Park Hotel Villa Grazioli

in collaboration with the Italian Sommelier Association

It is a food education format created by Frascati Scienza in which participants will have to taste different types of a product learning to distinguish the organic one from the industrial one

The experience will begin with a visit to the historic vineyard and the centuries-old olive grove of Villa Cavalletti. We will continue to visit the ancient oil mill located in the seventeenth-century Villino Rosso and then with a walk in the suggestive Monumental Park. This will be followed by the guided tasting according to the Solinas international method of Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Tusculum IGP Olio di Roma, produced by the Tierre Organic Farm in the monumental estate of Villa Cavalletti. The tasting experience will be accompanied by typical local products

Using professional tools, the teams led by a professional bartender will compete in a competition for the preparation of cocktails, which will be judged on the taste, color, decoration, inerency with the theme assigned and the name given to the invented drink The need to team up and get involved will allow the group to develop inclusion skills, innovation and expression of their personality in a fun and creative way Duration about 1 hour, depending on the number of participants

It is a projection on the façade of the Villa in which the history of the same from 1580 to today is told. A historical-cultural experience told on the walls that have seen the passage of time.

"Built in the second half of the '500 on the remains of a Roman acropolis by the will of the Savelli family, was then renovated in 1661 by the will of Pope Alexander VII commissioning the works to Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Carlo Fontana from whom the Palace acquired its Baroque imprint. Today the Palazzo has become a museum and a centre of cultural activities, and inside there is also the Museum of the Roman Baroque. Over time it has been chosen also as a location for many films and TV series, including "The Leopard"" by Luchino Visconti. Outside we find the magnificent Park of the sixteenth century, rich of centuries-old specimens of the original vegetation of the area, but also of exotic plants imported by the Chigi, such as the American sequoias."

Starting from the beginning of 2025, an immersive experience will be available to the public and hotel guests, thanks to augmented reality; wearing the latest generation visors it will be possible to take a mixed reality tour of the halls of the Piano Nobile and the Pannini Gallery, listening to the history of the Villa and immersing yourself in the reality of the era in which the Villa was built.

"Fulcrum of the Park are the remains of the ancient Latin city of Tusculum, built around the tenth century B.C. and founded according to legend by Telegono, mythical son of Odysseus and the sorceress Circe. Under the rule of Rome the city became the favorite seat of summer residences of emperors, senators and writers and Among the most famous villas, we remember that of Silla, Lucullus, Tiberius and Cicero, who wrote here his Tusculanae Disputationes. The tour route traces the ancient basolate streets and winds along the remains of the buildings of the forum, until you reach one of the oldest amphitheaters in Lazio built in the first half of the 1st century BC, which could accommodate up to 2,000 spectators. Other areas of archaeological interest are the great sanctuary extra-urban, the baths found at the entrance of the Park, the fortress with the medieval remains of the Palazzo dei Conti di Tuscolo and the Basilica dedicated to the SS Trinity. The Park also offers trekking lovers many paths surrounded by nature and the opportunity to have lunch in peace thanks to the area picnic he’s got.