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Wine Tasting, Etruscan Style
Central Italy: Lazio: Civitella D'Agliano
Excursions Main | Cooking Programs | Gourmet Dining & Wine Tasting | Girlfriends' Getaways | Special Interest
La Tana dell'Istrice offers guests the opportunity to sample wines and visit hilltowns and Etruscan ruins from its wonderful location practically on the border between Lazio and Umbria. The hotel, which has only 12 rooms, is owned by the Mottura family who are producers of wine and other agricultural products, all of which are grown organically. In fact, the deepest caves under the hotel where some of the wines are aged date back to the Etruscan period when the village of Civitella d'Agliano was founded.
Day 1: Arrival at hotel. Visit the wine cellars for wine tasting, which will
be continued during dinner, with each course accompanied by a different wine.
Day 2: Breakfast at the hotel (everything is homemade!). Depart for Tarquinia, where you'll meet your guide for a visit of the National Etruscan Museum, containing one of Italy's most important collections of Etruscan artifacts, and its extensive necropolis, noted for its beautifully decorated tombs, with wall paintings documenting Etruscan life. Then visit the walled, medieval town of Tuscania and its 5th century BC Etruscan burial mounds and the churches of Santa Maria Maggiore and San Pietro, the latter built in the 11th century on the site of an Etruscan acropolis. Lunch (additional charge) will be in either Tuscania or Tarquinia. Dinner at the hotel.
Day 3: Breakfast and departure.
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Package Includes:
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Rate:
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- Two nights accommodation
- Breakfast and dinner each day
- Wine tasting
- Guides and entrance fees as indicated on
the itinerary
- Tax and service
NOTE: Guests must provide their own transportation. GPS available on request.
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- € 590 for 2 persons
- € 750 triple occupancy
- € 950 for 4 persons (one room family suite)
- € 1050 for 4 persons, 2 double rooms
Valid: April 1 - November 30, 2010 except for the following dates: April 3 - 5; 16; 17; May 20 - 29; June 25 - 26; August 12 - 19, 2010
NOTE: Arrival Monday through Friday only.
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