Etruscan Trail

We spend the whole day on horseback, with a picnic, and return to Cornacchino. 

This first day is very important, it is a matter of "creating the group", of checking the combinations between the rider and the horse, explaining our travel equipment, our way and our rules of behavior in traveling on horseback.

After breakfast we leave Cornacchino and ride down to the Fiora river, we follow it and have here our picnic. 

In the afternoon we ride through the country side, through two Etruscan “vie cave” (Etruscan roads cut in tuff rock) and pass and visit the Ildebranda Tomb.

We ride along the Fiora river and through hills and pastures until we reach the country house for the night.

We ride along the river Fiora until the hermitage of Poggio Conte, where 16th century hermits built a chapel entirely dug out of the tuff rock. 

For lunch we are going to reach a farm, that breeds and trains Maremma horses using traditional methods. In the afternoon we will follow them during their work with their cattle (Maremma cows and horses).

Our journey continues and we enter the Lamone Forest Nature Reserve. This dense woodland, with its wild flowers and birds such as woodpeckers and various species of falcon unique to the area, has grown up on rocky terrain of volcanic origin. During our ride we'll encounter cattle of the Maremma breed, living in the clearings of the forest. We stop for our picnic then leave the forest and cross rolling hills with spectacular views and reach our accommodation near lake Mezzano, a crater lake of volcanic origin, an absolute paradise, where we will have time to enjoy a swim in the lake or relax in the spa (extra charge).

From lake Mezzano, riding along field tracks we reach Sorano, cross the village and have picnic at the Lente river. 

In the afternoon we continue along an Etruscan roads and than toward Montevitozzo, before returning to Cornacchino. In the evening we will enjoy our final dinner together during which every participant will receive small souvenir and a map of our journey.

Breakfast and departure.