Day: January 22, 2018

Bagnaia, Bomarzo i Tuscania

Not counting Rome, Viterbo is by far the best base for trips around northern Lazio, especially to places, which are difficult to visit during day trips from the capital. Mannerist villas in Caprarola and Bagnaia located …

Viterbo

Viterbo is the capital of the province or even the whole of northern Lazio, and undoubtedly the most historic city in the region. W XIII c. to some extent rivaled Rome. The popes moved here for some time after the friction in the capital. Today they remain …

Lake of Vico i okolica

Lago di Vico is the smallest, but the blackest of the lakes in northern Lazio: only, which has been turned into a nature reserve. Just like Bracciano, the lake fills the crater of an inactive volcano, and large mountains surround them. Monte Fogliano is the highest, …

Lake of Bracciano i okolica

Lago di Bracciano, the closest to Rome of the lakes in northern Lazio, is filled with a huge crater of an extinct volcano. This more or less circular body of water is popular - although without exaggeration - among the Romans, wanting to escape the summer heat …

North to the border with Tuscany

If you drive northwards, you have more options for a smoother camping experience, but better skip MONTALTO DI CASTRO, quiet, but not a very exciting hill town, known in Italy thanks to the huge, an incomplete nuclear power plant. The power plant became a cause …

Tarquinia

TARQUINIA is the most vaunted of the Etruscan necropolises, so you will surely be disappointed. The city itself, despite the partially preserved walls and several medieval towers, looks unattractive. The museum is rather overrated, and the necropolis itself is scattered over a large area and large …

North Lazio is the opposite of the region south of the capital. Green and forested in central areas, As it goes north it becomes more and more hilly - the landscape resembles Tuscany and Umbria. Larger cities and interesting objects …

Ostia

There are two Ostia: crowded bathing beach, the so-called Lido di Ostia, which is better to avoid and one of the most beautiful ancient Roman monuments, excavations in the port of Ostia Antica, which are equal to the attractions of Rome and it is worth spending a few hours' trip on them.

Lido di Ostia

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Rome undoubtedly provides many attractions, and you may not need to venture outside the city. However, the Italian capital is often hot and crowded, and the plethora of churches and museums can be boring, so you can abandon the history-saturated experience without feeling guilty …

Musical life.

The Roman rock scene is not very passionate and focuses on imported stars performing in front of a large audience. In summer, local bands sometimes play for free in the squares, but the element here is rather jazz, played in numerous venues in a wide selection …