Tarquinia Lazio

... and assimilated into Roman culture. After viewing these tombs, we were bussed over to the small nearby town of Tarquinia, a beautiful place that overlooks the Mediterranean sea from atop a hill, before continuing along to another burial site in ...

... and after a solid few hours wandering the ruins (a easy days worth of proper ruin sifting to be had in Pompei) we saddled up for the long journey north towards France along Italy's Mediterranean coastline! Our stopover was a campsite in ...

... would be the quietest time of day (being the afternoon period where everything closes). No, I'm not that naive. Both Tarquinia and Ceveteri are notable for their archaeological sites-both being major Etruscan towns. Didn't arrive in Tarquinia ...

Entry containing 2 photos titled: Lad, Countryside

... were quite a number of different tours available to go on from this port. The one we chose was to a place called Tarquinia which travelled through the Etruscan countryside.  Quite different from the hustle and bustle of the big city of Rome. But ...

... in situ....including some interesting fishing gear since it is a coastal town.  After we left Cosa we stopped at the beach at Tarquinia on our way home.  The ocean was quite cold and had lots of seaweed.....not as nice as Sullivan's Island, ...

... not speak English).  It will be an adventure within an adventure and I can't wait. Tomorrow is a full day in Tarquinia and Cerveteri, two very important Etruscan towns with some fabulous graves that have intact frescoes.  I have never been to ...

Today was our first day outside of Rome; we spent the day travelling to the major Etruscan centers of Tarquinia and Cerveteri.  This continued our study of the late Archaic and early Classical periods. Today was an early day since we were leaving ...

Entry containing 8 photos titled: Tarquinia Cittą

... ; We all made our comments about them which kept us entertained.  We worked up an apetite to walk through the nearby village Tarquinia, where you would never think you would find "shoes", My name was splattered all over them and they now have a ...