ASCOLI AND THE SIBILLINI MOUNTAINS – BETWEEN CULTURE, ART AND LANDSCAPE BEAUTIES
5 November 2021THE FLOWERING OF CASTELLUCCIO, A MOSAIC OF UNIQUE COLORS IN THE WORLD
5 November 2021Food, wine and mosaics of colors to discover an immense beauty!
Short Description
Tourist Package
Locations
Including
Matelica: the old town with ancient Roman remains, tastings of typical products and Verdicchio.
Fabriano: the medieval old town and the Paper and Watermark Museum.
Genga: with a visit to the karst complex of the Frasassi Caves, a spectacle of exceptional beauty and the Valadier Temple.
Castelluccio: Castelluccio high plains witness to an event of particular importance, the Flowering.
Norcia: the old town that combines art, culture, gastronomy and sacredness.
Arrive in Matelica visit to the Enoteca Comunale and Teatro Piermarini, its structure is in stages, three orders plus the gallery and has a very elegant appearance. Tasting of wine and cold cuts in typical cellars where the famous Verdicchio is produced. In the evening transfer to Fabriano, hotel accommodation, dinner and overnight.
Breakfast at the hotel, visit of the old town starting from the cathedral (rebuilt in 1617 and dedicated to San Venanzo), the Pojo, the Tetro Gentile, the Oratorio della Carità, Sant’Onofrio and the Crypt of San Romualdo. Then through the medieval city, visit the Museum of Paper and Watermark in which the historical phases of handmade paper are illustrated. In the afternoon transfer to the Frasassi Caves spectacular underground world characterized by a succession of salt, tunnels and small crystallized lakes. Not far away is the Abbey of San Vittore alla Chiuse, one of the most important Romanesque churches in the Marche region, a place of worship surrounded by greenery, where architecture and environment blend in total harmony, transmitting a sense of deep peace and tranquility and the temple of Valadier one of the most beautiful churches in the rock in Italy. Return to Fabriano dinner and overnight.
Breakfast at the hotel, transfer to Castelluccio, a village at the foot of the Sibillini Mountains, where we can admire the beautiful flowering of lentils in the plain below. A thousand shades who create the so-called Flowering of Castelluccio. A rainbow that goes from red to yellow, up to the most intense purple, made of lentils, poppies, violets and even clovers and daffodils and many other varieties that make it special. Lunch in a restaurant. In the afternoon free visit of Norcia, to discover this beautiful town of Roman origin located between the Val Nerina and the Sibillini Mountains. The monumental artistic fulcrum of the city certainly revolves around its central square where the symbolic buildings are concentrated. Unfortunately, with the earthquake of 2016, some have been damaged. End of services.
The price includes:2 nights in the hotel half board; wine tasting; lunch on the third day; entrance to the caves of Frasassi and the Paper and Watermark Museum; insurance.
The price does not include: personal extras; lunches where not specified and everything not expressly indicated in the price includes.