Private Tour to Lake Bracciano & Odescalchi Castle

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Duration: 6h
Location: Castello Odescalchi, Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini, 14 Bracciano, Rome, Italy | Rome, Italy


Category: Private Tours

Highlights:
Off-the-beaten path to a charming hidden gem of Italy
Incredible medieval Odescalchi Castle on the lake's shore
Tiny villages & the delightful town of Bracciano
Popular with VIPs & celebrities escaping the crowds
Private tour with your own food & winetasting session

Inclusions:
Guided tour of Bracciano area
Admission to the Orsini-Odescalchi Castle
Roundtrip transportation to and from your Rome hotel
Food and winetasting

Description:

Unexploreed by mass tourism, Lake Bracciano is an idyllic retreat from the hustle and bustle of Rome. Enjoy a private tour with your own guide to the charming Odescalchi Castle situated on the banks of the lake. Visit quintessential Italian villages before reaching the glorious town of Bracciano.

Be picked up in style from your hotel lobby and set off out of the city through the unspoiled Roman countryside to the first stops on your tour, the ancient villages of Anguillara and Trevignano. These romantic hamlets are known for their characteristic narrow streets and medieval centers with crooked houses that seemingly hug each other to stay upright.

Drive to the town of Bracciano and head along the lake shore to the Odescalchi Castle, one of the most charming mansions in Italy. Built by the Odescalchi family in the 1470s, the castle saw a power struggle over its ownership. Learn from your guide how the Colonna and Borgia families fought over it before Pope Alexander VI claimed it as his own. Nowadays the castle hosts high-profile events including the nuptials of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise in 2006.

You also get to visit private rooms and the secret garden not usually open to public, and to top it off, enjoy food and winetasting with local products supplied by a small independent caterer from the Bracciano area. Delight in various types of salami and cheese, sweets and honey, pumpkin marmalade, as well as white and red wine all according to the season.