VELTRA tours & activities, fun things to do

While the cities of Orvieto and Assisi are both interesting; our primary guide was not of any benefit and bearly was able to keep the group moving; let alone read pre-sc<x>ripted text in 3 languages. Orvieto did have a gorgeous Duomo/Catheral that we were able to see, but with only 45 minutes (no guided tour), we were lucky to see what we did. Next was a stop at a Ceramics factory (which was totally unnecessary and entirely capitalistic, having nothing to do otherwise with the tour). Assisi was a beautiful tour with two nice churches. The lunch was quite forgetful! The guide for Assisi was much more informative and did a better job with the group. Unfortunately, our guide decided to stop for coffee on the trip back to Rome, and I thought the tour would never end! Our 10 hour tour actually ended up taking 14 hours (with only minor impact from the Metro strike occurring that day). All in all and interesting tour if you are interested in the towns & cathetrals involved, but be prepared for a very long day, and hopefully that can get better guides.

The trip was nice but the driver played mexican salsa music all the way to Assisi and back. Not exactly conducive to a pilgrimage!

wished we had more time in Assissi. Orvieto is beautiful but it was not a highlight due to the very limited time.