From the maze of the medieval town to the amazing Etruscan excavated road. A day around the world famous hilltop town.
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Around the lake Bolsena
In the heart of Province of Viterbo is Lake Bolsena, the largest volcanic lake in Europe. The lake has an oval shape typical of crater lakes, it’s over 13 km long and around 80m deep. The entire lake is surrounded by hills, and the landscape is incredibly varied: from the rushes to grassland and farms, woods, medieval “borghi” and tourist establishments.
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A walk in the wood that hides the relics of one of the finest Italian Renaissance town
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Acquapendente is one of the less known jewels of central italy, but it has over one thousand years of history. One of the oldest building of the town is the Basilica del Santo Sepolcro (Church of the Holy Sepulchre), which dates back well over a thousand years.
Continue readingDeep in the Etruscan road, in Sorano
A walk deep down the heart of Mother Nature: from the impressive Fortezza Orsini, a majestic medieval stronghold, to the maze of streets and alleys, and then in the middle of nature and back to the pre-Christian world.
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