Viterbo, the city of the Popes, is an excellent starting point: from its medieval atmospheres of the San Pellegrino district, to the Papal Palace, to the Romanesque Cathedral of San Lorenzo, without forgetting the traditional transport of the Macchina di Santa Rosa, dedicated to the patron saint of the city.

Villa Lante, in the medieval village of Bagnaia, represents the perfect combination of nature and architecture, a magnificent example of an Italian garden, made up of terraces, ancient fountains, expertly maintained hedges and statues from the 1500s.

Civita di Bagnoregio, a small village perched on a tuff rock appears like a mirage in the arid panorama of gullies and rocks eroded by atmospheric agents. It can be reached via a very long bridge which, once we cross the entrance arch, offers us all the magic of a village out of time.

The castle of Vignanello, where the ancient Ruspoli family still resides today, an example of an Italian residence and garden, is the expression of that cultured and refined Renaissance culture which was able to build places of incomparable beauty and elegance.

Tuscania is a town on the edge of the Maremma, with a glorious Etruscan past still visible in the numerous sarcophagi that decorate churches and streets. Dominated by the hill where the complex of San Pietro dating back to the 10th century stands, a unique and intact ensemble in the history of Italian architecture. 

Pitigliano, a medieval village in southern Tuscany, nominated among the "Most beautiful villages in Italy" was built on a volcanic tuff promontory.  Known as the Little Jerusalem, it hosted a large Jewish community in the 15th century, and is surrounded by paths and the still passable Etruscan "vie cave", the ancient routes traveled by this still mysterious people.

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