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Day 5 -LUBRIANO AND TORRE ALFINA
Breakfast. Departure for Lubriano. Visit the Museum, through the course called "Water, flowers, fruits and herbs" a course that is about 3 km, educational panels are set up that allow the public to use them easily, finding information on the The first elements of information are already at the Museum's headquarters, near the historic center of Lubriano, and deal with the particular geological aspects of the ravines, basic notions of botany related to higher plants and water as than primary resource. The Museum Route, which can be closed in a ring, continues to be chosen in two directions: towards the wash-fountain, historically conducive to socialization in small towns, then to the "heart" of the Valle dei Calanchi. Torre Alfina, is included in the Monte Rufeno Nature Reserve, a protected area of about 2900 hectares in the extreme north of the province of Viterbo, crossed by the river Paglia and composed of mixed forests and pines. Visit the Chateau, called Chateau des
Witches, at the foot of the castle Torre Alfina, which was a watchtower. All around the Castles, the Sasseto Forest.
Back to the castle. Dinner and overnight.
Day 6 - MUSEUM OF WINE CASTIGLIONE IN TEVERINA Breakfast. Departure for the visit of the Wine Museum in Castiglione in Teverina: it is the largest museum of its kind in Europe with its 3500mt square exhibition located in the heart of the small village of Castiglione in Teverina. Exposure to the goal of full participation and "immersion" of the visitor through photos, videos, stories, tools, machines and explosions in the world of wine, agri- food, production of wine and local history. The course develops in several rooms each dedicated to a goal. Castiglione in Teverina is an old fortified town wanted by the Monaldeschi Family, lords of Orvieto. Back to the castle. Overnight
Day 7 - VITERBO / ROME
Breakfast. Departure for Viterbo, retains a beautiful historic center which is part of the urban core surrounded by the walled enclosure, with the modern, commercial and industrial part that leans against the defensive curtain wall. Visit the subways of the city a collection of galleries that lead beyond the walls of the city and preserve the oldest history of the city. The trail is entirely dug in the tuff, a volcanic rock that characterizes the current landscape of Tuscia.The origin of tunnels, according to the most authoritative theories advanced by scholars and archaeologists, the first cut in the tuff could even go up to the Etruscans. Continuation to Rome.
Overnight in Rome or surroundings.
Day 8 ITALY / FRANCE Breakfast at the hotel.
Breakfast. Departure for the airport according to your departure flight.
Delivery of the car and flight to France.
PRIVATE TOUR