Very famous horse trek of 6 days , with 5 days in the saddle
Sunday: arrival at the Resort of Sovana (Fascinating Etruscan town inhabited by 300 people,we are at 350 m above sea level) where we will dine and spend the night. Beautiful hotel with all the comfort, to 1500 meters from our riding center
Monday: We will pick up the clients by car and bring them to the horses found at our structure (at a height of 390 m) and then we will leave by horse (after everyone has a horse) towards the Castle of Porceno. To get to Proceno, we need to cross an old path with beautiful scenery. We will stop for a pic-nic at Castell’Ottieri (472m above sea level) a medieval old citadel with a beautiful roman church (The Church of San Rocco). When we arrive in Porceno, we will change regions (for one night) and from Tuscany we will pass over to Lazio. We will spend the night in the Castle (with all amenities, pool, etc.) and our horses in a field at 200 meters above sea level.
Tuesday: Our journey on the ridges of Siena (spectacular) start in the direction of Radicofani (896 m above sea level), and after a 3-4 hour ride towards the North, we will return to Tuscany, in the province of Siena (yellow hills and green Cypress). We will go up and down the hills, we will cross rivers and follow a very beautiful ridge with a 360° view. We will have a pic-nic on the cliff with a view of Radicofani. This citadel that was unassailable during the battles between the Duchy of Tuscany and the pontifical state is still far from us. The evening we finally arrive at Radicofani, passing Celle sul Rigo (a small medieval village). We will often see Radicofani (that from a far looks like a tower) along our trip. Antonello (the lovable owner of a very nice resting place with beautiful pools) awaits us in Radicofani. He will make us eat well (boar that he has hunted, pasta made by his wife, etc.).
Wednesday: We will leave around 10:00 for a short day. We will cross the village of Radicofani and go down the typical Senesi hills and the forest, to then attack the mount that goes up to the citadel of Radicofani(a 360° view of the Val D’Orcia), where we will have a pic-nic. Afternoon 1 h horseback ride and we are back at the Sterposi lodgings, we can take the horses to visit the town of Radicofani or we can swim in the pool.
Thursday: Return to the Porceno castle on another road, descending one of the most beautiful ridges from where we can see Celle sul Rigo on our left, Castell’Azzara and Proceno, then we will continue on the old Cassia road that passes along the new Cassia (one of the most important roads in Italy that from Florence goes to Rome) and then we will cross the new Cassia in Centeno, where Galileo (the physicist) spent some time in prison during the malaria (plague) and here we will have a large evening meal.
Friday: Departure direction S.Quirico (a village in the South West located at 486 m above sea level) passing for Prato Lungo a tiny farm town. We will have a pic-nic in Vitozza (an Etruscan necropolis beside S. Quirico where there are 200 caves to visit, the remains of a roman church and the remains of a fortress), we are in the Archaeological park Città del Tufo. We will bring the horses down the Etruscan trail dug in the tufo (volcanic stone typical of the area and used to build all the houses of the region) by hand. We continue along the river passing through the almost virgin forest 2 or 3 times until we arrive to Sorano (a magnificent village at 379 m above sea level and entirely built on a cliff of Tufo), we will let the horses drink from the Lente river. We ride along an Etruscan road (a gorge with 10 m high walls), we will have a fantastic view of Sorano, we will continue for 1 hour and return to our property after having done the last 2 km with a gallop, still 15 minutes and we have arrived, the horses and everyone is happy then we will return by car to hotel in Sovana, for a wonderful dinner.
Saturday: breakfast, and at a set time, the Taxi or minibus will take the clients to the station or airport… good-bye.
Age: Minimum 14 years Maximum 90
in the saddle hours every day: 5/6 hours
Wednesday shortest day