Orvieto Trip Overview
This tour indeed will show you two of the most charming hilltowns of central Italy. You will also enjoy 14th Century frescoes and Reanaissance paintings. It will be like to back to the past!
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Duration: 6 hours
Starts: Orvieto, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Orvieto, Umbria, Italy
This tour indeed will show you two of the most charming hilltowns of central Italy. You will also enjoy 14th Century frescoes and Reanaissance paintings. It will be like to back to the past!
Itinerary
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Pass By: Pozzo di San Patrizio, Piazza Edouard Cahen, 05018, Orvieto Italy
Designed in the 1530’s, this uniquely engineered well was designed to supply the city of Orvieto in times of war.
Stop At: Duomo di Orvieto, Piazza del Duomo 26, 05018, Orvieto Italy
Orvieto’s magnificent Duomo (cathedral) is considered one of the must-see churches in Italy for its stunning gold-and-mosaic Gothic façade and magnificent frescoes by Luca Signorelli, which had a great influence on Michelangelo’s work in the Sistine Chapel.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Cappella Di San Brizio (Duomo), Piazza del Duomo 26, 05018, Orvieto Italy
One of the prettiest chapels in Italy.
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: Torre del Moro, Corso Cavour, 87, 05018, Orvieto Italy
A bird’s eye view of Orvieto from the medieval tower. The eye sweeps the horizon with its hamlets and castles that bear witness to the power that was of the medieval city.
Stop At: Centro Storico Orvieto, Piazza della Repubblica, 05018, Orvieto Italy
Walking about the narrow streets and alleyways is fascinating
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Basilica Papale e Sacro Convento di San Francesco d’Assisi, Piazza S. Francesco, 2, 06081, Assisi Italy
The Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town in the Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Basilica Superiore di San Francesco d’ Assisi, Piazza San Francesco, Assisi Italy
This bright and spacious basilica consists of a single four-bay nave with cross-vaulted ceiling bordered with patterns of crosses and leaves, a transept and a polygonal apse. The four ribbed vaults are decorated alternately with golden stars on a blue background and paintings.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Piazza del Comune, 06081, Assisi Italy
The Temple of Minerva is an ancient Roman building. It currently houses a church, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, built in 1539 and renovated in Baroque style in the 17th century.
The temple was built in the 1st century by will of Gnaeus Caesius and Titus Caesius Priscus, who were two of the city’s quattuorviri and also financed the construction.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Basilica di Santa Chiara, Piazza Santa Chiara, 06081, Assisi Italy
The Basilica of Saint Clare is a church dedicated to and contains the remains of Saint Clare of Assisi, a follower of Saint Francis of Assisi and founder of the Order of Poor Ladies, known today as the Order of Saint Clare.
Duration: 20 minutes
