Quality Package La Torraccia

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 LA TORRACCIA.
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 – CIVITA DI BAGNOREGIO AND BOLSENA

Breakfast in villa.

The tour starts with the morning departure for Civita di Bagnoregio, a completed isolated region of Lazio, reachable only via a cement passenger bridge. Together with your tour guide/leader you will notice that this isolation has been created by the progressive erosions of the hillsides and the surrounding valley, until creating suggestive and rapid forms in the rocks. You will also see the hamlet and some houses from the medieval area, the Chiesa di San Donato which is facing the Piazza Principale, il Palazzo Vescovile and a mill from the 500’s. before departing for Bolsena you can also visit the house where San Bonaventura was born, and the Porta di Santa Maria which is notable for the two statue lions which hold a human tusk under their paws.

Lunch will be at one of the many restaurants in Bagnoregio where you can try numerous local dishes. In the early afternoon you will depart for Bolsena. Once arrived at the city which gives its name to the lake, you will visit the Basilica di Santa Cristina, a Roman building dating from the XI century, its front in renascence style and the bell tower dating from the 300’s, with the Cappella del Miracolo, which protects the blood marked stone from the Miracolo Eucaristico in 1263, and the Grotta di Santa Cristina. In mid afternoon the tour continues to the Rocca Monaldeschi, an interesting location due to the breath taking views over the entire lake and the presence of the Museo Territoriale. To end this splendid tour you will visit the Etruscan – Roman city of Volsinii.

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 - THE TUSCIA AREA AND VITERBO

Breakfast in villa.

During this daily excursion you will get to know a little bit more of about our country denominated Tuscia that is located on the border of Lazio; Umbria and Tuscany…… According to local tradition, it was the Etruscans who once lived in the villages in the north of Lazio, that gave the region its name - Tuscia. These villages are still situated in the same strategic positions as they were 3000 years ago. The region is located to the north of Rome and it borders with both Tuscany and Umbria. The landscape is a varied one, ranging from the Cimini Hills to Maremma, a wide and wild stretch of land along the coast of the Tyrrenhian sea. Viterbo, an ancient medieval city once the host to the Papal court, and the administrative centre of the province, a stone's throw from the volcanic lakes of Vico and Bolsena. In the run of History Tuscia it has been inhabited by different civilizations, first of which the Etruscans, who populated the area between the 8th and the 3rd century B.C.

During this period Tuscia acquainted a high rank of culture and business as it became one of the most important terminals for trade with minor Asia and Greece. The Middle Ages represented the political and religious rising of Viterbo which became the popes seat for about seventy years until the famous Conclave. The coeval romanesque basilicas of S. Pietro and S. Maria Maggiore of Tuscania, undoubtley represents a mile stone in the Italian history of art. Renaissance was an era of culture and travelling which marked a new term between man and Universe also thanks to the new geographic discoveries carried out in that period. The Farnese Palace in Caprarola and the Villa Lante in Bagnaia there is evidence of the vogue of those times rested on the grandeur of the patronage of important families. The monster park of Bomarzo, built by Vicino Orsini towards the end of the 16th century, completes the panorama of the Renaissance villas in the province. The old city of Viterbo is still today enclosed by its powerful walls in lava stone whose construction is begun in 1095 and completed in 1268.

They are high, beyond ten meters, with towers vwell conserved and still intact medieval doors; the nucleus of Viterbo has maintained medieval aspect in particular in the Quarter of Saint Pellegrino, with palaces and towers of XIII century. Monumental complex important in the City of Viterbo is undoubtedly the papal palace on the hill of the dome that represents great testimony of gothic architecture, with double lancet windows, merlons, arches; it is adorned from a splendid one loggia, while the public square is completed from the cathedral with rinascimentale facade and its beautiful old bell tower. There are also famous pieces such as Fontana’s in particular form, that adorn to the roads and the Public squares of the City of Viterbo. Other important monuments in Viterbo are the Rocca Albornoz, Center of the national museum and the saint church Maria of the truth, then palace Farnese-chigi, of the Podestà and the common one, with its high tower very 44 meters.

In the outskirtses of Viterbo Italy the church of S. Maria of the oak, Harmonious rinascimentale construction, the villa Lante di bagnaia, Designed from the vignola, the ruins roman of Ferento and those Etruscans of castel d'Asso.

Dinner in villa.

Friday - ORVIETO

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.

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 l esson 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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