A special place where you can smell a good book, where you can read stories at any time, where you do not rush but breathe the scent of tea and illustrated pages, sitting or moving, together or alone… a space out of the too fast pace of everyday life. All this and much more is Libri Parlanti (‘Books Talking’), a library for children and youngs, a unique and original reality in Castiglione del Lago. Inside there are over 4,000 titles dedicated mainly to the 0-14 age group.
The experience “Mamma leggHi!” includes:
- Reading aloud for children and, following, a small graphic activity.
All this for free, every Saturday morning!
Children, come to fantasize with us!
150 square meters of words, fairy tales, books and stories. A special place where you can smell a good book, where you can read stories at any time, where you do not rush but breathe the scent of tea and illustrated pages, sitting or moving, together or alone… a space out of the too fast pace of everyday life. All this and much more is Libri Parlanti (‘Books Talking’), a library for children and youngs, a unique and original reality in Castiglione del Lago. Inside there are over 4,000 titles dedicated mainly to the 0-14 age group.
The experience includes:
- Reading a story
- Creative workshop with the creation of an object to take home
Defined as the most beautiful natural terrace on Lake Trasimeno, Panicale offers many naturalistic beauties and historical-monumental testimonies. It still preserves the typical structure of a medieval castle, with its three squares incorporated in a circle of concentric ellipses.
With the guided urban trekking, you can visit the main monuments of Panicale!
The visit includes:
- the Oratory of San Sebastiano with the famous painting by Perugino ‘The martyrdom of San Sebastiano‘ and the fresco attributed to Raffaello ‘The Madonna with Musician Angels‘;
- the Caporali Theatre, one of the smallest in Italy, with its 154 seats and intently made of wood decorated with gilded stucco and festoons;
- the Museum of Embroidery on tulle, with many embroidered artifacts, typical examples of ‘Ars panicalensis‘;
- the church and museum of the Madonna della Sbarra, located outside the castle walls in the place where the Toll Custom House once stood.
The Glass Museum is the most important testimony of an ancient tradition of glass processing, which has characterized Piegaro and its economy since the 13th century. The building that currently houses the exhibition is the last seat, inside the town walls, of the glass factory which was decommissioned in 1968, moving production to a new plant in the town valley, which still exists today.
The Museum preserves the ancient appearance of the glass factory and houses many types of artifacts that came out of the kilns of Piegaro area. The large flow of glass, with its intense emerald green, is undoubtedly the most evocative vision within the museum itinerary, an effective ‘monument’ to the centuries of productive history of the village of Piegaro.Through a guided tour, you can therefore admire the remains of the furnace used for melting, ancient tools for craftsmanship and the precious objects produced over the years by glass masters, skilled hands that have shaped this fascinating material for centuries.
Centumbrie is a special place where olive oil is produced, tasted, studied and loved.
The architectural structure of the mill is modern, but it integrates with the landscape. Steel, glass, bright colors, design objects, plants, books, all chosen for a contemporary oil mill, a place of work, culture and meeting place. Each space is furnished with care and originality, to facilitate meeting, rest and reflection through beauty.
Centumbrie Essence: Guided Tour and Tasting
Experiential tour to discover all the secrets and curiosities of our organic extra virgin olive oil.
The experience includes:
• private tour led by Centumbrie staff
• tasting of 4 olive oils
• bread selection
• bottled water
• small cadeau
Do you love cheese? Listen to the story on how cheese is made from the producer and at the end, you can have a taste of what you have heard!
The activity consist of:
- Visit of the cheese factory
- Explanation on the production of the cheese
- Tasting in the workshop of:
– Crudolone: raw milk sheep cheese.
– Yobèè: A yogurt with an incredible taste to discover.
– Cremotta: A sheep milk ricotta cheese with the same texture of the old-time ricotta.
Please note: our products are seasonal and perhaps, for example, ricotta is difficult to find in the month of August.
The Abbey of Settefrati is a former Benedictine abbey of the twelfth century, transformed into a hunting lodge in the 16th century by one of the most prestigious noble families of the Lake Trasimeno area, the Della Corgna, in particular by Cardinal Fulvio Della Corgna who had it frescoed with grotesque motifs, with allegorical scenes, sacred images, animals, angels and fantastic figures who still have stories to tell.
Despite the traces left by time, the Abbey still preserves all the charm of its thousand years of history.
The experience includes:
- Visit to the Abbey: church, cloister, frescoed rooms, officinal garden and olive oil mill.
- Aperitif / final tasting with wine glass, bruschetta with olive oil, cheese with honey, crouton, bread and jam.
Experience organized by Agriturismo Fratres
Live history by visiting the Castle of Magione where a conspiracy hatched by the nobles against Cesare Borgia known as Il Valentino took place! Taste the excellent wine of the estate and relive the historical event. Born as a hospitium for pilgrims who went to Rome or Jerusalem and along the nearby Francigena Route, the Castle also preserves a chapel frescoed by Pinturicchio school.
- Guided tour of the Castle Tasting (also in barrel room) of 3 wines, cutting board with bruschetta and salami, tozzetti (savoury crunchy biscuits) and Vin Santo (a typical sweet dessert wine).
Stroll through the vineyards and 17th-century farmhouses while Sabrina tells you her story and guides you through the scents of her wines.
Precious wines that look to tradition and new trends, gifts of the land to which the Morami family is inextricably linked. Each bottle is the result of years of experience and love, to offer you the best tasting experience.
- Tasting of 5 or 9 wines in the tasting room of the old farmhouse and pleasant conversation with Sabrina.
