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ALLERONA – Medieval borough also rich of natural attractions, due to the Villalba Park. The area is a green oasis featured by a wonderful forest and endowed with many picnic areas. Within this park, Villa Cahen comes up among the typical vegetation, an interesting liberty styled building made in 1880 by Edouard Cahen. Outside this villa there is a well-kept “Italian garden”, rich of several flowers and plants species. Distances > Orvieto (20 km - 12,4 miles), Acquapendente (15 km - 9,3 miles), San Casciano de Bagni (15 km - 9,3 miles), Siena (115 km - 70 miles), Perugia (120 km - 74 miles), Todi (50 km - 30 miles)

BOLSENA - This town gives its name to the close lake and it is sited on one side of the Volsinii Hills.
Bolsena has Etruscan origins and it preserves every further historical age trace. Its castle dominates the surrounding boroughs from the top and it was recently restored; today it hosts an interesting Lake Territorial museum. Bolsena lake has been declared the cleanest lake in Europe.
Its basin and its endowed lakefront allow the tourists to spend cultural and joyful holidays.
Starting from Bolsena and wandering through the panoramic street around the lake, you can come across many colourful towns: Montefiascone, with its stunning lake panorama, Marta, a fishermen’s town, Capodimonte, Valentano, Gradoli, Grotte di Castro, a beautiful medieval borough and San Lorenzo Nuovo, a perfect example of 18th century urbanistic settlement (a rare eight sided square is the town center). Distances > Roma (148 km - 91 miles), Terni (93 km - 57 miles), Orvieto (22 km - 13,6 miles), Viterbo (30 km - 18,6 miles), Bomarzo (45 km - 27,9 miles)

CIVITA DI BAGNOREGIO - Civita di Bagnoregio is a perfect example of unique masterpiece. This small rock is connected to the land just by a long and narrow bridge. Civita is also called the “Dying Town”, because its sides has been falling down for years and years. Because of this inexorable deterioration, there are only few people living in the medieval buildings of Civita downtown.
Around the rock the landscape is wide and impressive, giving the tourist a charming and unforgettable scenario. An excursion in this magic borough is strongly suggested. Distances > Orvieto (15 km - 9,3 miles), Bolsena (11 km - 6,5 miles)

GOLE DEL FORELLO, Tiber Fluvial Park, Corbara Lake - They are part of the Tiber Fluvial Park, which is mainly represented by Corbara Lake. They are picturesque cliffs that take the old river straight to Rome, by making a real canyon. The whole canyon is full of underground caves, that can be safely visited anytime of the year. Through these rocks, several prehistoric discoveries were found during the past years. In this Tiber area, many handcrafts were also made by the Romans. For this reason, an ancient Roman kiln can be visited nearby.

MONTECCHIO, Olive Oil Museum - Very close to the odern olive oil mill, in this museum several features are exposed, such as tools, curiosities, images and secrets about a 6000 years' old aged tradition. Starting from this Umbrian tradition origin, passing trough the olive oil modern proceedings and ending with a delicious tasting of the famous “bruschetta” (toasted slice of bread seasoned with garlic olive oil and salt), you can get a really typical Umbrian moment. Near Montecchio there is also an interesting area where an etruscan necropoli has been discovered years ago.

ORVIETO - The famous rock of Orvieto is just the basis of a city where everything is about art and history. Ages come across the city starting from the Etruscan civilization, through the Middle Age, until today. Since then, time has not been able to damage the wild beauty of the red tufa plateau (which Orvieto is made of) but it testifies about a supreme art. Putting together the famous Duomo, the Saint Patrick well, the Moro’s clocktower and many other artistic treasures, you easily get a unique glance over the Orvieto masterpiece.
In the Orvieto surroundings, in any of its areas, both Tuscany and Latium directions, you can reach many historical attractions, as the Etruscan Necropolis at Crocifisso del Tufo, the Roman ruins over the Tiber (Pagliano’s roman harbour) and Giulio’s bridge (roman architecture near Paglia river).

Distances > Roma (110 km - 68 miles), Firenze (149 km - 92 miles), Perugia (66 km - 41 miles), Terni (75 km - 46,5 miles), Siena (120 km - 74 miles) Assisi (70 km - 43 miles), Todi (30 km - 18,6 miles), Bolsena (20 km - 12 miles), Viterbo (45 km - 27,9 miles).

TODI - The town is world wide famous mainly for the kind of stone which is made of and also because the poet Iacopone da Todi was born there. Visiting Todi also gives you the chance to taste its typical food and products. Very nice is the historical downtown starting from the Santuario della Consolazione through the San Donato church until the great Piazza del Popolo.

A visit to this town is of the greatest interest for the beauty of its monuments and its medieval centre. The nature surrounding the historic downtown is rich, full of great landscapes and panoramic view. In ten minutes from Todi you can easily reach the Tevere river park and Corbara lake. Distances > Orvieto (30 km - 18,6 miles), Assisi (55 km - 34 miles), Perugia (50 km - 31 miles), Terni ( 40 km - 24,8 miles), Spoleto (42 km - 25 miles), Gubbio (80 km - 50 miles), Roma (139 km - 86 miles), Firenze (197 km - 122 miles)