FacebookI NOSTRI TOUR - QUI RISE L ETRUSCO
QUI RISE L’ETRUSCO
DAY ONE VITERBO :
ARRIVAL IN ROME AND DEPARTURE FOR VITERBO.
OVERNIGHT STAY IN HOTEL.
DINNER IN A RESTAURANT IN THE HISTORIC CENTRE.
DAY TWO VITERBO-THE TOWN AND ITS MUSEUMS
BREAKFAST IN HOTEL FOLLOWED BY GUIDED VISIT TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM (ROCCA ALBORNOZ: PARTICULARY THE SECTION CONCERNING ETRUSCAN ARCHITECTURE IN THE VITERBESE AREA. A SERIES OF MARBLE STATUES – LE MUSE, ORIGINATING FROM FERENTO).
LUNCH IN A RESTAURANT.
IN THE AFTERNOON – GUIDED VISIT OF THE CIVIC MUSEUM (ETRUSCAN ARCHEOLOGICAL FIND OF THE AREA DATING BACK TO THE IRON AGE. PICTURE GALLERY WITH VALUABLE WORKS OF ART FROM THE VITERBESE SCHOOL AND OTHER ARTISTS ; THE REMARKABLE “ PIETA” BY SEBASTIANO DEL PIOMBO.)
THEN ON TO THE MEDIEVAL QUARTER OF SAN PELLEGRINO.
DINNER – BACK TO HOTEL AND OVERNIGHT STAY.
DAY THREE: VULCI TARQUINIA TUSCANIA
BREAKFAST IN HOTEL THEN OFF TO VULCI.
GUIDED VISIT OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM ( CASTELLO DELL’ABBADIA: CINERARY URNS, BRONZE PIECES, JEWELLERY, BUCCHERO, ETRUSCAN POTTERY FROM THE VI CENTURY B.C.)
NEXT STOP TARQUINIA.
ARRIVAL IN TARQUINIA;
FREE TO LUNCH ANYWHERE.
GUIDED VISIT OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN THE PALAZZO VITELLESCHI:
WICH IS AMONG ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MUSEUMS IN ITALY.
IT OFFERS A COLLECTION OF GREEK AND ETRUSCAN CERAMICS, FUNERAL ORNAMENTS, SARCOPHAGUSES, VARIOUS TERRACOTTA SCULPTURES SUCH AS THE “WINGED HORSES”.
VISIT TO THE ETRUSCAN NECROPOLIS( CHAMBER TOMBS WITH PICTORIAL DECORATIONS FROM THE VI TO THE II CENTURY B.C. SUCH AS : “HUNTING AND FISHING”, “CARDARELLI”, “THE JUGGLERS”, “ THE LIONESSES”, “ THE LOTUS FLOWERS”, “THE HUNTING LODGE”, “BACCANTI”, “PULCELLA”, “CARONTI”, “GORGONEION”, “THE FLOGGING”, “5513”, “LEOPARDI”, “5591”).
NEXT STOP – TUSCANIA.
GUIDED VISIT OF THE ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM (THE CONVENT OF S. MARIA DEL RIPOSO: ETRUSCAN SARCOPHAGUSES AND FUNERAL ORNAMENTS BELONGING TO THE “VIPINANA” AND “CURUNAS” FAMILIES) AND THE NECROPOLIS – MADONNA DELL’OLIVO, (THE FAMOUS REGINA TOMB CHARACTERIZED BY A SERIES OF LABYRINTHS WITH ABOUT THIRTY UNDERGROUND PASSAGES).
BACK TO VITERBO FOR THE EVENING MEAL.
OVERNIGHT STAY IN HOTEL.
DAY FOUR: ROME – CERVETERI
BREAKFAST IN HOTEL THEN OFF TO ROME.
GUIDED VISIT OF VILLA GIULIA (HOME OF THE MAIN ETRUSCAN MUSEUM IN ITALY, CENTRED ON THE FIRST GREAT CIVILIZATION OF THE PENINSULA-FROM THE VIII TO THE III CENTURY B.C.
LUNCH IN A RESTAURANT.
NEXT STOP CERVETERI.
GUIDED VISIT OF THE ETRUSCAN NECROPOLIS.
RETURN TO VITERBO.
DINNER AND OVERNIGHT STAY IN HOTEL.
DAY FIVE: ORVIETO – BOLSENA
BREAKFAST IN HOTEL AND THAN OFF TO ORVIETO.
GUIDED VISIT OF THE NATIONAL ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM AND THE ETRUSCAN NECROPOLIS (PAPAL PALACE)
FREE TIME TO VISIT THE TOWN.
LUNCH IN A RESTAURANT OF YOUR CHOICE
STROLL ALONG BOLSENA LAKE.
BACK TO VITERBO FOR THE EVENING MEAL.
OVERNIGHT STAY
DAY SIX: VITERBO
BREAKFAST IN HOTEL
REST OF MORNING TO SHOP IN TOWN. DEPARTURE FOR ROME.
END OF TOUR