Civitavecchia Trip Overview
Compared to the other companies we offer you, pick up by ship without bus and / or other wasted time, entrance paid by us for the attractions visited, we do not offer you lunch simply because it really has a paltry cost, with 20 euros you risk eating so much to feel bad. And sincerely since it is all about genuine food and superlative quality, if we made a convention, we will risk offending the restaurateurs and depriving you of the choice of all excellent dishes! Anyway, after this tour, you would advise all your acquaintances to do it, you will get sensations, smells and feelings that will remain impressed for a long time! Do you think that some American, Canadian and German gentlemen wanted information to buy a second holiday home in these places! We are talking about the new TUSCANY! Don’t miss it
Additional Info
Duration: 4 to 8 hours
Starts: Civitavecchia, Italy
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy
Compared to the other companies we offer you, pick up by ship without bus and / or other wasted time, entrance paid by us for the attractions visited, we do not offer you lunch simply because it really has a paltry cost, with 20 euros you risk eating so much to feel bad. And sincerely since it is all about genuine food and superlative quality, if we made a convention, we will risk offending the restaurateurs and depriving you of the choice of all excellent dishes! Anyway, after this tour, you would advise all your acquaintances to do it, you will get sensations, smells and feelings that will remain impressed for a long time! Do you think that some American, Canadian and German gentlemen wanted information to buy a second holiday home in these places! We are talking about the new TUSCANY! Don’t miss it
Itinerary
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Stop At: Museo Nazionale Tarquiniense, Piazza Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour 1/a, 01016, Tarquinia Italy
In this splendid museum you can learn the history and uses of this extraordinary and still mysterious Etruscan people. After the capture of Troy, some survivors ventured by sea to the Lazio coast and founded a new civilization here! Let’s find out together!
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Necropoli di Tarquinia, Strada Provinciale 43, 01016, Tarquinia Italy
The ancient necropolis with painted tombs dates back over 3,000 years! The necropolis of Tarquinia for its exceptional painted tombs decorated with scenes from human life, has been included as the jewel of the UNESCO heritage. Life scenes depicting hunters, fishermen, musicians, dancers, jugglers and athletes are represented, giving a real life insight into the time! IMPRESSIVE!
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Tarquinia, Tarquinia, Province of Viterbo, Lazio
Visit with driver of the splendid medieval city of Tarquinia and its churches and convents with exceptional panoramic points of the territory. Get ready for a journey through time!
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Strada Provinciale 12, Tuscania, 01017 Tuscania Italy
Before the Basilica of San Pietro and nominated for the first time in the year 852 in a bull of Pope Leo IV to the bishop of Tuscania, it was consecrated on October 6, 1206.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Church of San Pietro, Strada San Pietro, 01017 Tuscania Italy
According to this critic, the construction of San Pietro, by Como masters, dates back to the eighth century, when Tuscania was donated by Charlemagne to Pope Adriano I: if this hypothesis were true, San Pietro would be a cornerstone in the history of Italian architecture as it would mark the transition point from the early Christian to the Romanesque forms. The CHURCH of CINEMA, in fact in 1966, the director Mario Monicelli decides to set in the church a scene of his famous film L’armata Brancaleone, in particular the scene in which the army goes to the palace of the family of Teofilatto dei Leonzi (Gian Maria Volonté), or the scenes of the meeting between Brancaleone and Teofilatto’s aunt. Several other times the basilica has served as a natural setting for film production; among others we can mention the films: Otello by and with Orson Welles (1952), Pia de ‘Tolomei by Sergio Grieco (1958), The Gospel according to Matteo by Pier Paolo Pasolini (1964), The man who laughs by Sergio Corbucci (1966), Uccellacci e Uccellini by Pier Paolo Pasolini (1966), Romeo and Juliet by Franco Zeffirelli (1968), Brancaleone alle cruste by Mario Monicelli (1970), Virgo, and named Maria di Sergio Nasca (1975), Nostalghia di Andrej Tarkovskij (1983), Francesco with Micky Rourke by Liliana Cavani (1989), Il giorno, la notte. Then the dawn of Paolo Bianchini (2007). The final scene of Richard Donner’s film Lady Hawke (1985).
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Tuscania, Tuscania, Province of Viterbo, Lazio
Visit of the exceptional town of Tuscania whose name, in Latin was Tuscana with derivation from tuscum plus the Latin suffix prediale -anus which indicates possession, with the meaning of territory or city of the Tusci, the name with which the Romans called the Etruscans. Two mythological legends about the origin of the city: the first, reported by the Roman historian Tito Annio Lusco, would like Tuscania founded by the son of Aeneas, Ascanio, on the site of the discovery of twelve dog puppies (hence the Latin name Tus-cana) while a second indicates as founder Tusco, son of Hercules and Araxe. And the story continues … Here free time for possible lunch in one of the countless restaurants in the city with free walk!
Duration: 2 hours
