Acquapendente: the Via Francigena and the Basilica del Santo Sepolcro
A border town along the Via Francigena, with a medieval basilica and a crypt echoing the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
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Barbarano Romano: the medieval village above the Marturanum ravines
A small fortified town overlooking the ravines, the gateway to the Marturanum Reserve and the Etruscan necropolis of San Giuliano.
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Bassano in Teverina: the rediscovered village and its Clock Tower
A small town overlooking the Tiber valley, restored after decades of abandonment and dominated by a tower that hides a medieval bell tower.
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Blera: the village among ravines, ancient bridges and the Via Clodia
A tuff-stone town suspended between ravines and necropolises, where the ancient Via Clodia meets bridges, trails and a little-visited old centre.
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Bolsena: the medieval village, Rocca Monaldeschi and Santa Cristina
A village overlooking Europe's largest volcanic lake, between the Rocca Monaldeschi, medieval lanes and the Santa Cristina complex.
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Capodimonte: the village on the Lake Bolsena promontory
A promontory reaching into Lake Bolsena, dominated by the Rocca Farnese and facing the islands of Bisentina and Martana.
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Caprarola: the Farnese village built around Palazzo Farnese
More than just the great palace: a long Renaissance street turns Caprarola into an urban stage set dominated by the Farnese residence.
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Farnese: the Farnese family village on the edge of the Selva del Lamone
A medieval town in Alta Tuscia bearing the Farnese family name, among stone lanes, palaces and the great forest of the Selva del Lamone.
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Gradoli: Palazzo Farnese and the village above Lake Bolsena
A small town on the hills above Lake Bolsena, dominated by Palazzo Farnese, among medieval lanes and memories of the powerful Renaissance family.
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Graffignano: Castello Baglioni and the village of the Teverina
A medieval castle dominates this small town in the Teverina, among towers, stone houses and landscapes overlooking the Tiber valley.
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Ischia di Castro: the Farnese village and the gateway to the lost city of Castro
A town in Alta Tuscia tied to the Farnese family, and the starting point for exploring Etruscan archaeology and the ruins of the Duchy of Castro's capital.
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Latera: the medieval village inside the volcanic caldera
A tight-knit town in Alta Tuscia ringed by the volcanic hills of the Volsini, among medieval lanes, fountains and rural landscape.
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Lubriano: the balcony over the Valle dei Calanchi
A village looking directly over Civita di Bagnoregio and the Valle dei Calanchi, with one of Tuscia's most spectacular views.
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Marta: the fishing village on Lake Bolsena
Houses facing the water, boats, lanes and a panoramic tower: one of the villages most closely tied to Lake Bolsena's fishing tradition.
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Montefiascone: the Rocca dei Papi and the village above Lake Bolsena
A medieval town atop the highest hill of the Monti Volsini, with views over Lake Bolsena, the Rocca dei Papi and the great dome of Santa Margherita.
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Proceno: the castle and village at Tuscia's northern edge
A small fortified village on the Via Francigena, dominated by a castle and overlooking the hills on the border between Lazio and Tuscany.
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Ronciglione: the medieval village and the Farnese Renaissance streets
Towers, lanes, palaces and old workshops in a historic centre shaped by the Middle Ages, Farnese rule and Lake Vico.
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Vetralla: the historic centre on the Via Francigena
A Tuscia town along the ancient Via Cassia and the Via Francigena, among lanes, churches and landscapes of woods and olive groves.
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Vignanello: Castello Ruspoli and its Renaissance garden
A castle with four bastions and one of Tuscia's best-preserved Italian gardens, at the heart of a small Cimini village.
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Celleno: the ghost village suspended above the Tiber valley
Tuff houses, ruins and the Castello Orsini in an old settlement gradually abandoned in the 20th century due to an unstable cliff.
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Roccalvecce: the medieval village and Castello Costaguti
A small fortified hamlet in the Teverina, dominated by Castello Costaguti and a stone old town that has stayed off the main tourist routes.
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San Martino al Cimino: the Cistercian abbey and Palazzo Doria Pamphilj
A village that grew around a medieval abbey and was redesigned in the 17th century by Olimpia Maidalchini Pamphilj, with a palace, terraced houses and urban vistas.
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Sant'Angelo di Roccalvecce: the Fairy-Tale Village painted on its walls
A small hamlet in the Teverina transformed by street art: dozens of murals inspired by Alice, Pinocchio, Peter Pan and other classic children's tales.
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Villa Lante in Bagnaia: the Italian garden designed by Vignola
Fountains, water features and a Renaissance stage design that ranks among Italy's most celebrated gardens.
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Calcata: the artists' village on a tuff outcrop
Saved from abandonment in the 1960s-70s by a community of artists, today one of Lazio's most photographed villages.
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Civita Castellana: Forte Sangallo and a centuries-old ceramics tradition
Papal military architecture, a Romanesque cathedral with Cosmatesque floors, and centuries of ceramic craftsmanship.
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Civita di Bagnoregio: "the dying town"
A medieval village isolated on a clay outcrop, connected to the world by a single pedestrian bridge.
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Nepi: the Borgia fortress designed by Sangallo the Elder
A village fought over for centuries by Lazio's great families, with a still-imposing Renaissance fortress.
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Soriano nel Cimino: the Orsini castle and the beech forests
A Renaissance village at the foot of Monte Cimino, between a 14th-century castle and a centuries-old beech forest.
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Sutri: the amphitheatre carved from tuff and the Cosmatesque cathedral
The gateway to Lower Tuscia from Rome, with Etruscan, Roman and medieval layers packed into a few hundred metres.
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Tuscania: intact city walls and the Romanesque church of San Pietro
An Etruscan city that became medieval, home to one of Lazio's best-preserved examples of Romanesque art.
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Vitorchiano: the peperino-stone village in the Cimina forest
Listed among Italy's most beautiful villages, built entirely from local volcanic stone.
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