Private group transfer
Florence Airport to the Val d'Orcia
Two hours south, and the last forty minutes of it cross the landscape that put this valley on the UNESCO list — bare clay ridges, solitary farmhouses, cypress lines that photograph better than they have any right to.
No deposit, no account, no card details. Tell me the date and the group size and a figure comes back.
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The drive
The first half is fast: the Firenze–Siena raccordo down past Poggibonsi and around Siena. After that the character changes completely. The road south is the Cassia, which drops out of the wooded hills into open country where the fields are ploughed clay and the horizon is a long way off.
Two hours is realistic door to door. It is a long enough run that it is worth building a stop into it, and the obvious ones are on the way rather than off it — a coffee in San Quirico, or ten minutes at a viewpoint on the ridge before Pienza. Say so when you book and it costs nothing.
Landing at Florence Peretola
One terminal, one arrivals hall, and I am inside it with a name sign. For a two-hour onward drive that matters: nobody wants to start it by looking for a car.
The flight is tracked and the pick-up moves with it at no cost. If you are landing late and have two hours still to travel, tell me the address and I will make sure the property knows roughly when you will arrive.
Arriving in the Val d'Orcia
Pienza, Montalcino, San Quirico and Montepulciano are all small hill towns with historic centres closed to traffic, so the drop-off is at the gate rather than at the door for addresses inside the walls. The towns are small enough that this is a short walk, not an expedition.
The bigger practical point is the countryside. A great many people stay at an agriturismo somewhere between the towns, reached by a white road that runs for a couple of kilometres between fields. Those roads are ordinary here. Send me the address as the owner wrote it and it will be found.
The same run also covers
These sit on or beside the same road. If your hotel is one of them, it is the same journey and the same quote.
- Pienza
- Montalcino
- San Quirico d'Orcia
- Bagno Vignoni
- Montepulciano
- Castiglione d'Orcia
Booking this transfer
WhatsApp is the fastest way to reach me — I answer between jobs, and the whole thing usually takes two messages.
- Date and arrival time
- Flight number, if you are landing
- How many of you, and how much luggage
- The exact address you are heading for
Questions about this route
How many people fit in the van?
Up to 8 passengers with their luggage, in a nine-seat Mercedes Vito. Groups of three to eight are exactly what the van is for — you all travel together instead of being split across two cars. For larger parties I can arrange a second vehicle; just tell me the number.
Do you charge per person or per vehicle?
Per vehicle. The price is the same whether there are three of you or eight, which is what makes a group transfer good value — the more of you, the less it costs each. Every journey is quoted on request, so send me your date, airport and group size and the figure comes back.
Which airports do you cover?
Florence Peretola (FLR) and Pisa Galileo Galilei (PSA) are the closest, both a little over an hour away. I also drive to and from Rome Fiumicino (FCO) and Ciampino (CIA), Milan Malpensa (MXP) and Linate (LIN), Bergamo Orio al Serio (BGY), Venice Marco Polo (VCE) and Naples Capodichino (NAP).
Can you drive us to a villa in the middle of nowhere?
Yes — that is most of my work. Hotels, villas, agriturismi and farmhouses down unsealed white roads around Siena, Casole d'Elsa, Chianti and the Val d'Orcia. Send me the address or a map pin and I will find it; if the last stretch is rough, I will tell you in advance.
Other runs on this side of Tuscany
Arriving somewhere else, or heading back out?
Rather type it than chat?
Fill this in and it reaches me the same way — one fixed price for the whole van, usually the same day. No deposit and no account.