Cultural Umbria Tour
6 Days / 5 Nights
Day 1: Rome - Spoleto
Arrival to Rome airport, meet and greet by our tour leader, by private bus
we travel to Spoleto.
Dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Spoleto and Clitunno
Sightseeing in town, we visit the rests of the Roman theatre from 100 before
Christ, partly covered by a middle age church, passing under triumphal arch,
a visit in the cathedral from 1100, seeing Ponte delle Torri an imposing bridge
from 1300 and we end the tour at the Roman Forum called today Piazza Mercato,
the centre of the oldest parts of town.
Free time for Lunch. In the afternoon we make a visit to the springs of Clitunno,
known for centuries.
Many of the springs flow down in a lake before continuing down to the river.
Not far from the springs we visit an olive oil producer and returning to Spoleto.
Dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Assisi - Spello
Today we will start with a visit to Assisi, the small mountain town,
where the holy Franciscus was born and where people comes from all over the
world to see the art and history left. The town is amazing from a religious,
historical and artistic point of view, we are going to see the frescoes of Giotto
and Cimabue and a visit in the church of Santa Chiara where the legend tells
the crucifix did talk to Franciscus.
Free time for lunch. In the afternoon we visit Spello. Pinturicchio was
called in 1501, by the family Baglione that was running the city during 1500,
to decorate Santa Maria Maggiore, today we can find his art in this church.
During this period Pinturicchio was very famous as he had just finished decorate
the Borgia residence in the Vatican.
Return to Spoleto Dinner and Overnight
Day 4: Perugia
Today we go to Perugia where on a sightseeing we will discover this city built
by the Etruscans during the 7th century before Christ and that from the 1200
is an important university city. It was one of the maincentres of the Etruscans
before the Romanstook it over, the historical centre sorround the gothic stile
square where there is a beautiful fountain.
Independent Lunch.
Return to Spoleto and free time.
Dinner and Overnight.
Day 5: Montefalco
We travel through the beautiful Umbrian landscape to Montefalco, located on
a hill surrounded by olive grows and wine yards. In the church of San Francesco
we can find frescoes painted during 1452 by Benozzo Gozzoli telling the holy
Franciscus life.
Sagrantino di Montefalco is among the best red wines of Italy and we
will end our visit in the town visiting a producer where we can taste this wine.
Independent Lunch.
Afternoon at disposal in Spoleto.
Farewell Dinner and Overnight.
Day 6: Departure
Transfer by private coach to Roma airport.
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