What to do and see in San Gimignano, Tuscany: The Best Hidden Gems Things to do

April 3, 2022 Milan Banda

San Gimignano, known as the "city of beautiful towers," had 72 towers in its heyday. Now 14 remain, and, rising above Tuscany's Elsa Valley, they make the town look like a medieval dreamscape. Take in the fresco-covered Collegiate Church, the Civic Museum and the views from atop 177-foot Torre Grossa. Daytrippers from Florence tend to fill up the streets during the day, so for a more up-close-and-personal look at the town, spend the night.
Restaurants in San Gimignano

1. My Tuscan Wine And Tours

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My Tuscan Wine And Tours

Guided wine and food day tour in Tuscany. Tour enogastronomici

2. Pietraserena

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Pietraserena

Guided tours in the cellar and into the vineyards with wine tasting and lunch, cooking courses, wine club, horse riding, "truffle hunting" tour, wine shop, visit of the butcher's shop, a walk through the olive grove and a visit of our olive press with a tasting of different types of olive oils and products derived from olives.

3. Guardastelle Vineyard

Localita Sovestro, 53037, San Gimignano Italy +39 0577 907209 [email protected] http://www.guardastelle.com/wine_tasting_cellar_tour_san_gimignano.html
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Guardastelle Vineyard

Welcome in our house! Walking distance from San Gimignano, one of the most important towns of Tuscany, during the wine tour you'll discover a part of Tuscany that few people knows. You'll understand how is the countrylife in this part of the world. Please check our website for detailed info and email us for reservation and/or questions and special requests. We wait to welcome you, as private or group. Reservation required to tour the farm.

Reviewed By 301karimam

We were so well taken care of by Fausto and Rikkaa. This is a family owned vineyard that makes some incredible wines. We had a great stay here for 2 nights and wished we had booked longer. Fausto helped us with everything from making reservations to recommending masseuses and restaurants. Rikkaa is very well versed sommelier who gave us great winery recommendations as well. However, with all the wines we tried in the region, we liked Guardastelle's wine the best and already bought 6 bottles shipped home!

4. Spread Your Wings Tours

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Spread Your Wings Tours

Tour operator. We organize special tours for small group of people. Truffle Hunting, Cooking Classes, Wine tour, Bike tour, Discovering smells and essential oils, Open air painting lesson, Saffron tours.

5. Il Vicario - Tuscan Cooking Class

Localita Sant_Andrea 1, 53037, San Gimignano Italy +39 0577 941599 [email protected] http://www.ilvicario.com
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Il Vicario - Tuscan Cooking Class

I'm Katia and me and my uncle Fulvio run the Tuscan cooking class in our family Boutique farmhouse Il Vicario. We are 4 km far from the fantastic town of San Gimignano and we teach you how to prepare a real Tuscany meal but most important we teach you how the food should taste. Your meal will be a celebration and a fantastic time to spent in a real Tuscany family.

Reviewed By CTfamilyguy

Can’t say enough about how great Katia was. In a postcard setting, in a home built over a thousand years ago, Katia taught us the art of pasta making. She was able to meet the needs and keep the interest of our group of 6 ranging in age from 10 to 70. And did I mention how yummy our creations were? Best of all we plan to keep cooking together when we get home.

6. Galleria Gagliardi

Via San Giovanni, 57, 53037, San Gimignano Italy +39 0577 942196 [email protected] http://www.galleriagagliardi.com/en
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Galleria Gagliardi

Galleria Gagliardi is an extremely important cultural reference, among the most complete for the permanent promotion and sale of contemporary art: painting and sculpture. Every work is always subject to a scrupulous selection process, with every piece chosen directly in the studios of the artists with whom we work, constantly encouraging them to perform research, renewing their approach, improving their skills in order to present works of the very highest quality.

