Orvieto wine and oil tasting by e-bike: Salviano Castle

Taste wines in a thousand-year-old cellar, then learn the oils by their flavor

A five-hour e-bike tour from Orvieto that combines visits to an artisanal olive mill and the underground cellars of Salviano Castle, a fortress built before 1000 AD. You ride through medieval villages and Umbrian landscapes, taste extra virgin olive oils on bruschetta with olive and truffle pâté, and sample wines in the castle's ancient stone rooms alongside cold cuts and cheeses. A guide leads the whole day in English, Italian or Russian.

Step-by-step itinerary

Visit oil mill, cellars, and tasting

• Visit old oil mill and oil museum
• Taste extra virgin olive oils with bruschetta
• Tour ancient cellars in Salviano Castle
• Taste wines with bruschetta, cold cuts, and cheeses
• Enjoy panoramic view from medieval village

The experience

You arrive with a free afternoon or morning and no car. The e-bikes let you cover ground without the planning: the route winds through ancient villages and past Lake Corbara, stopping at two producers who still work the old way. The first stop is an oil mill where you taste several oils side by side on bruschetta, learning how a blend tastes different from a single-variety oil, and which one suits which food. The second is Salviano Castle, owned now by the Marquises Incisa della Rocchetta, where you descend into cellars that predate 1000 AD and sit in a medieval room to taste the wines the castle produces.

The tasting itself is the point. An expert guide walks you through the oils (their characteristics, their origins, how they pair), so you understand why one tastes peppery and another smooth. The wine tasting works the same way, with bruschetta, cold cuts and cheeses that belong with each bottle. The bikes are electric, so the hills around Orvieto don't demand fitness you don't have. The route is built for the pace of tasting, not racing. Children from age one travel in specialized seats or trailers, and the guide speaks your language the whole way through.

What’s included

• Use of an electric bike.
• tasting of extra virgin olive oils on bruschetta with olive and truffle pâté.
• wine tasting in Salviano Castle's cellars with bruschetta, cold cuts and cheeses.
• visit to an artisanal oil mill.
• tour of the castle's underground cellars.
• sanitized bikes and helmets after each use.
• a live guide in English, Italian or Russian.

Before you book

Days and timesTuesday, Thursday, Saturday and SundayDeparts at 10:30

Book up to1d before

AgesAdult (18 to 72 years) · Youth (10 to 17 years) · Child (4 to 9 years) · Infant (1 to 3 years): free

GroupUp to 10

Live guideEnglish, Italian and Russian

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

Prices and times updated 3 days ago

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfant seats availablePublic transport nearbyNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

Operated by OrvietoBikeTour

Is this one for you?Five hours is long enough to visit both producers and taste properly without rushing, but short enough to leave your afternoon or morning free. The e-bikes mean you cover the hills and villages without needing to drive or navigate yourself, and the guide handles the route and the tasting both.

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Top questions

What languages is the guide in?

Live guide in English, Italian and Russian.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Youth (10 to 17 years); Child (4 to 9 years); Infant (1 to 3 years): free.

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

How far do you actually ride on the e-bikes during this tour?

The e-bikes cover the route between the oil mill, Salviano Castle and the medieval villages in between, with the electric assist handling the Umbrian hills. The five-hour day includes the rides, the visits to both producers, and both tastings, so the riding is broken into segments around the stops.

What exactly happens inside Salviano Castle's cellars?

Salviano Castle's underground cellars date back before 1000 AD and sit beneath a fortress built by the French family of MonteMarte, later owned by the Corsini princes. You tour the stone cellars themselves, then move to an ancient room inside the castle where you taste the wines the estate produces, with an expert guide explaining each one alongside bruschetta, cold cuts and cheeses.

What oils do you taste, and how is the tasting set up?

You taste extra virgin olive oils (both blends and single-variety monocultures) on bruschetta accompanied by olive pâté and truffle pâté. The mill where you taste still produces oils using artisanal methods, and the tasting is designed to show you the differences between varieties and how each one suits different palates and dishes.

What's the view like from the medieval village you visit?

The village offers a panorama of extraordinary beauty across the Amerini Mountains down to Lake Corbara. The village itself was built by the ancient Florentine Pazzi family and sits on the high ground overlooking the lake and the landscape below.