Hilltop Towns of Italy

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duration 8 days
tour type Private
age requirement 18-99 yrs
max group size 16
guiding method Self-guided
Tour Code BM-31084
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Operated in English

Starts Orvieto, Italy
Ends Sorano, Italy

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Discovering some of Italy's most impressive, carefully preserved hilltop towns
Visiting three regions in one trip: Umbria, Lazio and Tuscany
Walking through ever-changing natural and built landscapes
Experience a special pocket of Italy just waiting to be discovered

Starting in Orvieto and ending in Sorano, the "Hilltop Towns Of Italy" tour is a self-guided trekking and hiking trip that takes 8 days. You will travel through Orvieto, Lubriano, Pitigliano and 4 other destinations in Italy. "Hilltop Towns Of Italy" is a private tour which includes accommodation in hotels, transport, meals and others.

Discover the most beautiful towns of Umbria, Lazio and Tuscany on this self-guided walking holiday. There is something magical about towns perched atop hills and cliffs that dominate the surrounding countryside with their castles, fortresses and stone-houses. This specially crafted self guided walk uncovers Italy's most impressive hilltop towns which have been carefully preserved, unscathed by mass tourism. The trip takes you on a journey of discovery through three different regions, along steep valleys, dense forests, rivers and lakes, and via Italy's legendary eroded clay slopes or “badlands”. Each day a different hilltop town: from Civita di Bagnoregio, the “dying city” overlooking the sea of Calanchi (badlands) to Bolsena, nestled amidst soft hills overlooking its namesake lake. As you walk between medieval masterpieces like the Etruscan Pitigliano, with its charming laneways and dramatic views, pass by farmhouses set amidst olive groves, vineyards and fig trees, thermal baths, ancient Roman roads still used by farmers and experience the Etruscan “Vie Cave”, roads carved into the rock. This small pocket of southern Tuscany bordering Lazio and Umbria is a gem waiting to be discovered.

ITINERARY Expand All

Day 1 : Arrive Orvieto
Day 2 : Transfer to Civita di Bagnoregio, walk to Orvieto (1.5 or 5.5hrs)
Day 3 : Walk through a fertile landscape to Bolsena (5hrs)
Day 4 : Transfer to Sovana, walk to Pitigliano (3hrs)
Day 5 : Loop walk from Pitigliano (3 or 5hrs)
Day 6 : Walk to Sorano with its impressive Orsini fortress (5hrs)
Day 7 : Loop walk from Sorano (5hrs)
Day 8 : Trip concludes

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Accommodation

7 nights in 3-4 star hotels and B&Bs on a twin share basis with ensuite facilities

Meals

7 breakfasts: Breakfasts are usually continental inclusive of breads, tea, coffee & juices.

Transport

Transfer from Orvieto to Civita di Bagnoregio and Bolsena to Sovana

Others

Digital information pack including navigational app, route notes and maps
Luggage transfer on days 2, 3, 4 & 6 (max 1 piece per person, max weight 20kg and max size 60 x 50 x 40 cm). Supplement applies for excess
Emergency hotline

WHAT'S EXCLUDED

Travel to Orvieto and from Sorano
Meals not listed as included, drinks
Travel insurance
Entrance fees
Guide – this is a self-guided walking holiday
Excess luggage
Transfers not listed as included
A supplement will apply if you are travelling solo or book a single room
Tourist Tax - allow approx EUR15pp, payable directly to the hotel
Items of a personal nature

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