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Lazio Outside Rome 2026: Tivoli, Orvieto, Civita di Bagnoregio, Cerveteri, Tarquinia and the Castelli Romani Complete Guide

Browse more guides: Italy travel | Europe destinations Lazio Outside Rome 2026: Tivoli, Orvieto, Civita di Bagnoregio, Cerveteri, Tarquinia and the Castelli Romani Complete Guide TL;DR Lazio outside Rome packs three UNESCO sites, an entire pre-Roman civilization, a papal summer palace, a town of seven residents and the deepest Renaissance well in Italy, within 120 km of FCO. I built this guide around Tivoli for Villa d'Este UNESCO 2001 and Hadrian's Villa UNESCO 1999, Orvieto for the 1290-1591 Duomo and 54 m Pozzo di San Patrizio of 1527-37, Civita di Bagnoregio the 2,500-year-old Dying City reached by a 300 m footbridge with EUR 5 entry, Cerveteri and Tarquinia for the Etruscan Necropolises UNESCO 2004 with 1,000 tombs at Banditaccia and 200 painted tombs at Monterozzi, and the Castelli Romani 13 hill towns with Frascati DOC and the papal residence at Castel Gandolfo since 1626. Add Ostia Antica (4th century BCE, 50 ha), Sperlonga (Tiberius's 1st century BCE cave vill...