How to get around Radda in Chianti

Getting around

Radda has no railway station and is reached by road. It sits in the hills between Castellina in Chianti, Gaiole in Chianti, Greve in Chianti, Castelnuovo Berardenga and Cavriglia, and every approach is a hill road.

The centre has a limited-traffic zone. The comune's Ufficio Polizia Locale handles the ZTL alongside road policing and parking, and keeps its own address for it; the office is reachable on 0577 739622 or 0577 739623, Monday to Saturday 08:30–13:30. Park outside and walk in.

In the town, everything is on foot and it is small. One main street, a square with the Palazzo del Podestà and the church, and lesser lanes closing into a ring. The convent of Santa Maria al Prato is just below the centre, on Circonvallazione Santa Maria.

The frazioni need the car. Eight of them, from Lucarelli at 285 metres to Badia a Montemuro at 706, spread over 80.56 square kilometres. Volpaia, the one most visitors want, is at 617 metres.

For anything else, ask the comune. Its switchboard is 0577 739633, at Piazza Ferrucci 1.

Verified against Comune di Radda in Chianti, October 2026.

Connections from Radda in Chianti

How easily, and at what cost, can you combine the region’s main destinations?

Route	Best option	One-way time	Travel Smart take
Radda in Chianti and Castellina in Chianti	Carmoderate cost	~15 min by road	Excellent day-trip connection. Radda in Chianti works well as a base for Castellina in Chianti.
Radda in Chianti and Greve in Chianti	Carmoderate cost	~30 min by road	Excellent day-trip connection. Radda in Chianti works well as a base for Greve in Chianti.

Cost compares the options for each route rather than quoting a fare: inexpensive means the price is not a factor in planning, moderate cost means a real line in the budget, and the expensive option is one worth weighing against the alternative. Fares change from year to year; the ranking between them does not.

Driving. Radda is inland Chianti: the approaches come over the ridges from Castellina to the west, Gaiole to the south-east, Greve to the north and Castelnuovo Berardenga to the south. All are winding hill roads carrying farm traffic in season.

Parking and the ZTL. The historic centre is a limited-traffic zone administered by the comune's Polizia Locale — the same office that covers road policing, building and environmental enforcement — contactable on 0577 739622 / 0577 739623, Monday to Saturday 08:30–13:30, with a dedicated ZTL address. Leave the car outside the walls.

Reaching Volpaia. North of the town, up to 617 metres, on the ridge running from Badia a Montemuro towards Radda. The borgo is small, walled and not built for vehicles.

Reaching the convent. The Casa Chianti Classico is at Circonvallazione Santa Maria 18, on the ring road immediately below the historic centre — walkable from the piazza.

On foot and by bike. Radda is a trailhead. The Chianti Ultra Trail's three routes of 15, 42 and 73 km all start here, and the permanent Eroica route runs the white roads south into the Crete Senesi and the Val d'Orcia.

Verified against Visit Tuscany (Toscana Promozione Turistica), October 2026.

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Checked against Comune di Radda in Chianti — The Comune di Radda in Chianti maintains an Ufficio Polizia Locale which has general responsibility for urban safety as well as functions of judicial, road, building, environmental and tax policing, is reachable from Monday to Saturday from 08:30 to 13:30 on 0577739622 or 0577739623, and among its responsibilities are road management, the ZTL and parking, for which it keeps a dedicated address., The Comune di Radda in Chianti has its seat at Piazza Ferrucci 1, 53017 Radda in Chianti (SI), with a single switchboard on 0577 739633 and the certified address comune.radda@postacert.toscana.it., The Comune di Radda in Chianti lists ten offices, each with a direct line: Affari Generali and the registry on 0577 739629, the Segreteria comunale on 0577 739633, the Segretario Comunale on 0577 739634, the technical office for planning, private building, environment and SUAP on 0577 739639, the SUAP on 0577 739632, the accounts, tax and personnel office on 0577 739641 and 0577 739642, the demographic services on 0577 739629, the technical office for public works and civil protection on 0577 739637 and 0577 739638, and the single communal library on 0577 739660., The Comune di Radda in Chianti maintains an Ufficio Polizia Locale which has general responsibility for urban safety as well as functions of judicial, road, building, environmental and tax policing, is reachable from Monday to Saturday from 08:30 to 13:30 on 0577739622 or 0577739623, and among its responsibilities are road management, the ZTL and parking, for which it keeps a dedicated address., The Comune di Radda in Chianti has its seat at Piazza Ferrucci 1, 53017 Radda in Chianti (SI), with a single switchboard on 0577 739633 and the certified address comune.radda@postacert.toscana.it. (October 2026).
Checked against Casa Chianti Classico, Radda in Chianti — The Casa Chianti Classico has its seat in the heart of Tuscany, at Radda in Chianti, in the eighteenth-century convent of Santa Maria al Prato, at Circonvallazione Santa Maria 18, 53017 Radda in Chianti (SI), and offers in its restored rooms a bistrot, the Gallo Nero wine shop, a sensory and informative route dedicated to wine and to the history of Chianti Classico, exhibition spaces, wine courses, event spaces and cookery courses by booking, with a terrace over the Chianti hills, the friars' old refectory and the original cloister., The Casa Chianti Classico has its seat in the heart of Tuscany, at Radda in Chianti, in the eighteenth-century convent of Santa Maria al Prato, at Circonvallazione Santa Maria 18, 53017 Radda in Chianti (SI), and offers in its restored rooms a bistrot, the Gallo Nero wine shop, a sensory and informative route dedicated to wine and to the history of Chianti Classico, exhibition spaces, wine courses, event spaces and cookery courses by booking, with a terrace over the Chianti hills, the friars' old refectory and the original cloister. (October 2026).
Checked against Visit Tuscany (Toscana Promozione Turistica) — A number of events are put on by collaborations involving different Chianti towns and villages: the Chianti Festival brings theatre, music and dance to Radda, Castelnuovo Berardenga, Castellina in Chianti and Gaiole in Chianti from June to August, and in November comes Chianti d'Autunno, a rich calendar of events throughout the eight municipalities that make up the Chianti Classico, with tasting sessions, conventions, exhibitions, displays and markets. Other local dates include the Festa del Perdono in late August and Radda nel Bicchiere in May, which offers tasting sessions, while the Chianti Ultra Trail takes place in spring with three walks of 15, 42 and 73 km respectively, all starting from Radda and winding through the vineyards., The heart of Radda in Chianti, dominated by what remains of the castle, is Piazza Ferrucci, overlooked by the Palazzo del Podesta, which has served as the town hall since 1865, and by the parish church of San Niccolo with its neogothic facade; keen cyclists can take the permanent route of the Eroica, which follows dirt roads from the Chianti into the Crete Senesi and then the Val d'Orcia. (October 2026).