Hotel Umbria Ristorante
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Car hire for 3 days over
Left siena with noddy, our car hire for 3days, fiat panda, just fitting in our bags. Headed off to chianti sculpture park, approx 30large pieces placed in woodland of visual delight. Pieces by artists from all countries and other pieces in owners premises which was an old pottery furnace. This building was incredible and the views, wow. Then to volterra, hill town of course, what else in tuscany. Stayed the night just outside wall area ...
A Picture Perfect Town
... all of the heavenly pasties being sold in the pastry shops, if you feel like having a cinnamon roll, it's just not going to happen here). The chocolate festival has also brought in a number of characters, such as men in clown costumes making balloon things, a man who walks around on stilts, and a legion of African immigrants who, rather forcefully, try to sell you books and simply will not take "No" for an answer. Because the festival lasts ...
New Friends and a Great Meal
... pay the difference in the dishes. The waitress says no, but than goes to ask Angelo and comes back and says alright. We also order a second pasta dish, umbrichelli ( the local fresh pasta) with truffles. We order a bottle of white wine but the waitress says the 4 course meal comes with a glass of red wine. We still want the white for Carol, expecting just a small glass of red. The meal starts off with complimentary crostini with olive oil and two slices of local salami. At first ...
We Stay in Orvieto
... locations as well as existence were kept as secret as possible. Most important of all with Orvieto being a hill town was the drilling into the rock to have wells for water. Enemies would think long and hard before attacking a hill town with walls and water. Food was stockpiled as well and Orvieto was never attacked. It is amazing to see the footholds carved into the side of the long well shafts. They used these to climb down while they were excavating ...
We found a little piece of heaven in Umbria
... involved when you're traveling to a place you've never been to before and we wondered whether the write-ups about La Rocca would live up to our expectations. Fortunately, when we arrived at La Rocca, we were blown away with our find. As the title of this blog states: "We found a little piece of heaven in Umbria." The accommodation is great, it's set in beautiful green hills overlooking vineyards, there's a gorgeous pool, jacuzzi, gym, and mountain bikes are available to use. ...