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Romantic Week end
Choice of 2 different characteristic accommodations:
In A Small Middle Age Village
Sovana
In A Fortress Sorano
In the hearth of Tuscany Maremma
Private escorted tour on request
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romantic weekend in the picturesque village of Sovana with the restored
Aldobrandeschi castle (13th cent), overlooking the main square rich
in history and art like a film scene, the Palazzo Pretorio, the
Palazzo Bourbon del Monte, the Archives and home of Pope St. Gregory
VII, Ildebrando da Sovana. Sovana is located in the center of a
large Etruscan area, an integral part of the archeological trail
of the City of Tufo Park.
Here is Hotel Scilla, built into the series of restored
historic buildings,
it garantees modern conveniences in an exclusive environment, enriched
by the panoramic restaurant that serves its clients typical food
of Maremma and a large selection of wines from its rich wine cellars.
The rooms are elegant, each with its own personality due to the
choice of colors and furnishings, they all have TV, safe, frigobar
and air conditioning. The hotel's strategic
position offers guests the possibility to visit the most characteristic
places of the area-from the Archeological Park to sites nearby.connected
with art history. -Sovana-the ancient medieval
village with the Rocca Aldobrandessca (13th century), the Clock
Tower, Palazzo Bourbon del Monte, the Archives. Among the monuments
not to be missed is the home of Pope St. Gregory VII Ildebrando
da Sovana, with the shell museum inside, the only one in Europe.
Also the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul one of the most important
medieval buildings of Tuscany.
The City of Tufo Park, considered an extraordinary
example of open air museum, covering over 70 hectares
in a territory of great landscape and archeological value. The civilizations
such as Villanovian have lived here since the Bronze Age and the
quantity and quality of traces range from Etruscan necropoli to
medieval and Renaissance monuments.
-Vitozza -rock cliff settlements dating from
the year 1000. The area ia characterized by the presence of over
100 grottos excavated in the tufo used as homes and surrounded by
remains such as the Chiesaccia, the castle and important Colombari.
A visit to Sorano , an interesting medieval town with the Orsini
fortress, masterpiece of military architecture, and the museum of
the Castello.
-Sorano-one of the most interesting examples
of medieval city planning with the Orsini fortress, a masterpiece
of military architecture and the Castello Museum
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