There is delightful B&B in Otricoli

Holiday rooms with air-conditioning, bathroom and separated entrance to outside, with breakfast available to rent in the country house located between Umbri and Lazio, 70 km from Rome. If you like the idea of B & B in family, Casale San Pietro could be your country home! Bed and Breakfast at Casale San Pietro…. built in stone and tufo brick, located in a quiet valley between green hills, 5 minutes from the ancient village of Otricoli. It is one of the most important archaeological centers in the panoramic position known as Ocriculum. Due to the house’s architecture, antique furniture, and unique design, we were able to recreate a special atmosphere of a farmhouse with animals, vegetable garden and orchard. Casale San Pietro is a home where we respect nature. We do not use any chemicals for our garden or orchard. The garden is about 7,000 m2 with a place for a barbeque. Open furnished terrace and a cover terrace for dining and relaxing. Children’s playground with swing, slide, Wendy house, sand pit, books, games. DVDs etc. We have two double rooms with en suite bathrooms and separate entrances. On l st floor, the Rose Bedroom can be adapted to requirements: 1. double bed 2. double bed + single 3. double bed + bunk beds 4. double bed + cot Rooms can be booked separately. During your stay, you can select from a wide range breakfast menu. From here, you can hike or cycle that will enable you to discover the unique resources of the area, numerous archaeological monuments and local swimming pools. By train, from Orte, you can go Rome (35 minutes), Orvieto and Terni. By car, to the thermal springs in Viterbo, the Marmore waterfalls, lakes of Vico and Bracciano (30 minutes) and the beaches of the Tyrrhenian sea (60 minutes) and of course, Assisi ( 80 minutes). I will organize a wonderful stay, full of unforgettable moments and impressions for your family and friends. The tours ideas Otricoli – an ancient town located among the picturesque hills of Umbrii in the regions of Terni, it offers numerous cultural and religious events strarting from the beginning of May to the end of September. The most famous are: the celebration of main patrons of Orticoli, Ocriculum AD 168, the Middle Ages days, the feast Vinotricolando and festival of music. The celebration of main patrons of Orticoli Witora and Fulcenzia. From 10th to 18th of May 2014 In the light of torch, by the river Tybr, to the oil port in Ocriculum (zona archeologica) will flow the figure of Saint Wiktoria. The performance that present the life and the martyrdom of Saint Wiktoria will take place in the amphitheatre. The religious, folkloric and cultural ceremonials help to better understand the cultural heritage as well as provide the great festivity from dawn to dusk. That is why, the traditional gastronomic cafes will be open, which is where people may find a lot of tasty food and wine. The third edition of Ocriculum AD 168, 14th and 15th of June 2014 Something unusual will happen in Ocriculum – the archaeological park located on the shore of the river Tybru invites for time travel to the year 168, when the emperor Marek Aureliusz reigned. The whole region of park will ‘come back to life’, the music will be heard everywhere and the performances will recreate the daily lives of the citizens. The old oil port becomes noisy and active, the Roman market will be full of sellers and chapmen, the amphitheatre with gladiatorial combs, the horse-drawn carriages, warriors camp, the ceremony of Argei by the river Tybr, and of course Roman gastronomic cafes – Taberne dell’olio, Taberna di grotticello, Taberna Flaminia. It will be possible to spend nice time and taste the regional food such as: a soup made of chickpea spiced with rosemary in the bread roll, the lamb shish kebabs, sheep’s milk cheese, olives, pizza with rosemary and salty rolls made to drink Mulsum (spiced wine) or lemon water. The tavern with traditional food served by the Umbrii cuisine: potato dumplings with tomato sauce, pea soup with sausage, lentil soup with beans, chickpea and ‘cicerchia’ with boiled eggs, lamb stew, pork with tomato sauce, wine. The Middle Ages days, 18th- 20th July 2014 On the castle Poggio di Otricoli the present will be mixed with the past. The music will animate an ancient and quiet settlement that are surrounded by the marvellous rural landscape. There will be a lot of various games, duels, costume parades, historical performances, artists and handicraftsmen. The traditional food, beer houses and wine cellars will be open for everyone, they will tempt everyone who will be hungry and thirsty. The feast Vinotricolando 1st- 3rd August 2014, the Italian wine is the great reason to celebrate! The special feast of wine with varied program offers the evening performances, cheerful music and the party lasting up to the night as well as the travel around the city in the barouche. The ancient cellars, mill from the 1600 and the ancient furnace will be used on this occasion. The displays of groceries and hand made products, over 15 booths with 50 kinds of wine for tasting, 20 gastronomic cafes where you can spend nice time and taste the local food; (fallone) ‘pizza bianca’ roasted on the warmed bricks in the ancient furnace, stuffed mortadella, (barbazza) pork cheek flavoured with sage, (mazzafegati) sausages made of liver, pork and lamb shish kebabs, ostrich meat as well as different kind of barbeque products, broad bean with bacon, mozzarella di buffalo … The music festival, 5th-7th September 2014 the charming town Orticoli is once again a host of the music festival. The scenography of ancient town is properly illuminated for the evening performances on the streets and squares. The evening concerts are the great possibility for the lovers of music. Moreover cafes offer local food from the regions of Umbrii and excellent wine. In the village and nearby there is a wide range of restaurants and pizzerias. WELCOME Otricoli, in province of Terni, is the first village you find on the via Flaminia when you arrive in the region Umbria, 70 kilometers far from Rome and four kilometres away from the exit of the Motorway A1 “Magliano Sabina”(A1). Public buses which connect Otricoli with Narni and with Terni are available, but I advise you to travel by car or motor-cicle if you want to visit each lovely corner of my rural district. At the nearest station, that’s Magliano Sabina/ Civita Castellana, from Otricoli (8 kilometers far away) you can take the trains to Orte, Rome and to airport Fiumicino, there is one train that leaves every hour.