How long is the tour?

The tour lasts approximately eight hours, including travel from Venice, two winery visits, and lunch.

How many wineries will we visit?

This itinerary includes guided visits and tastings at two local wineries to showcase different production styles.

Is transportation included?

Yes, the tour uses a private van for round-trip travel from Venice; exact pick-up details are provided at booking.

A scenic lunch at a local restaurant is included as described; drinks other than the scheduled tastings may be extra—confirm with your booking.

What is the group size?

Group size is capped at a maximum of seven people to keep the experience intimate.

Can the tour accommodate dietary restrictions?

Most operators can handle common dietary needs with prior notice—add your requirements when booking to ensure the restaurant can accommodate you.

Escape Venice for the Prosecco Hills: Small-Group Wine Tour with Tastings & Vineyard Lunch

Leave Venice’s canals behind for a day and head northeast into the Prosecco Hills, a UNESCO World Heritage landscape of vine-carved slopes in Italy’s Veneto region. This full‑day, small‑group tour departs from Venice and spends roughly eight hours winding country roads by private van, visiting two family wineries, sampling premium Prosecco, and sharing a scenic lunch overlooking the patchwork of vines.

The ride itself is part of the attraction: the colline—steep, cultivated hills—rise in folded layers, rows of Glera vines tracing contour lines across terraces and grassy ridgelines. You’ll pass compact hill towns, stone farm buildings, and viewpoints that unwrap broad panoramas toward the Dolomites on clear days. The UNESCO designation (2019) honors the cultural landscape created by generations of vineyard cultivation; those narrow switchbacks, dry‑stone walls, and vineyard patterns are as important as the bubbles in the glass.

On tour you’ll visit two distinct wineries chosen to showcase different production styles and estates. Guided cellar visits explain traditional Charmat methods used for Prosecco and reveal how harvest timing, pressing, and secondary fermentation shape aroma and mousse. Each tasting is paced to compare textures and flavor profiles—fresh green apple and citrus in a brut, riper stone‑fruit notes in a more aromatic cuvée—so you leave with a real sense of terroir.

Lunch at a local trattoria is booked to maximize the view: long tables, regional dishes built for wine—fresh pasta, local cheeses, and seasonal vegetables. The group size is capped at seven people, which keeps the day intimate and gives you space to ask makers detailed questions. Practical notes: the tour lasts approximately eight hours; meeting point and pick‑up details are provided at booking. In poor weather, a window seat with a view cannot be guaranteed.

This outing is ideal for wine lovers who want more than a tasting—people who want context: the hillside patterns, the grape, and the living rural culture that produces Prosecco. It’s an accessible escape from Venice’s crowds, combining rural scenery and hands‑on tasting with the convenience of van transport. Operator and meeting-point information are not provided in the listing supplied. Group size maximum: 7 people. If you want to compare producers, learn production methods, and photograph broad vineyard panoramas while sampling Italy’s signature sparkling wine, this Prosecco Hills journey delivers a thoughtful, low‑stress introduction to Veneto’s celebrated slopes.

Along the route your guide will point out specific hilltop viewpoints where lines of vines map centuries of careful cultivation; bring comfortable shoes for a short vineyard walk if offered, and a light jacket for breezy ridge tops. The tour emphasizes slow travel: conversation with vintners, measured tastings, and relaxed pacing that leaves space for photos, questions, and the simple pleasure of watching sunlight move over the hills.

About Keys of Italy

Keys of Italy is a Florence-based tour operator offering curated day trips, private tours, and guided experiences across Italy. Founded to connect visitors with Italy’s regional highlights, the company organizes departures from Firenze to destinations including Cinque Terre, Siena, San Gimignano, Pisa, Chianti, Val d'Orcia, and the Ferrari Museum, as well as long-distance departures to Milan, Venice, Turin, Naples, Bari, and Sicily.
Tours range from walking and food tours to wine tastings, cooking classes, museum guided visits, skip-the-line access, private transfers, and active adventures such as 4x4 Etna excursions.
The portfolio includes thematic experiences—historical city walks, art and gallery tours (Uffizi, Accademia, Pinacoteca), and specialist itineraries like Egyptian Museum guided visits and automotive museum tours. Food-focused offerings cover pasta, pizza, gelato, Mozzarella, arancino, cannoli, and street-food tastings. Wine experiences highlight Chianti, Brunello, Val d'Orcia, Bolgheri, Franciacorta, and Langhe regions.
Many tours explicitly list private options, train transfers, and skip-the-line museum access where indicated. Departure cities identified in tour titles include Florence, Milan, Venice, Rome, Naples, Turin, Bari, Catania, Lecce and Palermo-area experiences, making the company’s reach national in scope.
Keys of Italy provides practical options such as transfers, tailored private days, and classes alongside classic sightseeing. The collection of over one hundred offered itineraries reflects a broad catalogue of experiences centered on Tuscany and extending throughout Italy.
All descriptions above are based on the published trip titles and summaries provided for Keys of Italy and reference only factual elements listed. Information reflects provided trip names, summaries, and stated departure locations accurately.