Quality Package Il Poderuccio

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 IL PODERUCCIO.
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. During this first day we suggest you the visit Città della Pieve and Chiusi, for those who wish to admire the enchanting towns and arts of both Umbria and Tuscany. You will have the possibility to visit in Chiusi, the Labirinto di Porsenna, a series of underground passages which branch out to the old parts of the city, which is open only to tourists.

This was an antique hydraulic system dig between the 400’s and 500’s A.C. In Città della Pieve there are monuments such as the Cathedral dedicated to Santi Gervasio and Protasio, inside which you will find masterpieces by Perugino and Pomarancio. Also not to be missed is the “tower” Torre del Pubblico, erected around 1000 and stands at an impressive 38 meters, and the antique Rocca Perugina.

Light lunch and dinner in villa.

Monday – SIENA

Breakfast in villa.

Siena is, probably after Firenze, the richest Tuscan city for monuments and history. During this day tour you will have the possibility to visit many historical place that have contributed to it well known name not only for the “Palio” but also for its art which is as old as the antique Athens of Europe. The meeting with the tour guide/leader and departure for Siena will take place in the morning. Whilst walking towards the city, you will visit the la Basilica di San Domenico, the Palazzo del Magnifico and the Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana. Lunch will be held at a typical restaurant in the historical centre where you can enjoy traditional dishes and a wine tasting . In the afternoon the tour will continue with the visit of Pinacoteca Nazionale followed by Piazza del Campo, famous for its shell form, it beautiful architecture and last but not least it famous Palio arena. Along the walls that act as boundaries for the square, dislocated are the main palaces that were used in the medieval era, such as the Duomo, the Palazzo Pubblico and the Torre del Mangia, which is high 102 meters, the second tallest tower in Italy. After visiting these three historical monuments you will have free time to go shopping .

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 - MONTEPULCIANO AND PIENZA

Breakfast in villa.

This delightful down-hill walk is the perfect introduction to the artistic treasures of the charming birthplace of great Renaissance thinker and poet, Angelo Poliziano. Meet your expert authorized local guide and begin the visit at the austerely elegant Santa Maria dei Servi. Then make your way through the city gates and to the sober Duomo where you will enjoy the magnificent Gothic altar retablo and majolica works of the della Robbia brothers. Proceed to the stately Piazza Grande where the most impressive palazzi of the town can be admired. It is the ideal and monumental centre of Montepulciano. It is one of the most beautiful squares of the minor towns which keep in silence recollections of past magnificence and high civilization.

The square is boarded by important buildings: the Cathedral with its unfinished facade; on the left the unfinished Bell Tower dating back to the second half of the XV century. And The Town Hall with its beautiful mid tower dates back to the XVI Century and recalls, at large, Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. It is a simple building with Guelph merlons and solid corbels. Then saunter along the main street; located along the top of a narrow ridge, Montepulciano snakes down the slope with virtually a single street – short side streets usually terminating in vertiginous drops. As such, all of the great families located their residences along this thoroughfare which today forms a veritable parade of fine noble architecture. Monteplciano has many buildings and churches of architectonic interest: Palazzo Cappelli with frescoes by F. Zuccari at the entrance, the large threefold arcade of Loggia del Mercato, attributed to Scalza, Palazzo Cervini desined by Antonio da Sangallo the Old; Palazzo Cagnoni attributed to Vignola; the Seminary Palace close to which there is the Church of Jesus Christ designed by Andrea Pozzo in the XVII century. Palazzo Avignonesi which is attributed to Vignola and dates back to the XVI century. Close to the building you can admire the Baroque Church of St.Bernard, wanted by the Jesuit Father Andrea Pozzo. In front of Palazzo Avignonesi there is the late-Renaissance Palazzo Tarugi. This building is also attributed to Vignola.

Other Renaissance palaces board Via Roma: Palazzo Cocconi-Del Pecora, designed by Antonio da Sangallo, Palazzo Buccelli which presents at its basis frontages of Etruscan cinerary urns and tablets with Etruscan and Latin inscriptions. Palazzo Del Monte (today Contucci), Palazzo Nobili (today Tarugi) attributed to Antonio da Sangallo the Old, Palazzo Benincasa with the bust of Gian Gastone dei Medici in the portal. During the walk in the town you will have the opportunity to visit to a mosaic school/workshop and to a copper-ware manufacture. After having visited the town, you get to Madonna di San Biagio by Antonio di Francesco Giamberti, known as Antonio da Sangallo the Old. It was consacrated by Pope Clement VII in 1529. It rises in open country and was built on the remains of the ancient parish church of St. Blaise where, according to the tradition, the painting of Our Lady was seen moving her eyes. It presents a Greek-cross plan surmounted by a dome and with four equal wings. In the south wing there is a semicircular sacristy, whereas on both sides of the northern wing there are two bell towers, one of which is the beautiful well with its curved line is like the well in Piazza Grande. In the afternoon the visit continues towards Pienza, where you will have the opportunity to taste and buy the delicious Pecorino cheese, very well know in Pienza. If interested you can stop in a factory in the area where Pecorino cheese is made.

Dinner in villa.

Friday - 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 the 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.

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.

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