Atri, Castilenti e the San Lorenzo Vini winery

A two half-day tour to discover the enchanting landscape of the southern Teramo province, where ancient cities with their superb architecture, and villages rich in history lay down between clay hills, that the hand of man has wisely looked after to host precious vineyards.

Saturday afternoon: Atri, the queen of art.

Afternoon tour - Duration 4 hours;

3.00pm: Arrival  and Visit to the cathedral, the cloister of the canons and the crypt (monumental architecture, pictorial cycles of exceptional artistic value; a Roman floor mosaic preserved in its original site)

Visit to the artistic treasures of the historic city center (the medieval Palazzo Ducale, the baroque churches of Santa Chiara e di San Giovanni Battista, the remains of the Roman theater)

6.30pm: Departure for Castilenti and visit to the San Lorenzo  winery . The story of the winery begins in 1890 when the owners decided to planted the first young vines on the Teramo hills. The choice was made with foresight and wisdom as the short distance both from the Gran Sasso of Italy (20 km) and the sea (20 km from the shores of the Adriatic sea) guarantees the ideal climatic conditions for temperature and ventilation.

Ore 19.00: Arrival to the winery and free tasting of typical products.

If you like you can spend the night at the San Lorenzo Winery's B&B

Sunday morning: The fortified villages

9.00am: departure for Cellino Attanasio

Visita del borgo medievale: (la medievale chiesa di Santa Maria la nova, con preziose testimonianze artistiche, i torrioni rinascimentali della cinta muraria, il convento di San Francesco).

11.00am: arrival in Castilenti: Visit  the village (the sixteenth century Palazzo De Sterlich, the baroque parish church of Santa Vittoria, the convent of Santa Maria a Monte Oliveto)

Possibility to have lunch at a typical local restaurant.