Things to do in

Bolsena

The tour start from Civitavecchia port/area. You will drive north-east with your English-speaking driver, through the beautiful landscape of Lazio&Tuscany regions. After about a 50 minute’s drive, you will arrive in Montefiascone with its 600 meters of altitude. From the top of the village you can enjoy a spectacular view over the lake. Montefiascone is also famous for being one of the most important stages of the Via Francigena, exactly 100 kilometers from Rome, the final destination of the pilgrimage. But the fame of Montefiascone is also and especially linked to its vineyards and the legend of wine "Est! Est!! Est!!" In 1111 AD Henry V of Franconia, King Germany, was traveling to Rome with his Bishop Johannes Defuk that is very passionate about wine. Once unpon he asked the his servant Martin to precede him looking for the best wine and, just found, signal it with the words "est" which in Latin means "there is". When he arrived in the town of Montefiascone, the servant found wine so good that he repeated the signal three times, accompanied by six exclamation marks: thus the famous "Est! Est!! Est!!!". After the wine tasting and sightseeing after 15 minutes by van we arrived to Civita di Bagnoregio. It is called the "dying city" because the land on which it stands is slowly falling away and will inevitably disappear when the final pieces crumble into the spectacular Valle dei Calanchi below. Visiting Civita di Bagnoregio means immersing yourself in a suspended, nostalgic and evanescent atmosphere: the ancient village still retains corners of wonder and peace and gives beauty to every step, between buildings and stone houses, artisan shops, narrow alleys overlooking the valley that offer the best of them at sunset, when everything is colored by a magical light. After visit the dying city, we drive back to the port

The historic palace of the Cozza Caposavi counts of Bolsena opens its sale rich in history and art to the public. More than a thousand square meters that can be visited with a guide, including Renaissance paintings, ceramics, ancient fabrics and frescoes. The palace periodically displays private collections of ancient and contemporary art. 500 YEARS OF HISTORY Located in the square in the historic center of Bolsena, 550 meters from the lake, the VesConte is a period residence located in the historic 16th century palace of the Counts Cozza Caposavi and over the centuries has hosted various members of the European royal families, two Popes, and among the most important writers and cinema characters passing through northern Lazio. The position, on the ancient via francigena and the imperial road Cassia, made Bolsena an obligatory stop for travelers between Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio. Traveling along the ancient road that connects Orvieto with the Cassia through the Umbrian countryside, you come across the impressive size of an enormous volcanic basin where - in the Paleolithic period - a wonderful lake was formed, surrounded by green hills.north of the lake is the city of Bolsena from which the lake also takes its name. This suggestive and charming medieval village influenced by Etruscan and then Roman settlements, began to grow in the XIII century and remained an area of strategic and commercial importance for over 400 years.