Best wines meet the typical Friulian cuisine

Arrival at the hotel and departure with the tour guide for a full day excursion in Conegliano and Valdobbiadene through one of the most important wine routes in Italy: the Prosecco D.O.C.G. Territory. After a tour around Conegliano and its Castle, we will drive you to the green hills to visit a magnificent Venetian Villa that hosts one of the most exclusive wine cellars of the area. During the visit, we’ll have lunch in a typical “Osteria” that also includes wine tasting. On the way back, we stop in Sacile, the town called “Giardino della Serenissima” (the Serenissima Garden) thanks to its Venice-like atmosphere and its harmony architecture. A lot of Venetian-style palaces built on the river bank and reflecting in the water. Dinner in a typical restaurant. Overnight.

After breakfast departure with the tour guide for the excursion to the medieval village of Valvasone, a small town that lies on the right side of the Tagliamento river, rich in historical memories like the Medieval Castle the square in renaissance style, the antique XV cent. Water mill with the wheel, its ancient centre, the medieval and renaissance buildings. After the walking tour will visit at one of the most beautiful local wineries with a light lunch and Friulian wines tasting. In the afternoon departure to Pordenone, with its characteristic archways (porticoes) along the central main street today Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and Corso Garibaldi with the Dome and its bell tower, the Palazzo Municipale and Palazzo Ricchieri (wich is the seat of the Art Museum). During this walking tour through the historic town centre, a little stop in historical chocolate to taste their superb chocolate sweets. Lunch in a typical restaurant for tasting the famous “Prosciutto di San Daniele”. Overnight.

Departure from the hotel with the tour guide to Cividale, in the heart of the Colli Orientali del Friuli. Guided tour of Cividale, founded by Giulio Cesare under the name of Forum Iulii, in 568 BC, this little village became the seat of the first Lombard duchy in Italy and then the residence of the patriarchs of Aquileia for several centuries. Today, Cividale still holds significant clues about the history of the Longobard period, such as the Tempietto (Little Temple), one of the most extraordinary and mysterious pieces of architecture of the western early Medieval period. This historic and artistic place was recognised by UNESCO in 2011.
After a shot walking departure for a renowned winery in the Collio area, tasting the famous Picolit and other fine white wines. The Friulian wine is an excellence of the territory and is the result of a tradition that goes back to the time of the Roman Empire. Fine wines and 8 D.O.C. awarded zones, rich in both native and European vines: robust and intense reds and fruity and scented whites, worldwide recognized and rewarded. Light dinner at an other renowned winery with wine and foods tasting. Overnight.

After breakfast departure for the guided tour of Gorizia with its suspended atmosphere typical of a border city: in the Piazza Transalpina, which until 2004 was physically divided by a wall, you will walk with one foot in Italy and one foot in Slovenia. Thanks to its special geographical location, it has always been culturally influenced by a combination of different civilizations: Latin, Slavic and Germanic. Situated on the eastern border, it has always played a major role in Central Europe but also during the Medieval period, and a very important symbol is its Castle, where medieval, Baroque and 19th-century architectures harmoniously co-exist. After the visit wine tasting and lunch at the Castello di Spessa, an ancient castle from the 1200’s surrounded by vineyards and wineries. During this visit, you could taste the typical wines of the area like the white Tocai Friulano, dry, fresh and aromatic. In the afternoon a walk to Cormons, the centre of the Collio Friuliano for visiting and other important wine cellar and having the possibility to taste the Ribolla Gialla withe wine. At the end return to the hotel for dinner. Overnight.

After breakfast departure for the Carso Triestino, where you will visit a tavern embedded in the karst rocks and will taste typical wines like Malvasia, Terrano and Vitovska.  Typical lunch in Trieste and meeting with the local tour guide for a walking tour through the history of the most Mitteleuropean and cosmopolitan city in Italy; you will be captured by the charm of its beauty and its Gulf. Return..