A One Day experience in Orvieto from Rome
Description
This is an amazing tour, because you will freely discover one of the most beatiful ancient town we have in central Italy. Letting you guide from your insinct and from the beauty of the place. Of course there are a few suggestion we can give you about how to spend your time (around 5 hours included lunch, trust me isn' t too much) in Orvieto and the choice can be done among a few activities. Ancient Orvieto its a walking city but nonetheless has a lot to offer. Being on a tufa hill and having being founded by the Etruscans, we'll go up and on the windy road we will meet an ancient etruscan "necropoli". After a stunning landscape the St. Patrick's well, unique work of engineering it' s somenthing that ask you the capacity to go up and down and do 500 steps. You can also go as down as you can/want to admire it. A part distroyed fortress stand on another panorama. Then we'll reach the medieval town, where Undergrounds, a Duomo, two museums, pretty alleys, shops, winery and restaurants are
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Itinerary
A symbol of the city itself, the Duomo is one of the most beautiful in Italy. The Duomo is a magnificent building that brings together different architectural styles. In particular we can define a fine example and balance of Gothic and Romanesque styles. The intent was to create one large cathedral for the city, to replace two decaying churches that existed there before.
Discover this charming medieval town by walking along its alleyways, breathing the air of this jewell, rich of art, history. Give you time to know the local craftmanship, too. There are a lot of good quality shops here that will surely tempt you. And if you like wine, give you some time to taste the Orvieto one in a winery or in one of the local "Trattoria" we can recommend you.
A guided tour of the underground of Orvieto is an exciting experience to get to know the city from its heart retracing the history and daily life of past ages. The path runs through the heart of cavities where there are visible traces of Etruscan and medieval antiquities.
500 steps in total or less if you want to go deep down this incredible work of the Reinassance
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We will welcome you right in front of your location.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(5)
Juri was a great driver and guide. We were fast friend be the end of the day. We also toured a wonderful local Vinyard that had organic wine. We had a tasting and light lunch. Highly recommend.
our tour guide juri was fabulous escort to orvieto which is a fabulous destination not far from Rome. The sites are so interesting and we also had an amazing lunch in Orvieto. Thank you Juri!!
We scheduled a full day car and tour of Orvieto in English. I verified this multiple times when scheduling. The driver was polite but had limited English. His words he had only “scholastic English”. He also made it clear he was “driver only” and had not been to Orvieto for 20 years. We did have a wonderful time in Orvieto but we were mislead by Viator to believe our driver spoke English and would act as a tour guide.
I' m so sorry John you didn' t have the best experience with my company. The driver I sent that time was not the best as far as english and I really apologize I could not be your driver that day. Driver in all my packges is not a guide. What drivers can do is just to give a general introduction to the place and a few suggestion. That's why is called "free tour ". Anyway I am really sorry about that and I' ll put more attention in the future on choosing the best driver available. Thank you so much
Yuri was great! Clean, comfortable car. He is super friendly, with good English. He had a plan for the day that included visiting La Covita di Bagnoregio, a winery and Orvieto. But, as with all plans things happen. A road closure made it impossible to get to the winery without disrupting the timing of the rest of the day. He tried to make changes in the itinerary but couldn’t. So after Orvieto we returned to Rome a little early and he took us on a bit of a tour to areas in the city we hadn’t been to. He felt bad and wanted to make it up to us. A good day and we recommend Yuri. He also set us up with a 3 hour “get to know Rome” tour that included the catacombs (something we wouldn’t have done on our own) on the first day we got to Rome. That was good because we were tired from the overnight flight but could still sightsee with much effort.
Juri was so much fun and such a great driver. He really knew the countryside in the history of Rome and Italy and was very enjoyable to hang out with for the day. I would highly recommend him to anyone looking for a fun excursion and even just a ride from the airport to Rome. We feel like we quickly became friends. He speaks excellent English.
