ROME
Enjoy the quietness of nature close to culture.
Quick metro train connect the Rome Surroundings to the eternal city in 20 - 40 mins. Spend your holiday overlooking the region of Lazio too.
In Rome you can see its great artistic, historical and cultural heritage and also enjoy the important religious centre of Vatican.
North of Rome you will be in the centre of an area full of Etruscan, Roman, Medieval and Renaissance monuments. From this "strategical" position you are at a pace from the most beautiful places in central Italy. You will have the opportunity to enjoy the peace and the relaxation of the countryside but can also visit cities full of arts and culture, rediscovering the pleasure of a walk in the historical centres or in the ruins of ancient civilizations.

TARQUINIA
Modern city on the top of a hill, Tarquinia has always had a great reputation among the twelve Etruscan cities. It is the most famous city of the Etruscans cause its renowned Etruscan necropolis, unrivalled for its tomb paintings and for the winged horses the greatest Etruscan refined gold jewel conserved in the National Museum. Rich also of Medieval, Renaissance and Neoclassical art, the town, closed inside imposing walls and towers on a hill, appears now predominantly medieval..
To see: the old LUCUMONIA, dated back to 2000 years ago, was one of the most important Etruscan cities with its huge harbour activity. At the bottom of the medieval suburb, the Vitelleschi Palace shelters the National Museum of Tarquinia with the sarcophaguses of the richest Etruscan families. Together with Cerveteri, Veio and Vulci,
Tarquinia is one of the most exciting places of the Etruscan civilization
We suggest you to visit:
Sutri: www.isa.it/tuscia/sutri/indexen.htm
Lago Vico: www.parks.it/riserva.lago.vico/
Viterbo: www.viterboonline.com/

PRIMAVERA NEI GIARDINI SEGRETI
If you like gardens we suggest :

Monsters of Bomarzo Parkfamous for the very bizarre Park realized in the 16th Century against the artistic rules of that period, which made BOMARZO popular around the world. By the middle of the 16th century, Vicino Orsini created in his estate at Bomarzo, a labyrinth of symbols.
He populated the "sacred wood" by peperino live rock carved into fantastic monsters Park of Monsters such as a giant stone tortoises, elephant demons and giant statues with enormous mouths, mythological figures, sphinxe and darkly inscriptions taking inspiration from Ariosto's Orlando Furioso..
With no doubt, this great artistic work affects particularly your imagination through the monstrous and macabre sculptures like the "Mascherone" ("The Great Mask") and the "Orco" ("The Ogre").
Opening hours: everyday from the dawn to the sunset.
Tel num. +39-0761-924029.

Botanical Garden "San Liberatoin Bracciano.
Here it is possible to take a walk among 700 varieties of roses, camellias, hydrangeas and English rhododendrons, while great tulips lead us to the "magic wood". (the garden is open till October, during the first and the latest Sunday for only one conducting tour at 16.30 o'clock - Tel num. +39- 06 988384).

We can't forget the strict gardens of "VignanelloCastle" in Viterbo with their parterre in Italian stile.

Botanical Moutan Centre in Vitorchiano near Viterbo. 150000 Chinese peonies, belonging to 600 natural hybrids, are here present. But the feather in s.o.'s cap of this garden is the Rochy collection consisting in 80 varieties that originally came from Tibet uplands where they live at 3-4000 m on sea level.
These peonies have all shade of rose - from white to dark purple; can live for 3-400 years and have magic poetry names has "Goddess of Moon", "Secluded Concubine" or "Coffer of Eight Treasures". (To visit in April and May - all days at 9.30-13.00 and 14.30-18.00 - Tel num. +39- 0761 300490). WORTH TO BE SEEN

Viterbo still enclosed within its walls preserves unaltered its medieval appearance. The 13th Century's Palazzo Papale as a nice open Gothic loggia at side and Piazza del Plebiscito in the centre is enclosed by fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Renaissance buildings and courtyards that, together with the Quarter San Pellegrino, give an exact feeling of the time in which the town reached its highest splendour. The ancient artisan traditions survive downtown where one can walk breathing scent and watching the colours of an ancient time.

Civita Castellana, a very ancient hilltown is famous for the pre-Roman remains of the city of Falerii Novi, and for the beautiful Cathedral of S. Maria Maggiore.

Bagnaia where is located Villa Lante, the bishops' Gambara splendid Renaissance villa. The comely Italian Garden with its numberless water plays and the villa were designed and decorated by the most illustrious artists of the 16th century.

Caprarola - Palazzo Farnese, a magnificent summer residence projected by Vignola for the Cardinal Alessandro Farnese is one of the best exemple of Renaissance architecture, with magnificent Italian gardens - the Summer and the Winter gardens - and an immense park.
Fountains, with water games - to be mentioned those in the grotto, nymphaeums and numerous statues enrich the garden. Tuscania - An Etrurian town with the 11th century churches of S.Pietro and Santa Maria Maggiore.

The Bolsena Lake, the largest volcanic crater in Europe, is a great holiday resort for swimming and fishing. Around the lake small medieval villages are worth to be seen: the romantc fishermen village of Capodimonte; Montefiascone, Gradoli and Marta famous for their wine production, namely Est! Est! Aleatico and Cannaiola; Bolsena town itself that worth a stop to admire the well preserved 14th century Monaldeschi castle and the alleys in the medieval city. A boat trip leads to the Isles Bisentina and Martana, where are interesting Etruscan tombs, frescoed chapels, and the summer villa of Farnese pope.

Civita di Bagnoregio - The Dead Town erected on a clayey cone and a tufo basement which inexorably flake off, letting houses after house slip into the valley below. The Dead Town is uninhabited since 1695 when a violent earthquake started this series of landslips. Worth to be seen. -

A plaque in the town square prove that Rieti, the "Italy's navel" so called by the Romans, is located in the geographical centre of Italy. The Dome and The Bishop's Palace worth a visit but in the surroundings the Franciscan monastery in the small town of Greccio is a must. Here St. Francis created the first Christmas Crib and a real life nativity scene is re-enacted every year. In the Monastery are collected ancient and modern nativity scenes donated by artists and persons from all over the world.

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