Orvieto

Since I've already been to a lot of the sights that Rome has to offer and I'm here for the longest of anywhere on my journey, today I fancied a day trip to somewhere a little less urban.

Orvieto is a hilltop medieval town overlooking the region of Umbria. It's known for a couple of notable things. First, it was a centre of the Etruscan civilisation which inhabited parts of the Italian peninsula before the Romans took over. Second, it's in the heart of Italy's truffle country, and consequently also has a lot of wild boars.

It also has Il Pozzo di San Patrizio, a well that looks remarkably similar to the well in Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra, but I don't believe there's any connection between the two.

It was a nice, quiet day out in a peaceful medieval town and the Pappardelle al Cinghiale with a glass of local wine was very enjoyable.Leggi altro