Tag: Lazio

Journey through the Tuscia between picturesque villages and regional food delicacies.   Tuscia is a borderland between Lazio, Umbria and Tuscany: it corresponds to the southern area of the ancient region known as Etruria. If once the term Tuscia meant the whole area dominated by the Etruscans, today with this word we refer above all to the Province of Viterbo and to the northern part of the province of Rome. Rich in historical and natural attractions, this land appears as an alternation of medieval towns, perched villages, green lakes and hills. Impossible to leave out a visit to enchanting places like Bomarzo, the lakes of Bracciano, Bolsena and Vico, the Nature Reserve “Saline of Tarquinia” and the splendid Bagnoregio, known as the "dying city". But which are the most beautiful villages in Tuscia? The cities and villages travellers should not miss: Caprarola and Vitorchiano Caprarola rises in the centre of a real nature’s paradise: an uncontaminated place, made even more special by the vast hazelnut cultivations. Those that come from Caprarola hazelnut groves are high-quality hazelnuts, so much that the local Hazelnut Festival has become one of the most famous and popular events in the area. But the town is also famous for its peculiar urban structure (it is characterised by a central street, the so-called “Via Dritta”, from which all the consular roads originate) and for the Farnese Palace, with its monumental staircase known as the “Scala Regia” and its Italian gardens. Caprarola is one of the main starting points for tourists visiting the Lake Vico. Speaking of hazelnuts, in the nearby Civita Castellana travellers can visit Luca’s farm, producer of the local hazelnut variety, the “Tonda Gentile Romana”. Here, you will take part in sensory tours among the hazel groves, taste the hazelnuts, as well as the products