Location: Castiglione del Lago
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The 10 Best Things to Do in Castiglione del Lago, Italy
Castiglione del Lago is a town in the province of Perugia of Umbria (central Italy), on the southwest corner of Lake Trasimeno. Orvieto is 59 km (37 mi) south, Chiusi is 21 km (13 mi) to the south west, Arezzo is 56 km (35 mi) to the north west, Cortona is 21 km (13 mi) to the north and Perugia is 47 km (29 mi) to the south east.
Restaurants in Castiglione del Lago
1. Rocca del Leone
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 389 reviews
Reviewed By Blackdoghill - Ashton,MD
What an enjoyable little town! Very easy to walk and the Palazzo della Corgna is worth the price of admission. Enjoyed the art. Some Picassos that were quite interesting and interesting Etruscan pieces. The town offers a handful or three of restaurants and shops with nice selections of local foods. Well worth a visit if you’re in the area.
2. Quercia di Santa Margherita da Cortona
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 9 reviews
Reviewed By Maggi713 - Baltimore, Maryland
We went to Petrignano where we found the spot where St. Margaret of Cortona found her calling after discovering her lover had been murdered. The story goes that one day, Margaret’s lover left to check his property. When he did not return that evening, she became very worried. After a couple of days, her lover’s favorite dog returned to the castle without him. Pulling at her dress and Barking, the dog persuaded Margaret to follow it to the pile of sticks and dirt that formed her lover’s makeshift grave. He had been beaten to death and hastily buried in the woods. Upon seeing her lover’s broken body, Margaret underwent a total spiritual conversion. She blamed herself for his death, and immediately set out to do public penance for her sins. On the spot where this took place is a small church and a plaque on a tree.
3. Azienda Agricola Leuta
Overall Ratings
5 based on 122 reviews
Reviewed By Mrmitosis - East Greenbush, New York, United States
My wife and I and our 28 year old daughter and her significant other showed up at the Leuta doorstep around 4PM on a Tuesday afternoon. the owner, Denis Zeni, was just wrapping up a previous tour and tasting--immediately after which he focused his attention on us. After a thorough tour of the small and boutique winery we sat down and tasted 6 of his limited supply wines (4 for 10 euros; 6 for 20--the last two were expensive wines). We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I like wine, and his (from Malbec to Merlot and Sangiovese to Cab Franc--and blends) were of a very high quality. I ended up joining his wine club and look forward to receiving 2 cases per year for the foreseeable future.
4. Isola Maggiore
Overall Ratings
4 based on 460 reviews
Reviewed By Becky D - Maidenhead, United Kingdom
Caught the 'water bus' from Tuoro direct to the island. Very peaceful and felt like stepping into a different pace of life. We ate in a pizzeria overlooking the lake, beautiful views and surprisingly good value for money. It's a steep climb up to the top of the island but worth it for the stunning views if you go on a clear day. We wandered around for a couple of hours exploring some of the historical buildings and ruins before rewarding ourselves with some well earned gelato!
5. Umbria in Quad
Overall Ratings
5 based on 119 reviews
Escursioni guidate e noleggio Quad in UmbriaQuad Guided tours and Quad Rental in Umbria
Reviewed By Claudia L
We went to Italy on a large family vacation and as a surprise my sister, sister-in-law and I arranged for our husbands to take a 3 hour tour in quads. They had an amazing time!! It was a perfect combination of adventure, fun with spectacular views of the area. Thank you Luca!!
6. Rocca di Passignano
Overall Ratings
4 based on 208 reviews
Reviewed By karolleca - Ottawa, Canada
Excellent views of the surrounding areas, beautiful pieces undergoing restoration displayed to really give a sense of history of the place. Loved walking through the surrounding old town also.
7. Slow Food Cooking School
Overall Ratings
5 based on 62 reviews
LEARN ITALIAN FOOD, LANGUAGE, CULTURE, AND CULINARY TRADITIONS FROM PROFESSIONAL experienced owners of FONTANARO Estate.The wonderful part of Italian cooking relies on the fact that is made with fresh and genuine ingredients, you can recreate traditional Italian cuisine in the comfort of your own home even with a view of the Tuscan and Umbrian hills. In an atmosphere which is design to reproduce the old Tuscan and Umbrian houses, you can go learning the basics of the real Mediterranean cucine. Lucia's and Alina's (the professional Sommelier) warm personality and relaxed family teaching style will make you feel comfortable and fully capable of producing some of the traditional Italian dishes. Il Fontanaro is a typical italian farm since 1893. Lucia and Alina will help you unravel the mystery of selecting the finest, freshest ingredients available from the Fontanaro's vegetable garden. You will learn all about the secrets to make and taste a unique extra virgin olive oil
Reviewed By joshcR442TN
We are staying at Fontanaro for a week and can’t say enough fantastic things about it here. The cooking class with Alina was special and so much more than making fresh pasta - it was a delightful journey into the true benefits of a healthy...Morewe miss you here and we hope to come to New York to cook for you and meet your dog! This is a real friendship exchange ! thank you for visiting us ciao alina and lucia
8. Palazzo della Corgna - Palazzo Ducale
Overall Ratings
4 based on 309 reviews
Aka Palazzo Ducale. Next to (and sharing a ticket with) the Rocca del Leone fortress that you do have listed, but they need to be referenced separately; they are two very different attractions.
Reviewed By preglad - New York
What a wonderful introduction to Umbria is Castiglione del Lago: great shops, lovely dining, shimmering green water (4th largest inland body in Italy), dramatic mountain vistas framing all, and what has to be oe of the greatest combination ticket deals on the continent at E5 pp: for so well preserved castle, a Palace cum terrific museum, and most impressive passageway between the two.
Be prepared to spend a good amount of time more than we imagineded would be appropriate for our schedule. This was supposed to be a quickie with Montalcino the feature of the day akin to most memorable Montepulciano. In our estimation, the caboose reversed its role and blew the locomotive off the tracks!
9. Cappella di Santa Margherita
Overall Ratings
4 based on 10 reviews
Reviewed By Maggi713 - Baltimore, Maryland
This is the chapel built where St. Margaret received her calling to the religious life. It is a small chapel which was locked when we arrived. However, we could look thru the windows to see it.
10. Avignonesi
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 564 reviews
Come visit Avignonesi, where our motto is "terroir speaks; we listen." Visit our cellars, taste our wines, talk to our people, learn about the philosophy behind our winemaking. Please contact us by email with any questions. Reservations are necessary for tours but not to taste our wines and make your purchases in our Cellar Door!
Reviewed By jg325 - WashingtonDC
My partner and I did a tasting and tour at Avignonese and we had some great wines that you can get for a great deal.
Wwe originally found out about this particular winery through a great Italian restaurant in Washington DC, and they sold some of their "50/50" wine in the restaurant. Normally we don't go to wineries when they export to the United States, but Avignonese is making some of the best wines in the Montepulciano area and is definitely worth a visit.
The winery tour was fine and pretty standard. Once you've been to a few you've basically been to all of them, but they do have an interesting process for producing and drying out the Vin Santo that they sell.
The tasting was very premium, and included all of their hits. The main benefit of going directly to the winery is that the shipping price is very low and they sell at very good prices compared to US wine shop markups.
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