Hilltop Towns of Italy

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8 days

Hilltop Towns of Italy
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$AUD 256 per day

Departure: Orvieto, Italy

There is something magical about towns perched atop hills and cliffs that dominate the surrounding countryside with their castles, fortresses and stone-houses. This specially crafted self guided walk uncovers Italy's most impressive hilltop towns which have been carefully preserved, unscathed by mass tourism. The trip takes you on a journey of discovery through three different regions, along steep valleys, dense forests, rivers and lakes, and via Italy's legendary eroded clay slopes or “badlands”. Each day a different hilltop town: from Civita di Bagnoregio, the “dying city” overlooking the sea of Calanchi (badlands) to Bolsena, nestled amidst soft hills overlooking its namesake lake. As you walk between medieval masterpieces like the Etruscan Pitigliano, with its charming laneways and dramatic views, pass by farmhouses set amidst olive groves, vineyards and fig trees, thermal baths, ancient Roman roads still used by farmers and experience the Etruscan “Vie Cave”, roads carved into the rock. This small pocket of southern Tuscany bordering Lazio and Umbria is a gem waiting to be discovered.
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