Guida Turistica di Siena e Provincia - Antonella Piredda

Antonella Piredda is the quintessential tour guide…and so much more! From our first contact online — she came highly recommended by the owners of La Foce — she was professional, responsive, well-informed, skilled, and fun to be with. She is solution-oriented and treated every request or snag with thoughtful suggestions. She thought through the size and needs of our group, designed a week’s worth of delightful, personalized visits and tours to complement our free time. Always ready with recommendations, whether about specific places or the overall smoothness of the itinerary, we were thoroughly pleased with her work and give her a wholehearted, 5 + Star rating!!!

What a great experience we had with Antonella! She knows all the right people and all the right places! She’s amazing!

I have traveled to Italy three times over the past few years and have been fortunate to have Antonella be a part of each trip. I did her Siena tour twice and despite it covering the same location, she made each a very unique and memorable experience. On my most recent trip to Tuscany, I was very excited to have Antonella tour 5 of my best friends. We had an amazing time, not just because of the wine, but because of Antonella. We were traveling from Cinque Terre, so she arranged for us to have a private driver pick us up from our AirBnB and bring us to Montalcino AirBnB where she met us to begin our tour of two Brunello wineries. On all her tours, it is obvious that she is very well respected by all the business owners she works with for her tours. She incorporates both historical and modern perspectives into her tour discussions and she does so with humor, charm, and wit. The tours are all very relaxed and she does an excellent job of shaping them to meet your needs/wants. She is invaluable in assisting with travel, lodging, and restaurant bookings when needed. If you want an intimate, personal, and fun experience, I could not recommend anyone more.

I found Antonella's contact information in Rick Steves' guide to Italy. What a find! I was attending a wedding in Tuscany and I wanted someone to build a two week itinerary that included revisiting Florence, Rome and Siena and experiencing the small towns of Tuscany for the first time. After our first encounter with the zoom, Antonella proposed an itinerary that incorporated everything I wanted to see and more. She advised and scheduled our driver, as well as two specialized independent guides in Florence and Rome who were extraordinarily knowledgeable, professional, passionate and charming. Everything on this trip went as planned. Prices and locations were all indicated prior to the trip. No unpleasant surprises, just good ones!Antonella herself was our personal guide in Siena and Val D'Orcia. She has exceeded all expectations with her extraordinary knowledge of history, art and language, but also of wine, food and even shopping. Her personality and particularly her sense of humor, coupled with her perfect selection of cities and activities (olive oil and wine tastings, cooking classes) make her exceptional as a travel planner and personal guide. We learned, experimented and overall, we had a great time. I highly recommend it.

Antonella was recommended to us by the professional concierge of a luxury villa in Montalcino, who described Antonella as the best English language guide in Tuscany". We were not disappointed! Antonella is world-class; she looks after her clients

Antonella was amazing and the best part of our trip!!Easy to communicate with ahead of time (answers promptly) she helped set us up with a place to say and dinner reservations in Tuscany. The driver she uses was amazing!! He arrived on time and drove so well. He picked us up from cinque terre, and drove us 3 hours to Tuscany as well as to all the vineyards.Antonella was so fun!! She speaks amazing English, so if you’re nervous about not knowing any Italian while traveling, she’s Great with translating for you.She’s amazing to work with and has great recommendations. We will definitely be utilizing her for our next trip, and for the entire trip! Highly highly recommend.

Our Honeymoon was filled with lots of fancy Italian things but nothing compares to the exciting truffle hunting adventure with Antonella! We had an amazing unforgettable experience and felt like we also made a lifelong friend!Highly recommend Antonella!

Preparatissima, appassionata e molto simpatica. Ci ha fatto scoprire angoli e aspetti di Siena di solito nascosti. Consigliamo un tour con lei assolutamente!

I have hired Antonella on several occassions to lead a custom group tour for my Women's Retreat Program. She took us on a behind the curtain" private tour of Siena

We were lucky enough to spend one day with Antonella touring Montepulciano and Pienza, but we wish we would have spent the whole week with her. She was very knowledgeable about the area. She shared funny and interesting details about the sites we visited. She guided us to a delicious lunch and gelato! It’s obvious she loves her job and telling others about the Tuscany region. We feel like we made a new friend. We can’t wait to visit Tuscany again and take another tour with Antonella.