Assisi Fullday from Rome with Papal Blessing on Parchment INCLUDED

Assisi Fullday from Rome with Papal Blessing on Parchment INCLUDED

Learn more about the life of St. Francis of Assisi.
Included one Papal Blessing on Parchment in English.
Upgradable, at additional cost, with private licensed local tour guide in Assisi.

You will explore 3 popular pilgrimage sites:
• Basilica of St. Francesco
• Basilica of Santa Chiara
• Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli with the Porziuncola

Wine Tasting/Light Lunch Included.

Worry-Free and Safe Private Tour Experience, operated only with:
• Expert Professional English-Speaking Drivers
• Selected local Expert Licensed Tour Guides (when booked)
• Welcoming by private licensed fully-insured air-conditioned comfortable Vehicles

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Pass By: Basilica Superiore di San Francesco d' Assisi, Piazza San Francesco, Assisi Italy

Tour details:
The tour will start with pick up from your accommodation in Rome. An English speaking driver with a private vehicle will be with you during the entire day and since the tour is private you’ll be able to customize the itinerary.

Enjoy a day exploring the beauties that the Umbria region has to offer.
Umbria is known as "the green heart of Italy", and it is thanks to its scenery and its natural excellence that has earned this title, the morphological characteristics of the Umbrian territories make this region unique for the variety of places of high naturalistic interest.

Included one Papal Blessing on Parchment in English.

The stops you’ll be able to do during your tour will be to visit
Assisi town and explore 3 popular pilgrimage sites:
• Basilica of San Francesco d’Assisi
• Basilica of St. Chiara
• Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli and the Porziuncola

If you wish, you have the option to include a local private licensed tour guide in Assisi for an additional fee (availables in English, Spanish or Portuguese).

Assisi:
It was the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, the founder of the Poor Sisters. Nowadays Assisi is a popular destination not only for religious tours, but also for the history that the city has witnessed during the centuries.

Wine Tasting and Light Lunch included:

Light lunch in the wine tasting room. A deliceous light lunch to discover the specialities of the Umbria region.

At the end of the tour the driver will take you back to your accommodation in Rome

Stop At: Basilica Superiore di San Francesco d' Assisi, Piazza San Francesco, Assisi Italy

The church of St. Francis of Assisi rises up today in the place where the Saint had chosen to be buried.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Basilica di Santa Chiara, Piazza Santa Chiara, 06081, Assisi Italy

The Basilica of St. Clare of Assisi, realized with the typical pink stone extracted from the quarry of the Subasio mountain, contains precious frescos dating back to the period from the XIIth to the XIVth century.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli - Porziuncola, Piazza della Porziuncola 1, 06081, Assisi Italy

Porziuncola is a small Catholic church located within the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi in the frazione of Santa Maria degli Angeli, situated about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from Assisi, Umbria. It is the place from where the Franciscan movement started

Duration: 1 hour