Hotel All'Olivo
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Car hire for 3 days over
Left siena with noddy, our car hire for 3days, fiat panda, just fitting in our bags. Headed off to chianti sculpture park, approx 30large pieces placed in woodland of visual delight. Pieces by artists from all countries and other pieces in owners premises which was an old pottery furnace. This building was incredible and the views, wow. Then to volterra, hill town of course, what else in tuscany. Stayed the night just outside wall area ...
A Picture Perfect Town
... The End of the World, The Preaching of the Antichrist, The Resurrection of the Flesh, and contrasting images of Paradise and The Damned. The images are in beautiful condition and I could have spent an hour in there examining the paintings closer. But there were other sites to see!
Besides the obvious attraction of the cathedral, Orvieto is an absolutely charming, unrealistic town. The streets, I mean the actual stones of the ...
New Friends and a Great Meal
... minutes, and walks away. The original driver tells me in Italian that the other guy is crazy, just wait here. While we wait a couple comes up asking like we did so I tell them I think this is the bus to Civita but the driver will help us. As we wait, the nice bus driver gets off the bus and makes a call, then walks us down to the right bus. I thank him and tell him he is very kind in Italian, which I can see he appreciated. We confirm with the driver that we are indeed on the ...
We Stay in Orvieto
... locations as well as existence were kept as secret as possible. Most important of all with Orvieto being a hill town was the drilling into the rock to have wells for water. Enemies would think long and hard before attacking a hill town with walls and water. Food was stockpiled as well and Orvieto was never attacked. It is amazing to see the footholds carved into the side of the long well shafts. They used these to climb down while they were excavating ...
Viterbo spas & Tarquinia Necropolis
... various levels of inebriation & debauchery. Also drove down to Tarquinia Lido for last look at the Mediterranean. Black pebbles, fenced off private areas with lounges & umbrellas, but all ver quiet as we were there during siesta time! Then on to drop car at Civitavecchia, the port for Rome - didn't want to have a car anywhere near Rome! Spent almost an hour trying to fill car before we dropped it. All the servos ...