Tuscania is the starting point of a noticeable number itineraries which include regions of estreme cultural and gastronomic value such as : Latium, Tuscany and Umbria.

Archeological itinerary

Tarquinia: (22 km from Tuscania) Museo Etrusco; located in the Vitelleschi palace it is one of important Etruscan Museum in Italy. It houses Greek and Etruscan pottery, burial artefacts, sarcophaguses and sculptures as the famed Winged Horses. The Etruscan Necropolis has been recently appointed by UNESCO as one of the few hundredsites in the world recognised patrimony of the humanity. Chambers tomb with pictorial decoration, dating from VI to II centuries b.C.

Vulci: (24 km from Tuscania) a museum, a necropolis inside an archeological park. Difficult to describe the fascinating beauty of Vulci bridge, castle and Civita Romana. Visitors are set back in a renaissance engraving.

Medieval & Renaissance itinerary

Viterbo: (18 km from Tuscania) medieval quarter of San Pellegrino: it is a unique sight of narrow streets, palaces, profferli, fountains, arches and small squares of a great artistic value. Papal palace and cistercian abbey.

Civita di Bagnoregio: (32 km from Tuscania). The dying city. Built on a limeston hill in the dawn of ages,Civita di Bagnoregio has been subject to erosion caused by wind, rain and earthquakes in the course of the centuries. In the 18th century the forces of nature completed their work to set Civita isolated in the dramatic way we may see it today; a breathtaking view which is worth a trip to Italy on its own. St. Bonaventura was born here in the 13th century " I will not establish new orders. I will not load others with chains or new or heavy burdens. I will not proclaim the truth, which is not permitted to pass over silence" St. Bonaventura words still echo in this marvellous environment.

Bagnaia: (28 km from Tuscania). Villa Lante, one of the most beautiful examples of renaissance gardens in Italy, with two small places and a series of artistic fountains.

Bomarzo: (32 km from Tuscania). The Monsters Park: includes grotesque sculptures in stone inusual for the period in which it wad created. Among all the sculptures the most interesting is the Big Mask: a giant opened mounth inside which room was incredibly built.

Caprarola: (41 km from Tuscania). Palazzo Farnese built on plan designed by Vignola, this is one of the greatest architectural achievements of the late renaissance. It contains a super fresco cycle of the mannerist school. The spiral staircase designed by Vignola is of a great artistic interest.

Orvieto: (41 km from Tuscania) frequent travellers familiar with the most famous monuments built to celebrate religions just hold their breath when approaching the Duomo di Orvieto, visible, on the top of the hill many kilometres away.

Lake & Termal itinerary

Bolsena Lake: (12 km from Tuscania) it's the main volcanic lake in Italy. Along it there are numerous tracts of sandy beaches. To be visited the Bisentina island. It can be reached by motorboat sevice. Among the thick undergrowth of oaks and fragrant rose bushes emerge numerous monuments, ranging from the remains of etruscan necropolis to a 15th century convent, from the church of San Giacomo and San Cristoforo by Antonio da Sangallo.

Termal zone (12 km from Tuscania) A well-known patrimony that dates back on the 1st century b.C. They are also mentioned many times in Dante's Divina Commedia.

Itinerary of Oil

Food trends of the last years show an increase in the use of high nutritive-value products such as the extra virgin olive-oil with its natural high-quality. Just 24 hours from the harvest to the pressing: the most informed oil consumers know that the faster the olives are brought to the mill for the pressing the better quality of the fruit is kept with a low acidity of the oil obtained. The extra virgin olive-oil produced by following these golden rules can be advised to sportsmen, to pregnant women, to children and to elders. Its antioxidising properties contribute to fight cellular ageing and to reduce LDL colesterol. The DOP (protected denomination of origin) oil production in the Tuscia territory is mainly concentrated in the geographical area of Viterbo - Canino - Tuscania. In the year 2001 some mills praticed the cold squeezing by means of highly-technological machines.
Tasting time is November and December.