Corpus Domini and Historical Procession Show
Umbria Jazz Winter Festival

Orvieto con Gusto (Food & Wine Festival)

Palio dell’Oca (Historical horse race)

Palombella Festival

 Food - Wine Tours


The "Strade del Vino" (Wines' Roads) are itineraries through high quality wine territories, rich of vineyards, cellars and wine producing companies, as well as natural, cultural and historical attractions which suggest several options for your personal tours. These charming areas often offer old villas, historical residences and properties, giving food & wine lovers the chance to try at best all their flavours and peculiarities, which are typical of this environment. The "Strade del Vino" are a real promotional mean for the rural development and they want to promote the Wine Tourism as another tour option which shows the unique Orvieto area productions and attractions.

To get info please contact us at +39.0763.393804, email us at teseoservice@gmail.com or visit our website www.umbriawinetours.com and www.travelinitaly.net

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Artistic-Cultural Itineraries: Orvieto Underground Visits

Orvieto Underground   The guided visit to "Orvieto Underground" represents the best way to touch by hand the real Etruscan way of living and culture. The underground city and caves show the visitors the age of Velzna, the ancient Orvieto, while from the humid caves Medieval and Reinassaince ghosts and echoes remind the following historical ages. Through the tunnels, un on the underground stairs, visitors can see the chronology of the underground city. This is an extraordinary trip through the centuries. The guided visit of "Orvieto Underground" starts right in front of the Duomo facade, from the Tourist information office, located at 24, Piazza Duomo. - from March 1st to January 31st - every day at 11 AM; 12.15 PM; 4.00 PM; 5.15 PM (during the high season visits start every 15 minutes) - during February - visits start at the same time, but only on Saturdays and Sundays - Closed December 25th (Christmas) Every visit can be done in English / Italian language. During the high season periods, visits can be done in German language, too. Visits can be previously booked in other languages (French, Russian, Spanish). Visits for large groups (a previous booking is always preferred), can be done every day of the year. Speleotecnica S.r.l. Piazza Duomo Orvieto (TR) - Ph. +39.0763.344891 - +39.347.3831472 Tickets: - €.5,50 - Reduced ticket for groups (more than 20 people) €.4,50 - Reduced for students and people older than 65 €.3,50

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The Cava Well The Well is completely dug in the tufa rock which is the base of Orvieto downtown. This well is 36 mts deep and at its bottom it has a water source. The structure is made of 2 parts put together: the first part, which is the bigger one, has a circular section and an average diameter of 3,40 mts. The second one, the smaller, has a rectangular section (60x80 cms) and represents the typical Etruscan "pedarole", dug signs on the well's walls to help Etruscans climbing it up and down. At 30 mts deep, a 170 cms high-20 mts long tunnel begins; its floor, almost completely covered of mud and clay, has a deep plough on its left side. It was used to make the well's water flow. Openings: 8 AM to 8 PM Monday closed (except during holidays) [other times of the day only on previous request] Ph: +39.0763.342373

RESTAURANTS

OSTERIA SAN PATRIZIO: Corso Cavour 312 –  Ph: (+39).0763.341245
L'ASINO D'ORO: Vicolo del popolo 9  -  Ph: (+39).0763.344406
I SETTE CONSOLI: P. S. Angelo 1/A  - Ph: (+39).0763.343911
AL POZZO ETRUSCO: P. Ranieri 1/A -  Ph: (+39).0763.344456
ZEPPELIN: V. Garibaldi 28 - 05018 -  Ph: (+39).0763.341447
LA PALOMBA: Via Cipriano Manente 16 - Ph: (+39).0763.343395
LE GROTTE DEL FUNARO: V. Ripa Serancia 41  - Ph: (+39).0763.343276
GIGLIO D'ORO: P. Del Duomo 8 - 05018 -  Ph: (+39).0763.341903
LA VOLPE E L'UVA: V. Ripa Corsica 1 - Ph: (+39).0763.341612
OSTERIA DELL'ANGELO: Piazza 29 Marzo 8/a  - Ph: (+39).0763.341805
LA TORRETTA: Strada Statale 71 (towards Viterbo) – Ph: (+39).0763.344564
MAURIZIO: Via del Duomo –  Ph: (+39).0763.343212

PIZZAS

CHARLIE: C. Cavour 194 - 05018 - Ph: (+39).0763.344766
TAVERN ENGEL KELLER: P. Scalza 1 - Ph: (+39).0763.341098
S. GIOVENALE: P. S. Giovenale 6/7 - Ph: (+39).0763.340641
POZZO ETRUSCO D’ARONNE: P.zza Ranieri –  Ph: (+39).0763.344456

Museums &

Monuments

- The Duomo: a Gothic-Romanic masterpiece. It was built in 1290 as wanted by Niccolò IV to remember and celebrate the Bolsena Miracle (1264), where the host consecrated by a priest bleeded and stained the corporal (still today perfectly kept in the Corpus Domini Chapel, inside the Duomo Cathedral).

- The Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo: another great Gothic-Romanic Twelveth Century architecture work, for long time the Capitano del Popolo residence, which was one of the most representative figures of the city during the Middle Age.

- The San Patrizio Well: wanted by Pope Clemente VII in 1527 and made by Antonio da Sangallo the Young, this well is an admirable example of architectural genius. Its diameter measures 13 mts and its depth 62 mts. Visitors can walk up or down on its 248 stairs, never meeting one each other in the two senses.
- Entrance price € 4,50 - (Reduced ticket € 3,50)

- Crocifisso del Tufo Etruscan Necropolis: Etruscan cemetery complex, right few steps below the Orvieto tufa rock. Visitors can wiak along the paths among the buildings, as it is a real sepulchral city. In it there were several objects, today kept in the city civic museum, near the Duomo.
- Entrance price € 3,00 - (Reduced ticket € 1,50)

-The Albornoz Fortress, public gardens. The ancient Fortress, high on one side of the rock, is located at the main antrance of the city walls. Today, from its inner gardens, visitors can admire a wonderful view of the surrounding valley.

- The Torre del Moro: with its height of more than 50 mts, it dominates the city. It is located right in the middle of the old city, where Corso Cavour and Via del Duomo crosses. Walking up the tower until its top, a large terrace can be reached to see a stunning view over the whole city.
- Entrance Price € 2,80 - (Reduced ticket € 2,00)

OPERA DEL DUOMO MUSEUM Inside the Palazzo Soliano, next to the Duomo, is this Museum. It hosts paintings and sculptures of the Middle Age and the Reinassaince periods. The most important artists are: Arnolfo di Cambio, Andrea Pisano, Simone Martini, together with modern bronze works of Emilio Greco. Entrance Ticket - € 3,00

NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGIAL MUSEUM This Museum is next to the Duomo, too and it hosts Etruscan finds, found in the Underground Etruscan city, which can be visited. Entrance Ticket - € 3,00

C.FAINA FUNDATION CIVIC MUSEUM this is the Civic Museum, right in front of the Duomo Facade. In it visitors can admire many Roman-Etruscan objects, funeral frescoes, sculptures found around the Orvieto area during many Centuries. -PRIVATE MEDIEVAL AND RENASSAINCE ORVIETO CERAMICS MUSEUM, it is located in the Medieval quarter, in 8, Via della Cava and it shows one of the best private ceramics collections in Italy. Visits only for groups.

- The Belvedere Etruscan Temple ruins (near P. Cahen)

- Sant' Andrea Church

- San Domenico Church

- San Francesco Church

- Palazzo del Comune
- Cava Well (Etruscan) (€ 3,00 - Reduce ticket € 2,00)