Quality Package Villa Cleofe

Saturday

Arrival with private transfer
Arrival at Rome or Florence International Airport and meeting with your personal tour leader.
(On request private transfer also from other airports or location).
Private Transfer in GT coach to VILLA CLEOFE.
Accommodation in villa, welcome drink and time for relax.
Welcome dinner in Villa.

Sunday

Full day at leisure.

Breakfast in Villa with leisure time at your disposal.
Bus or minibus with driver at your disposal.

Light lunch and dinner in villa.

Monday – PERUGIA AND ASSISI

Breakfast in villa.

An itinerary through the verdant region of Umbria, discovering eternally fascinating cities. Perugia has one of the most beautiful squares in Europe, where we can admire the Maggiore Fountain, the Gothic Basilica of San Lorenzo and the Palazzo dei Priori, home to the Town Hall. The excursion continues to Assisi, famous all over the world as the native town of Saint Francis.

Stop for lunch in a typical restaurant.
After lunch, a guided tour of the Basilica of Saint Francis, frescoes by Giotto and Cimabue, the Basilica of Santa Chiara, the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli and other important sites. Perugia is a capital city in a medieval hill town - a town of Gothic palaces and jazz cafes, where ancient alleys of stone with 19th century shopping promenade. It produced and trained some of Umbria's finest artists, including Gentile da Fabriano and Perugino (born Pietro Vannucci in nearby Città della Pieve), from whose workshop emerged Pinturicchio, Lo Spagna, and Raphael. It's a respected university city whose student population ensures a lively cultural calendar. After a long and bloody history, Perugia has settled well into its role as capital of Umbria. Assisi shows a typical medieval urban structure of the city which in great part follows that of the Roman settlement with important finds such as the pronaos (colonnade) of the Temple of Minerva; the green of the woods of Mount Subasio and of the surrounding countryside which encroach upon its ancient walls; positioned on a hillside from which a glance embraces the entire Umbrian valley.

Dinner in Villa.

Tuesday - COOKING CLASS IN VILLA:

Breakfast and light lunch in villa.

Leisure time at your disposal.

Afternoon - Cooking class in villa during which you will prepare, with the help of the chef, your own dinner enjoying the flavour of typical dishes.

Wednesday - FULL DAY AT LEISURE:

Breakfast in villa.

You can relax and enjoy your villa or choose one of the suggested wine trails or daily excursions in Tuscany or Umbria.

Check list of wine trails
List of daily excursions

These excursions should be booked as extra’s at the time of booking.

Dinner in Villa.

Thursday - ORVIETO

Breakfast in villa.

Orvieto, City located on the peak of a cliff of “tufa” which can be reached by a cable railway established by the Etruscans which offers artistic jewels without comparisons. In the morning together with the guide/leader you will visit the necropolis Etruscan crucifix in “tufa”, situated on the slope of the peak, after which using the cable car you will go into the city to visit the Duomo, an Italian masterpiece with its gothic face and its rich decoration and internal chapel.

An interesting visit to a Private Museum specialized in renaissance and medieval Ceramic art located in an ancient furnace completed with lunch and tasting of precious wines. Visit the Pozzo di San Patrizio, erected in 1527, next to which is an unique Etruscan temple, The temple of Belvedere. Following this you will be immerged in the fascinating underground Orvieto, before departing you will have the chance to do some shopping in the Duomo area.

Dinner in villa.

Friday - TORGIANO AND DERUTA

Breakfast in Villa.

Torgiano and Deruta are two major centres in the green heart of Umbria only a few kilometres from Perugia and Assisi. After breakfast you will meet your guide/leader, your first stop will be at the Museo del Vino Lungarotti, which is situated in part of the agricultural land of the monumental Palace Graziani-Baglioni, summer residence of the aristocrats of the XVII century, where there is an important collection of technical illustrations of the vine culture and wine making in Umbria: antique and modern objects, manuscripts, texts and incisions that tell the story of vines and wines. After which you will visit the Museo dell'Olivo and dell'Olio, created together with the project of the museum of wine.

Lunch will be based on typical products with red wine tasting (Torgiano) and oil products.

After a brief visit to the medieval hamlet in the early afternoon, you will depart for Deruta, characterised by the millennial tradition of ceramics, well known for decorative vases, plates and objects of variable shapes. You will visit the Museo della Ceramica. Before leaving you will have the possibility to participate in a direct yet guided way the stages in the production of a ceramic masterpiece, this will take place in an artisan laboratory of the town.

Farewell dinner.

Saturday – DEPARTURE WITH PRIVATE TRANSFER:

Breakfast and private transfer to Rome or Florence International Airport.

(On request private transfer also to other airports or final destination).

Price List Per Person

PRICE INCLUDES:

• Private transfer from airport to the villa by GT coach
• Private transfer from villa to airport by GT coach
• Bus or minibus at your disposal for your entire stay with private driver
• Tour leader at your disposal for your entire stay
• 7 breakfasts in villa
• 1 welcome drink and 1 welcome dinner
• 6 in house chef for lunch and dinner in villa as started in the program
• 1 cooking lesson with dinner
• 1 farewell dinner
• 3 lunches in restaurant during excursions as stated in your program
• Wine tasting in wineries as stated in the program
• Accommodation in villa in double or twin bedrooms, respecting the typology of the villa
• Linen and towel change twice a week
• 4 hours of cleaning twice a week
• All taxes, VAT and fees

PRICE NOT INCLUDES:

All the extras, drinks and what is not stated above or is described as free.

Extra cleaning or extra linen, if required, should be paid directly to the owner at the villa as well as heating if necessary.

* Ask for personalized services.

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