipes during a hands-on class and taste everything you prepare alongside a glass of local wine.

We know that planning your dream trip to Italy could be time-consuming. We know that guided group tours seem to be convenient, as they generally include expert guides that provide interesting background information on every place you visit. But you are strictly limited in time.  On a self-guided tour with Aurea-Travel.com you’ll have everything you need to get the most out of your holiday - an organized tour and freedom to explore Italy at your own pace!

A horseback riding to slowly explore, in the open air, the most beautiful and panoramic places of the Valdichiana. Would you like to surprise your partner? Instead of horseback riding, you can choose a carriage tour! The same path and services, but you will be lulled by the carriage. Write us and we will be able to organize the best romantic experience!

Visit and lunch to a winery producing Vino Nobile di Montepulciano: an ideal tour to match the discovery of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano with the traditional local gastronomy.

Tuscan cooking class at the farm: together with the local housewives, you will undertake a typical local cooking course, cooking dishes that are simple and tasty at the same time, typical of the sharecropping period. All the ingredients of the course are selected according to seasonality and focusing on local zero-miles productions.

You will experience in first person a unique experience in search of the precious truffle with a tour on the wood trails.

Wine lovers experience in Montepulciano: perfect experience in Montepulciano for real wine lovers.

Let’s pick up the olives! From the olive to the olive oil mill, alongside with the local producers.

Bike tour exploring the wonders of the Tuscan countryside on Barlettaia's Path between Montepulciano and Pienza. On the path you will discover beautiful landscape and places between Valdichiana and Val d'Orcia and you will taste typical products.

Let's make pizza with this experience in Montepulciano: have fun learning how to prepare a perfect homemade pizza, a good and genuine one with your family. A country farmhouse, in a typically Tuscan atmosphere, will welcome you, making you feel at home. Experience for childrend and adults!