Reviewed By N2311RHpatrickr

I and my wife were on a recent Tauck tour of Italy and enjoyed the small town of San Gimignano. Much to my surprise I saw this unassuming Gallery and went in to see what was displayed. It was an excellent contemporary and modern showing of excellent French and Italian artists. I bought four works: Ceramic, Bronzes and an oil painting. The works were shipped extremely carefully and I could not be more please. If in San Gimignano it is a must see. Pat Rayes Dallas, Tx, USA

7. Bruno Squartini

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Bruno Squartini

Hi everybody! I`m an environmental guide. I was born in a small but wonderful medieval village near San Gimignano and I am working in Tuscany. My tours range from trips to medieval villages to excursions to geological and naturalistic loci, from visiting landscapes and experiencing rural culture to walks around the typical hill villages along the Francigena Road (San Gimignano, Siena, Lucca, Monteriggioni, Volterra and so on). At the end of my walks, tourists can have lunch or dinner in one of the farms near San Gimignano or in the CHIANTI countryside: olive oil, wine, saffron, cheese, honey are only some of the typical genuine food. While travelling, I always try to establish friendships and create opportunities to learn about the Italian culture: the history and the natural environment of Tuscany in particular. My slow tourist tours are offered to share and spread the richness and beauty of Tuscany's places.

8. Fattoria Il Piano

Localita Montauto San Gimignano - 15 minutes, 53037, San Gimignano Italy +39 320 631 4655 [email protected] http://ilpianowines.com
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Fattoria Il Piano

Come and relax in the fresh air with social distancing with our wines and good food.The vineyards and winery have been lovingly tended by the Carlesi-Zucconi family since 1973. Begin with a stroll through the vines on your guided tour of one of this region's most traditional wineries. See how we make and mature our wines in the underground cantina; then afterwards relax with breathtaking views of San Gimignano and the surrounding bucolic Tuscan countryside while enjoying our premier wines accompanied by local cuisine.

Reviewed By mlamp2013 - Medina, United States

YOU have got to go see this winery/vineyard!!! It is the BEST...and David is wonderful. You can really tell that he cares about wine/food/people. It is an awesome tour of the vineyard and family chapel and then you are served a WONDERFUL lunch! We had about 1.5 hours before checking into our AirBnB, and David let us just stay outside, having some wine and enjoying the Tuscany sun. It was wonderful!!! We bought 2 bottles of his DELICIOUS wine. If you are anywhere near San Gimignano, don't miss this vineyard. It is the BEST!!!!

9. Torre e Casa Campatelli

Via San Giovanni 15, 53037, San Gimignano Italy +39 0577 941419 [email protected] http://www.fondoambiente.it/luoghi/torre-e-casa-campatelli?utm_source=social&utm_medium=tripadvisor&utm_campaign=campatelli
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Torre e Casa Campatelli

Located in San Gimignano, Campatelli is an 18th-century building that features one of the town’s famous medieval towers. The residence of a high-ranking family in the 19th and 20th centuries, Casa Campatelli reconstructs - through its fornitures, decor, paintings and private mementos - the ambience and history of a traditional Tuscan family and society of a bygone age, set against the background of 1000 years of history, recounted with sophisticated digital technology that encapsulates the origin of the legend of San Gimignano, givin visitors a deeper insight unto the town.

Reviewed By g0rd0n250 - San Gimignano, Italy

It is well worth visiting this house early on if you are visiting san Gimignano for the first time- and don’t miss the excellent video presentation. This gives a brief insight into the history of both the house and the town and helps put much of what you see later ( such as the frescoes in the duomo) into context.

10. Agriturismo Cesani

Loc Pancole 82/A, 53037, San Gimignano Italy +39 0577 955084 [email protected] http://www.agriturismocesani.it/#&panel1-1
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Agriturismo Cesani

Cesani's Family and Staff will be pleased to welcome you at Cesani's Winery, located only 5 km from San Gimignano (Siena) in our professional tasting room or on the nice panoramic terrace where you can sit and taste our organic wines, introduced with competence and passion, giving you the opportunity to listen to the history, the producing process and the organoleptic features of all our products. You will taste 2 Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG white wine (the 1st Italian DOC wine in 1966), 1 Chianti Colli Senesi DOCG, 1 Rosso Toscano "Ciliegiolo" and "Luenzo" our best selection of Sangiovese. Tuscan Pecorino cheese and bruschette with our organic extra-virgin olive oil will be combined with all the wines. You will be guided also, in a visit of our simple but efficient estate cellar and make you discover that tradition and technology are for us, inseparable concepts. Simplicity and professionalism are the main features of high-quality wines.

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