Celebrate Christine & Alek in Italy

Group transfers to Villa Catignano will be organized for the wedding guests. The scenic countryside between Florence and Siena is the setting of this exciting day, including two jewels of medieval architecture, both enrolled in UNESCO’s world heritage list and some local lavish food and excellent wine. The skyline of San Gimignano, your first stop, is pretty unique, due to the many towers that eminent families built throughout the Middle Ages as a display of power.

By the time your saunter through the center is over, it will be lunchtime, so no better moment to stop at a small, well-cared, family-run wine estate just outside San Gimignano. With the never-too-praised Tuscan countryside in the background, take your time to relax while enjoying a mouth-watering meal paired with a tasting of the wines produced in the estate.

After lunch head for Siena, where your local guide will show you the Duomo’s façade, the magic atmosphere of the cobbled streets, the perfect architectural balance of Piazza del Campo and, last but not least, the special and unique relations that the Senese people have with their contrada and with the Palio, the iconic, although lately controversial, historical horse race in which resides a great part of Siena’s identity.

This evening, the real party will begin as everyone gathers for a group dinner with compliments of Alek and Christine.