Conte Pompeo
Travel Blogs from Orvieto
Car hire for 3 days over
... impressed by a bloke playing the flute, his music floated through this quiet olive tree park. Nick grumbled away about it for the next hour. Yes, he didn,t buy one of his cd,s. set off west to bibbona to see the seaside areas. Hmmmmm everything closed, beach is black sand, area is dull n drab, buildings everywhere but all shut. So ended up a fun hour trying to find somewhere to stay, ended up near hill town of bolgheri. Hotel with only us in ...
A Picture Perfect Town
... s a stunning and imposing monument but its most spectacular feature is its Gothic facade, which features glittering mosaics, marble relief carvings, and bright painted figures and glows golden in the sunlight. The interior of the cathedral is, honestly, nothing to write home about, but for one exception, the Chapel of San Brizio. Mostly painted by Luca Signorelli in the early 1500s, the entire room is frescoed with scenes from the New ...
On the road again!
We were on the road early and and even managed a two hour stop over in Siena. That stop, while Ross enjoyed seeing the famous Il Campo for the first time, just reinforced how happy we were that we didn't stay in this busy, loud, extremely touristy and somewhat scruffy city. Little Volterra and now Montepulciano have such a nice atmosphere in comparison. We had a ...
MOMMA MIA!
... Getting to Orvieto was simple. We took the Trenetilia for 14Euros to Orieveto which took about one hour. Then we picked up our car rental at Hertz that was a short two blocks from the Train station. There is a book store at the train station where we purchased maps and the Orvieto city pass. The city pass called Carta Unica Orvieteo costing $18 Euros each (a true bargain for everything it includes)! The pass covers ...
Side trip to Orvieto
... funny. Oh well, the air conditioning worked much better in the compartment anyway.
When we arrived in Orvieto, we took the funicular up to the old part of town. The church there was worth the stop alone! It was striped, and had an amazing facade. Unfortunately, no pictures were allowed inside, but my favorite sight of the day was the Cappella della Madonna di San Brizio (San Brizio's Chapel). It is a fresco that covers the entire chapel, ...
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Other places to stay in Orvieto
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L'Archetto
Via Volsinia I 19, Orvieto | B&B -
Casa Flavia
Via Angelo da Orvieto, 12, Orvieto | B&Bfrom $96 -
B&B Sant'Andrea
Via Magalotti, 7 , Orvieto | B&Bfrom $83 -
Rosemarie Bed & Breakfast
Strada dell'Aeroporto 19, Orvieto | B&B -
Residence La Magnolia Bed & Breakfast
Via del Duomo 29, Orvieto | B&Bfrom $98 -
Bed & Breakfast Palazzo del Cardinale
via Malabranca 15, Orvieto | B&B -
Valentina Bed & Breakfast
Via Vivaria 7, Orvieto | B&Bfrom $80 -
B & B La Soffitta
Via del Popolo 2, Orvieto | B&Bfrom $90 -
A Casa di Leo
Corso Cavour 267 , Orvieto | B&B -
La Casa Di Campagna
sferrcavallo_strada per roccaripesena, Orvieto | B&B -
Matelda Bed & Breakfast
Localita Canonica 95, Orvieto | B&B -
B&B Ripa Medici
Vicolo Ripa Medici, 14, Orvieto | B&Bfrom $97 -
B&B CasaSelita
Strada di Porta Romana 8, Orvieto | B&Bfrom $107 -
Il Terrazzo
Via Arno 37/a, Orvieto | B&Bfrom $89 -
B&B Sant'Angelo 42
Sant'Angelo 42, Orvieto | B&Bfrom $117 -
B&B Villa degli Ulivi
strada delle conce n.23, Orvieto | B&Bfrom $91 -
Agriturismo Lapone
Strada del Lapone, 15, Orvieto | B&Bfrom $129 -
B&B La Casa di Tufo
Via del Paradiso 11, Orvieto | B&Bfrom $91 -
B&B Il Cedro Di Orvieto
Piazza Ascanio Vitozzi 14, Orvieto | B&Bfrom $84 -
B&B Poggio Stallone
Loc. Acquafredda, 15, Orvieto | B&Bfrom $71
