Private driving tour to Assisi, Cortona and Perugia from Siena. Day trip to visit three of the most interesting artistic towns in Tuscany and Umbria at your own pace. Private driver for your comfortable day trip.
Assisi the town of Saint Francis and important spiritual centre in Italy. Cortona a delicious medieval hilltop town. Perugia the capital of the Umbria region.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• PrivatefFull day to Assisi, Cortona and Perugia
• Private tour with your personal driver
• Time at leisure in Perugia rich in art history and monuments
• Time at leisure in the religious town of Assisi
• Time at leisure in the hilltop medieval town of Cortona
DETAILS
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Duration:
10 hours about
Start Time Private Tour:
Morning time.
Meeting Point:
At the lobby of your Hotel in Siena centre.
If your hotel is not in the center of Siena, ask us for a personalized quote.
Price include:
- 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.
Price do not include:
- Gratuities (optional),
- Admission fees to churches and museums
- Meals and Beverage
On Request:
- Rates for more of 6 people.
DESCRIPTION
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From your hotel in Siena, where meet your private driver, starts your private day trip that takes you to discover Assisi, Cortona and Perugia at your pace in a pleasant driving tour through the splendid Tuscan and Umbria landscape.
Your private driver will take you to Cortona, an ancient town dating back to Etruscans and Romans times. Cortona has become very popular with the book and the film “Under the Tuscan Sun”.
Strolling at your own pace through the narrows medieval streets reach the Piazza della Repubblica and the nearby Piazza Signorelli where there is an Etruscans Museum. Admire the stunning views till the lake Trasimeno from its terraces.
Perugia is an elegant town rich of history and famous as every year host the annual festival of chocolate. At your own pace enjoy of the centre of Perugia with the famous Fontana Maggiore, one of the most important medieval monuments in Piazza Grande.
Admire the magnificent view of the surroundings from Piazza Italia.
The Duomo, the Palazzo Comunale with frescoes by the famous artist Perugino.
Strolling in Corso Vannucci, the most elegant street for shopping with the Palazzo dei Priori the centre of the medieval political power hosting the Umbria’s National Gallery.
In Assisi appreciate the majestic Basilica of St. Francis consecrated by Pope Innocent IV in 1253 whose interiors were frescoed by Cimabue, Giotto and other late medieval painters. The basilica includes the Upper Church, the Lower Church, and the crypt in neo Romanesque style where from the 1818 there is the tomb St. Francis.
Enjoy of a visit of the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli whose interiors preserve the Porziuncola, a stone chapel restored by St. Francis himself. This is the very precious chapel where St. Francis understood his vocation and considered the most sacred place for the Franciscans.