A Day long tour to one of the most beautiful places on Earth

Duration

10 Hours

Description

Through the rolling hills, crops and olive groves and vineyards, you’ll arrive in Orvieto.This quaint village boasts with history, art and architecture that have survived the Eras, from the Etruscans to the Romans and later the Goths and Byzantines and so on.

Creating today a centuries-long, unique and intertwined net of curiosities and traditions, perfectly coexisting. Every inch, above and below the surface.

The first thing you’ll notice about Orvieto, is it’s curious position, nestled on a steep edge of Rocks. It hosts several beautiful churches like the unmissable Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo, the Gothic jewel. With it’s breathtaking facade, and interiors, paintings and 14 and 1500s frescos of San Brizio’s Chapel. And many other Ancient churches, Gothic-Romanic, 12-13 Century buildings, towers, palaces and Medieval Fortress.

Saint Patrick’s well is also World famous. An ingineering delight commissioned by Pope Clemente VII in the mid-1500s to supply the Town with water. With two separate stair cases to the bottom, it is deep 60 meters approximately.

Just when you think Orvieto couldn’t be more interesting, there is a whole other layer of things to see. Underneath the surface. The Undergrounds of Orvieto host an entire system of caves and tunnels carved entirely in the Tufo rock. As it was customary for the Etruscans to do so, around the 4th-5th century bC. The undergrounds have been used from century to century to this day!

In fact, since Orvieto is World producer of delicious wines, most of the Etruscan tunnels and caves are used today by the several wineries in the area, as natural cellars, to store their wine barrels. The perfect temperature and dark climate are essential to make the Orvieto Wines so delicious.

It’s fascinating to see how people from different Ages, take full advantage of this land’s Natural resources. Creating a very personal connection with the past.

Speaking of Wines, before returning to Rome, your tour driver will take you to a local winery, for a private wine tasting and tour. Visit the venue, the unique cellars and learn about their wine’s history from harvest to the finished product.Sample a fine selections of wines to go with some local traditional dishes.

At the end of your wine tasting, you will enjoy a nice relaxing ride back to Rome, with lots of stories to tell.

What's included

• Hotel or other pick-up/drop off
• Air-conditioned vehicle and private highly entertaining English speaking tour driver
• Bottled water
• Vehicle Expenses (fuel, toll, city pass etc.)

Not Included

• Meals & Tickets
• Gratuities