With your private guide, visit the religious city of Assisi in the footsteps of St. Francis, where St. Francis was born and where he founded the order of Friars Minor known as the Franciscans.
Your guide, walking through the narrow streets, will introduce you to the Etruscan hill town of Orvieto, the medieval city founded by the Etruscans where traces of the Etruscan civilization are still present, in Orvieto you will admire the magnificent 14th century Gothic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Maria.
Private day tour from Rome in a comfortable car with driver
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Pick up and Drop off at your hotel in Rome
• See the magnificent Orvieto Cathedral
• Explore the Etruscan underground caves
• The Unesco World Heritage Site of Assisi
• Visit Saint Francis Basil, Eremo delle Carceri and Porziuncola
• Your own private guide in Assisi and Orvieto
DETAILS
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Duration:
10 hours
Start Time Private Tour:
Morning: you can require whatever start time you like.
Pick up Point:
At the lobby of your Hotel in Rome centre
Inclusion:
Orvieto and Assisi tour with your own expert private guide.
Private Mercedes E series car (for your party from 1 to 2 persons)
Private Mercedes Minivan (for your party from 3 to 6 persons)
Professional English speaking driver.
Exclusions:
Gratuities (optional),
Admission fees to churches and museums
Meals and Beverage
Notes:
More of 6 persons rates on request.
DESCRIPTION
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Private day trip to Assisi and Orvieto from Rome starting in the morning from your hotel where you meet your private driver.
With your own private guide explore Orvieto, Medieval hilltop town perched on a tufa hill, dating back to the Etruscan time.
In the main square of Orvieto is dominated by a masterpiece of the gothic architecture: The Cathedral with its outstanding façade ornate with precious colorful mosaics.
Walking in the center is possible to admire Medieval houses and Renaissance palaces. In the Orvieto underground caves an example of the daily life of the inhabitants since the Etruscan times.
Walking tour of Assisi in the footsteps of Saint Francis with your private guide with your selected private guide. Visit the majestic Basil of Saint Francis consecrated by Pope Innocent IV in 1253 whose interiors were frescoed by Cimabue, Giotto and other late medieval painters.
The Basil includes the Upper Church, the Lower Church, and the crypt in neo Romanesque style where from the 1818 there is the tomb St. Francis.
Visit the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli whose interiors preserve the Porziuncola. A precious stone chapel restored by St. Francis himself representing the place where he understood his vocation, considered the most sacred place for the Franciscans.
Your private tour ends with the return back at your hotel in Rome.