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Price per person sharing a double room min/max 4 persons
(High season: 01.04-30.06 + 01.09-15.11)
1,200€
DAY 1 Arrival in Rome
Arrival at Rome Fiumicino airport and transfer by de-luxe private
car to your hotel**** in Rome.
Overnight.
According to flight schedule possibility of a first half day
city tour (to be quoted on request).
DAY 2 Rome
After breakfast full day tour of Rome (about 6 hours), half day
by private de-luxe car, half day walking. Details of the visit
will follow.
Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, clients can visit them on
the first or last day or in the morning. Precise programme and
quotation could be possible after having the flights schedule.
Overnight.
DAY 3 Rome – Tivoli or Colli Albani area
Option 1) Excursion to Tivoli
After breakfast departure to Tivoli (about 20 km from Rome), which
was used by the Romans as a holiday resort in ancient times too
and is famous for its magnificent villas.
Possibility of visiting Villa Adriana or Villa d’Este.
A) Villa Adriana (117-138 A.D.) became the residence of the Emperor
Hadrian when he retired from political life. This is the place
where Hadrian wanted to recreate the wonders of the world that
he had seen during his travels. For this reason, spread out over
the one hundred hectares of parkland, there are groups of buildings
that remind us of Greek constructions, such as the reproduction
of the Athens Academia and Egyptian buildings such as the reproduction
of the city of Canopus.
B) Villa d’Este (1551-1565), famous for the architecture
of the gardens and its various fountains.
Light lunch in a typical restaurant and after lunch back to Rome.
Option 2) Excursion to Colli Albani/Roman castles area
After breakfast departure to visit the most characteristic places
of the Castelli Romani. Along the "Road of the Lakes"
passing through one of the hilly areas of volcanic origin which
characterize the outskirts of Roma: Colli Albani, Castelgandolfo,
Ariccia, Rocca di Papa and Grottaferrata, noted for their culture
and gastronomic delicacies. Towards the northerly part of the
Colli Albani, we arrive at Frascati, popular both for its beauty
and considerable production of wine. Stop in a typical wine cellar
producing the Frascat DOC wine, guided visit and wine tasting.
Typical light lunch will be after the wine tasting or inside a
typical restaurant according to availability.
After lunch back to Rome.
Wine Tastings
In the afternoon intensive 2-hour wine course held inside the
prestigious Wine Academy of Rome (possible from Monday to Friday),
where teachers will describe the basic tasting technics and the
most important Italian wines; clients will learn the difference
between DOCG, DOC, IGT, etc. and practical suggestions to choose
a wine will be given. Tasting of 6 wines.
Then dinner in the elegant restaurant, which includes a four
courses menu + aperitif, each course accompanied by a combined
wine, with explanations by the teachers.
Transfer to the Academy not included but can be arranged on request.
It is also possible to modify the wine course according to clients’
wishes, for example focus on one peculiar Italian region, on the
Great Whites or Great Reds, etc.
Overnight.
DAY 4 - Departure
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer by de-luxe private car to Fiumicino airport and departure.
According to flight schedule possibility of a further half day
city tour (to be quoted on request), personal visits or shopping.
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