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Day Trips from Rome
Rome is a transportation hub so you'll find you have many options for
day trips by train. Our day trip guide includes descriptions of towns
and cities easily reachable from Rome as well as information on how
to get there.
Day Trips in Lazio
Tarquinia, Bracciano and Viterbo
Tarquinia
Tarquinia
is a fortified town with medieval turrets sitting on rocky cliffs overlooking
the Mediterranean. It has a fairly nice swimming beach if you've got
the time for a placid dip.
Tarquinia has a magnificent Etruscan necropolis called Monterozzi
which contains 6,000 graves cut in the rock. Its tombs have some lovely
carvings and two hundred beautiful frescoes. The earliest archaeological
remains are 9th-century BC Iron Age well tombs. The tombs are generally
open Tuesday through Sunday from 8:30am to 4:30pm.
Within the town, in Piazza Cavour is the Tarquinia National Museum
exhibiting Etruscan artefacts and sarcophagi excavated from nearby including
a pair of winged horses taken from the pediment of a Tarquinian temple.
The museum is in 15th-century Palazzo Vitelleschi and is open Tuesday
through Sunday from 9am to 7pm.
How to Get to Tarquinia
A direct train from Rome's Ostiense station takes 50 minutes.
Eight buses leave each day from the Via Lepanto stop in Rome for the
2-hour trip to the town of Barriera San Giusto, which is a mile and
a half from Tarquinia.
A train from Rome's Termini station will take 1½ hours and
cost between 6 euros (2nd class) and 9 euros (1st class).
You can reach the grave sites by taking a bus from the Barriera San
Giusto to the Cimitero stop or it's a 20-minute walk from the museum.
Easy site for train timetables and online tickets:
www.trenitalia.com (in English)
Bracciano
Bracciano is one of three villages around the shores of Lake
Bracciano. It’s a popular area for campers because of its forests,
olive groves and gardens, plus it’s a perfect place for sailing,
windsurfing and other water sports. The lakefront has a lovely promenade
and lots of restaurants.
Built in 1470, the Orsini-Odescalchi Castle is an important feudal
home with six towers, many halls, a secret garden. It's in very good
condition and has original furniture and frescoes. The castle is closed
on Mondays.
Bracciano has two baroque churches - Santa Maria Novella (with an
annexed Augustinian cloister) and Santo Stefano with its 16th-century
bell tower.
In the nearby village of Anguillara you can see the partially excavated
Roman ruins of Villa Claudia.
How to Get to Bracciano
A train from Rome's Termini station takes an hour and costs
about 2,50 euros.
Easy site for timetables and online tickets:
www.trenitalia.com (in English)
Viterbo
Surrounded by towered medieval walls, the historical centre
of Viterbo is full of really interesting buildings and its distinctive
spindle-shaped fountains, such as . Fontana dei Leoni and Fontana della
Rocca.
Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista remains much the same today as
when it was built in the 11th century except for the 16th-century portal
and beautiful rose-window. Inside there are frescoes and the precious
Balletta polyptych.
Cattedrale di San Lorenzo has beautiful capitals on its columns, some
good frescoes and paintings.
Palazzo dei Papi began as the Episcopal Palace in 1255, and is famous
for its loggia and external stairs.
Chiesa di Santa Maria Nuova was built in 1080 over a temple dedicated
to Jupiter. The church has a great collection of Viterbese art from
the 14th to the 16th century.
In summer, you can see plays, operas, and concerts at the Roman theatre
in Ferento in the countryside. near to Viterbo.
How to Get to Viterbo
It takes an hour and a half by Eurostar train from Rome's Termini
station or the slower trains take 10 more minutes. The ticket will cost
under 10 euros.
Easy site for timetables and online tickets:
www.trenitalia.com (in English)
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