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 the walled, medieval town of Tuscania to visit 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. Then to Tarquinia, to visit the National Etruscan Museum, containing one of Italy's most important collections of Etruscan artifacts, and to its extensive necropolis, noted for its beautifully decorated tombs, with wall paintings documenting Etruscan life. Lunch (additional charge) will be in either Tuscania or Tarquinia. Dinner at the hotel. Day 3: Breakfast and departure. Package Includes: Rate: 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. These are newly reduced rates! € 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 - 24; June 1 - October 30; November 3 - 30, 2008 NOTE: Arrival Monday through Friday only.