Sabińskie Hills

Sabińskie Hills

SABIŃ HILLS south of Rieti is a much easier excursion area than the mountains in the east. For an area so close to Rome, tourist traffic is negligible here, due to the lack of large monuments, …

Rieti i okolica

Rieti i okolica

Nicely situated, but definitely boring RIETI is the capital of the largest province of Lazio and lies in the geographical center of Italy, as confirmed by the plaque in Piazza di San Rufo. It was a key region in Roman times, the so-called Umbilicus Italiae (Belly button …

Lake of Bolsena i okolica

Lake of Bolsena i okolica

Northwards from Viterbo you can only take the ugly Via Cassia to MONTEFIASCONE. There is also a railway along the road. If you are hitchhiking and want to get out of the area quickly, use the new four-lane highway (NO …

Bagnaia, Bomarzo i Tuscania

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 are not far away and easy to get to …

Viterbo

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

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

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

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

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 …

Etruria and the coast

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 …