Good train connections from Rome to Orvieto approx 1.5 hours. Transfer departs at 4 p.m. from Orvieto train station to Proceno. You will journey by car from Orvieto to Proceno- shared transfer (40 minutes).

Day 1   Arrival in Orvieto and transfer from the station of Orvieto to Proceno, where you will be accommodated in the local castle. Dinner in the local restaurant - the only restaurant in town. A local lady will cook traditional meals and sometimes she also creates new, very tasty filled pasta - called tortelli. The desserts are very special and always freshly prepared.
Day 2  Full-day ride in the area of the medieval town of Proceno, through clay hills down into the valley of the river Palia - with marvellous view on the mountains of Amiata and Cetona. Lunch at the former Italy-Vatican State border - called Dogana - on hot days a fire is also lit in the dining room for preparing barbecue specialties. The way back goes uphill in the afternoon sun, with a stunning view over soft cornfields and sheep pastures. Dinner in a local farmhouse in the countryside – it is the oldest real agriturismo - with all kinds of animals around and home-made and home-cooked dishes on the menu.
Day 3  Ride on horseback from Proceno to Onano. The landscape will change completely - after riding past the private forest property of Montorio with its brooks you will ride through huge plateau fields with various agricultural businesses built on tuff (a volcanic type of rock) ground. Farmers already settled here with their sheep in the past and started a good traditional cheese production. Lunch in the restaurant of San Quirico with its walls painted with frescoes. Because of the tuff ground the soil is always well drained and good for trots and canters. In the afternoon you will arrive at the stables of Castello di Cristina where a local cook will prepare a tasty dinner in the former stable below the rooms - its ceiling decorated with cross-shaped vaults.
Day 4   Full-day ride in the area of Onano until we reach the unique national park of Selva di Lamone. This undescribable forest area was created by the now extinct volcano in the Lago di Bolsena. Stones were scattered all over the ground like crumbs on a cake. The sunlight smoothed by the leaves and the trees creates fantastic, surreal shades on the ground. Lunch in a lake-side farmhouse. This lake was also once a volcano and its alleged deepest point is 200 m. You will get tasty home-made starters and barbecued meat outside in the green in front of the house with view on the lake or in the cosy restaurant. After returning from our ride this afternoon you will have dinner in a part of the main building. 
Day 5  Ride on horseback from Onano to Sorano. Romantic forests, steep ditches, narrow canyons and old Etruscan roads are on your way today. You can almost grasp culture and history the closer you get to Sorano. You will have lunch in San Quirico with different dishes. You will be accommodated in the medieval fortress high above the old Etruscan town. Dinner in a restaurant down in the centre. 
Day 6  Full-day ride in the unique area of Sorano with its age-old, narrow roads cut into the tuff rock and brought to perfection by the Etruscans and with the innumerable gravesites all over the hills. You will have lunch in Sovana - one of the most famous Etruscan settlements - with its monumental tombs nearby. Back in Sorano dinner in another restaurant in the village.
Day 7   Ride from Sorano to Proceno. At first we will ride again through canyons and along Etruscan roads until we reach the plateau. We will have lunch in another farmhouse, which is a real family business, eating home-cooked dishes. Dinner in the restaurant of the castle.
Day 8   Shared transfer in the morning from Proceno to Orvieto station.

Subject to change

 Luggage transfer included and water bottles are provided. 

We overnight in two different medieval castles, and a fortress: Castle Proceno, Castle Santa Cristina (close to Onano), and the Fortress of Sorano.
The first castle is located in the little town of Proceno, parts of it form the town´s defensive walls; the castle has its rooms on different levels along the only passage through the village. The swimming pool is situated just outside the castle ramparts on spacious grounds of wide panoramic terraces.
The second castle is a country castle out of the village surrounded by agricultural terrain. The main house is still inhabited by the owner, who is also the tenant of some horses. You will be accommodated in the romantic dependance, its walls fully covered with green ivy and the swimming pool is directly in front surrounded by green grass and vegetation.
The fortress of Sorano is located above this unique Etruscan town. The fortress walls, which surround your rooms, are more than one metre thick. Your rooms have a panoramic view on the town and on the canyon, which provided a barrier against attacks. Just take a few steps downhill to have a walk through the town centre with all its narrow streets to get up and down, its passage gates, arches and small steps.
Come and take a breath of medieval lives style – with modern comforts of course.

You will eat the freshest traditional home made cuisine and drink fine local wines. The Tuscan cuisine and hospitality bear witness to the long history of agriculture in the region. 
They are used to our riding attire, so there is no need to bring formal clothes for dinner. Casual dress is fine. However, if you prefer to be a little more presentable for the evening, when eating in the castle, please feel free to take some nicer clothes with you.

This trip includes some wine with dinner and can accommodate special dietary requests.