In this issue: • April Featured Excursion: Lake Bolsena to Orvieto
• May Featured Excursion: Cori and the Lepini Mountains
Spring 2008 Preview: Featured Excursions
Montefiascone
Something new is in the works for next year: two featuredexcursions – seven-day packages at a special group price (see box). Groups are limited to six; sign up, while space remains, until February 10. Stay tuned for more details – or write to me.
If the featured excursions don’t meet your needs, I’ll help you design your own excursion – a trip just for your party.
Featured Excursion cost information
Seven days/six nights, $1675 per person, double room occupancy, $1900 single. Includes lodging, three meals a day, transportation within Italy, baggage shuttle during walks, and admission to selected attractions. Air fare to Rome notincluded.
> Featured Excursion for April:
Lake Bolsena to Orvieto
On the border between Lazio and Umbria lie classic rolling farmlands with patches of orchard and vineyard, and lush hills that enclose beautiful Lake Bolsena – the largest volcanic lake in Europe. The Roman Via Cassia headed through here on its way to Florence; even earlier there were precocious Etruscan cities with paved streets, palaces, temples and marvelous works of art. In medieval times the “Miracle of Bolsena” led to the building of Italy’s most famous gothic cathedral at Orvieto. Our walk will include scenic Civita di Bagnoregio, perched on a crumbling bluff above a wildly eroded lanscape.
Seven days, six nights, with stays at Montefiascone and Orvieto (both famous for wine), and Bolsena.
More details soon!
Lunch - Lake Bolsena
Civita di Bagnoregio
Lake Bolsena
Orvieto cliffs
> Featured Excursion for May:
Cori and the Lepini Mountains
From the Rome-Naples train you can’t miss the striking limestone formations of the Lepini Mountains to the east. Intriguing Norba – a Roman ghost town – perches on the edge of a precipice; bustling Cori conserves a host of ancient walls and temples. A Roman road through vineyards and olive groves passes the breathtaking oasis of Ninfa – a romantic garden set within crumbling medieval ruins. At Sermoneta, old houses of dazzling white stone huddle below the massive bulk of the Caetani castle. Our trail winds through the foothills of these starkly beautiful mountains; along the way we’ll pause at the graceful 12th-century abbey of Valvisciolo.
Seven days, six nights, with stays at Cori and Sermoneta, and a side trip to historic Terracina on the Mediterranean coast.
More details soon!
Norba
Gardens of Ninfa
Abbey of Valvisciolo
Sermoneta
Optional days in Rome and other locations can be arranged with these packages.
Special note: throughout next spring I will also be offering short “excursion preview walks”: samples of trips still in preparation. Stay tuned for more details.
