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Small Group Tour of Assisi and St. Francis Basilica visit
St Clare Basilica
View from St Clare square
Upper church of Basilica of St. Francis
Small Group Tour of Assisi and St. Francis Basilica visit

Small Group Tour of Assisi and St. Francis Basilica

By Umbria con Me
9.8 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$90 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview

Join a walking tour of Assisi to see the wonderful Basilica of Saint Francis, Saint Rufino’s Cathedral, and Saint Claire's Basilica as well as the lively main city square – Piazza del Comune.

Activity location

  • Basilica di Santa Chiara
    • Piazza Santa Chiara
    • 06081, Assisi, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Parcheggio Saba Matteotti
    • Piazza Giacomo Matteotti
    • 06081, Assisi, Umbria, Italy

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Morning
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m2h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 10:30 am
Price details
NZ$89.92 x 2 AdultsNZ$179.84

Total
Price is NZ$179.84
Until Thu, 21 Nov

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedOfficial English speaking guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTips
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAdmission tickets to St. Francis Basilica

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • A dress code is required to enter places of worship and selected museums. No shorts or sleeveless tops allowed. Knees and shoulders MUST be covered for both men and women. You may risk refused entry if you fail to comply with these dress requirements
  • A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
  • Please notice: on Sundays, big Catholic holidays and National holidays, guided tours inside the Basilica of St. Francis ar forbidden. Your guide will explain to you the church from outside, and you will enter alone on silence.
  • The tour is in English

Activity itinerary

Assisi (Pass by)
Meet the guide at 10:30am and visit the old Roman ruins of the local amphitheatre, which was reused in the Middle Ages as a quarry for stones to build local houses. You will see how the amphitheatre was turned into a private area. From there, the view towards the Rocca Maggiore medieval castle is one of the best in the city. Through narrow alleys and medieval squares you will reach Saint Rufino’s Cathedral and Saint Claire's Basilica. From there, you will get to the main city square, Piazza del Comune. At the square you will see one of the best-preserved Roman temples in Italy – Minerva's temple – which is surrounded by imposing medieval government buildings. The tour will then head down to the Basilica of Saint Francis which is world-famous for its 13th-14th century frescoes by the best painters of Italy at that time. Among those, the most famous is Giotto.
Basilica di Santa Chiara
  • 15m
The Basilica of St. Clare of Assisi, realised with the typical pink stone extracted from the quarry of the Subasio mountain, contains precious frescos dating back to the period from the XIIth to the XIVth century. In the chapel on the right, along the unique nave of St. Clare of Assisi, finishing in transept and polygonal apse, you can admire the Crucifix which, according to tradition, would have invited St. Francesco in the church of St. Damiano in order to "reset up the Church"
Chiesa Nuova
  • 15m
Chiesa Nuova. The Chiesa Nuova is a church in Assisi, Italy, built in 1615 on the site of the presumed birthplace of St. Francis, the house of Pietro di Bernardone. It was then called Chiesa Nuova because it was the last church to be built in Assisi at that time.
Cattedrale di San Rufino (Pass by)
Assisi Cathedral, dedicated to San Rufino (Rufinus of Assisi) is a major church in Assisi.
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
  • 15m
The Temple of Minerva is an ancient Roman building in Assisi, Umbria, central Italy. It currently houses a church, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, built in 1539 and renovated in Baroque style in the 17th century.
Basilica Papale e Sacro Convento di San Francesco d'Assisi
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage site, the basilica of St. Francis was built under the direction of Brother Elias, vicar general and architect of the order, starting in 1228, just two years after the saint's death, as a place designed to receive his remains.
Basilica Papale e Sacro Convento di San Francesco d'Assisi
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
If the solemn and dark lower basilica invites penance and silence, the upper church soars into the sky, airy and bright. In a Gothic style with French influences, the nave has four bays, cross vaulting, and a polygonal transept and apse.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESBasilica di Santa Chiara
    • Piazza Santa Chiara
    • 06081, Assisi, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEParcheggio Saba Matteotti
    • Piazza Giacomo Matteotti
    • 06081, Assisi, Umbria, Italy

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