Travel Reference
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TAXI
Available from 6am to 2am (24 hours from July to September); call 075 500 48 88 to
arrange pick-up. A ride from the city centre to the main train station will cost about €10 to
€15. Tack on €1 for each suitcase.
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Torgiano
POP 6510
Vineyards and olive groves sweep up to this medieval walled town on a hilltop perch
overlooking the confluence of the Chiascio and Tiber rivers. Torgiano has an irresistible
draw for gastronomes, and is renowned for its thick, green, extra-virgin olive oil and
spicy, peppery red wines, such as Rubesco Rosso DOC, produced with 70% sangiovese
grapes.
Torgiano has a twinset of one-of-a-kind museums. First up is the
Museo del Vino
(Wine
Museum;
www.lungarotti.it/fondazione/muvit
;
Corso Vittorio Emanuele 31; adult/reduced incl Museo
dell'Olivo e dell'Olio €7/4; 10am-6pm daily summer, to 5pm & closed Mon winter)
, which takes a
thematic romp through viticulture in a 20-room, 17th-century mansion. Greek, Etruscan
and Roman ceramics, jugs and vessels, glassware and various wine-making implements
race you from the Bronze Age to the present, covering topics such as wine as medicine
and its role in mythology. Showcasing mills, presses and crafts, the
Museo dell'Olivo e
dell'Olio
(
www.lungarotti.it/fondazione/moo
;
Via Garibaldi 10; adult/reduced incl Museo del Vino €7/4;
10am-6pm daily summer, to 5pm & closed Mon winter)
is an ode to olive oil and its symbolic,
medicinal and dietary uses. Audioguides are included in the ticket price.
Sleeping & Eating
Al Grappolo d'Oro
( 075 98 22 53;
www.algrappolodoro.net
; Via Principe Umberto 24; s €55, d €95-110; )
The view across vineyards from the tree-rimmed pool is soothingly beautiful at this bijou
hotel in the centre of town. Smartly furnished 19th-century rooms are bright, serene and
kept spotlessly clean. There's free bike hire if you fancy peddling off into the countryside.
Breakfast is included.
HOTEL
€€
Ristorante Siro
TRADITIONAL ITALIAN
€€
