TWO JEWELS OF TUSCANY: PIENZA AND THE ABBEY OF MONTE OLIVETO MAGGIORE WITH PRIVATE LUNCH AT AN ORGANIC FARM
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“Terre da Gustare”
Loc.Cimbano Vaiano n° 12 - 06060 -
Castiglione del Lago (PG)

10.00 a.m.
Private visit to a beautiful organic farm where the family produces fresh ricotta, sheep cheese seasoned on wooden shelves, prosciutto and salame, still handmade using traditional systems.

IMP: This visit can be substituted with the visit to the beautiful “Abbazia di Monte Oliveto Maggiore” where on the loggia the walls are frescoed with 36 scenes from the Stories of San Benedetto da Norcia as they were told by St. Gregory. Nine of these frescoes were painted by Luca Signorelli from 1497 to 1498, the rest by Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, nicknamed Sodoma, from 1505 to 1508.

Monte Oliveto Maggiore

Monte Oliveto Maggiore

12.30 a.m.
Private lunch in the historical country villa which is part of the family property. Lunch is based on local recipes made with the organic products of the farm and a good wine.

3.30 p.m
Arrival and tour of Pienza, A great example of Renaissance town building. Defined, from time to time, the "ideal city", the "utopian city", it represents one of the best planned Renaissance towns, wanted by the Pope Pio II Piccolomini in 1459.

Pienza

5.30 p.m.
End of services.

INFORMATIONS:

  • For 2 participants lunch can be done just in few cases;
  • Until a maximum of 25 participants lunch can be done seated with tables. Starting with 26 participants lunch is organized as a buffet lunch with chairs around to seat (the dishes are the same);
  • This program can be done easily along the transfers Rome-Florence or the contrary , Siena-Perugia or the contrary.
  • ALL THE TIMING CAN BE EASILY CHANGED AND ADAPTED DEPENDING ON WHERE THE CLIENTS ARE LOCATED.
  • Distances: Siena 50 km - Arezzo 60 km - Perugia 70 km - Firenze 110 km – Roma 200 km


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