Orvieto Underground

Knowing how much Brad loves caves and history we thought the Orvieto Underground tour would be a good one to take.

It is a series of 440 caves (out of 1200 in the system) that were used for millennia by the locals for various purposes, including WWII bomb shelters, refrigerators, wine storage, wells and, during many a pesky Roman or barbarian siege,or as dovecotes to trap the usual one-course dinner: pigeon (still seen on local restaurant menus as palombo).

As far as cave tours go this one wasn’t that impressive. The history was great but there really wasn’t a lot to see. The great thing about it though, is that if we hadn’t decided to do the tour we would have missed stopping at Orvieto, and it is now one of my favourite towns.Read more