Wine Tasting FirenzeWine Windows Walk with Tasting, Florence
The buchette del vino are drunk from on this walk rather than photographed. Over two and a half hours a local guide leads a small group between hatches in the historic centre that still serve to the street, hands the glasses out through them, and finishes with a seated tasting of Tuscan wine and appetisers. Florence Specialists runs it for $114.69 per adult, meeting at Via Ricasoli 119r, 50 metres from the Accademia entrance. It holds 4.8 from 66 reviews. This Florence wine windows tour is the other city option, and it reads differently beside the full wine tasting in Florence comparison.
About This Tasting
Via Ricasoli 119r, 50 m from the Accademia entrance
2.5 hours
Pours through the wine windows plus a seated tasting
Bruschetta, cheeses, prosciutto and salami; vegetarian option available
4.8 from 66 reviews on GetYourGuide
$114.69 per adult, read in August 2026
Listing at a Glance
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- Tour name Florence: Wine Windows Walk with Wine Tasting and Appetizers
- Operator Florence Specialists Small Group Tours
- Booking platform GetYourGuide
- Product ID 399121
- Starting price $114.69 USD per adult
- Price last checked August 2026
- Rating 4.8 out of 5
- Review count 66 reviews
- Review source GetYourGuide verified bookings
- Duration 2.5 hours
- Where it goes Florence historic centre
- Departure times Afternoon and evening starts
- Tastings Pours at the wine windows plus one seated tasting
- Wines poured Window pours + a seated tasting
- Food included Tuscan appetisers at the seated tasting; vegetarian plates on request
- Extras Non-alcoholic version available on request
- Transport On foot through the historic centre
- Pickup / meeting point Hotel pickup and drop-off included
- Expected return About 2.5 hours after the start
- Group size Small group
- Guide language English
- Minimum age None stated; wine is served and a non-alcoholic version is available on request
- Difficulty Easy walking on cobbles — comfortable shoes advised
- Wheelchair access None stated
- Tips Not mentioned on the listing
- Cancellation Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start time
- Reserve now, pay later Yes — no payment at booking
- Weather Runs in the rain — the pours are at street windows, the tasting is seated indoors
- Good to know Wine windows are working businesses, not an attraction; the walk buys pours rather than access
- Closest alternative here Historic cellar tasting
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Quick answer What a buchetta actually is, where this one meets, and what the 2.5 hours buy
The wine-windows walk is a 2.5-hour guided walk through central Florence with wine served through the historic buchette del vino, followed by a sit-down sampling of Tuscan wine and appetisers led by a wine expert. It meets at Via Ricasoli 119r, down the street from the Accademia Gallery and 50 metres from its main entrance, off the corner of Piazza San Marco. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included. Tuscan samples are bread with bruschetta, cheeses and cured meats — prosciutto and salamis — with a vegetarian option of Italian-style pickled vegetables, and a non-alcoholic version for anyone who wants the history without the wine.
Key takeaways
- The pours are the point: standing at a hatch with a glass is the thing you cannot arrange by walking past one
- It ends seated with a wine expert, so it is a walk and a tasting rather than a pub crawl
- Vegetarian plates and an alcohol-free version exist — ask at booking, and flag allergies to the server
- Over 300 wine windows are catalogued across Florence and Tuscany; only a handful serve
- Rated 4.8 from 66 reviews, and hotel pickup is included, which is unusual for a walking tour
The Buchette, and Why Most of Them Are Shut
A sales counter, not a curiosity
The wine windows are small arched openings at waist height in the stone faces of Florentine palazzi. Wine-producing families used them to sell bottles from their own estates straight to the street, without the buyer coming in and without the seller keeping a shop. Several reopened after 2020 for precisely the same reason they were useful in the first place: a glass changes hands with nobody going indoors.
The Associazione Buchette del Vino has catalogued over 300 references across Florence and Tuscany and fixes a brass plaque to the ones it authenticates. Most of what you pass is bricked up, converted, or a decorative copy — the plaque is how the real ones are told apart.
Which ones serve, and when
Windows the association lists as serving through the hatch include Vivoli, Babae, Cantina de' Pucci, Divin Boccone, Pietrabianca and La Buchetta. They pour in the aperitivo hours, roughly from six in the evening, and not on demand at eleven in the morning.
You can absolutely do this alone: find three, drink standing, look for the plaques. What the walk adds is that the pours are arranged rather than hoped for, someone explains which family owned which hatch, and the group ends up seated with a wine expert instead of wondering where the next one is.
Doing it alone instead? The wine windows map lists the addresses, the plaque test and which hatches still serve.
Practical Notes Before You Book
The meeting point is precise, which helps
Via Ricasoli 119r is on the street that runs down from Piazza San Marco past the Accademia — the listing gives it as 50 metres from the gallery's main entrance, off the corner of the piazza. That is one of the few unambiguous meeting points among the tastings compared here, most of which say only that the point varies with the option booked.
Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, which is rare on a walking tour and mostly useful if you are staying outside the centre.
Shoes, heat and rain
It is cobbles for two and a half hours, and the listing asks for comfortable shoes. In July and August, when Florence averages 32°C, an evening slot is the humane choice — the month-by-month chart shows why the city walks beat the coach days in high summer.
Rain does not cancel it: the pours are at street windows under overhangs and the tasting is seated indoors.
What Travellers Say
Short excerpts from verified GetYourGuide reviews of this listing, with the month they were left.
The wine window tour was one of the highlights of our holiday. We now notice wine windows everywhere!
Questions About This Tasting
Can I find the wine windows without a tour?
Yes. The association's brass plaques mark authenticated windows, and Vivoli, Babae, Cantina de' Pucci, Divin Boccone, Pietrabianca and La Buchetta are among those serving through the hatch in the evening. The walk arranges the pours and the history, which is what you are paying for.
What is served at the seated tasting?
Tuscan wine with bread and bruschetta, cheeses and cured meats — prosciutto and salamis. A vegetarian plate of Italian-style pickled vegetables is available, and the operator asks that allergies and intolerances be flagged to the server.
Is there a version without alcohol?
Yes — non-alcoholic beverages can replace the wine, which makes the walk workable for a mixed group or anyone who wants the buchette history without the drinking.
How much walking is involved?
Two and a half hours on cobbles in the historic centre, at a stopping pace rather than a march. Comfortable shoes are on the listing's what-to-bring line for a reason.
Does the walk include hotel pickup?
Yes, pickup and drop-off are included — unusual on a walking tour and worth using if you are staying beyond the centre.
Page last reviewed August 2026. Price, rating and review count read from the listing on August 2026. Prices, availability and terms are set by the operator and confirmed at checkout.
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