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  • TravelerItalien 2024
    9
    Day 5

    Unterkunft für 3 Nächte

    August 2, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C

    Hübsch hier, tolles Aussicht, schöner Pool, aber die Hausherrin ist verglichen mit den beiden charmanten Herren der letzten beiden Agroturismo eine verstockte Bissgurrn. Schade eigentlich, da wohnt es sich gleich weniger schön. Aber egal, wir lassen uns von sowas nicht beeindrucken, werden das halt bei der Bewertung des Hauses berücksichtigen🤷‍♀️.Read more

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  • TravelerTuscany
    Day 15

    Volterra Hike

    May 9 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    After wandering the town I had had another hike planned, but again it was one that you should only do if it hasn’t rained recently and it has so I found a walk through the countryside around Volterra hike and since we’ve enjoyed the other ones so much decided to do that one. Only…it wasn’t very nice. Most of the hike was on a paved road with cars going by fairly often and no views as there were too many trees and things in the way. It was a long one too so I was like this was kind of a waste, but now we know. Towards the end of the hike we did find some Necropoli Etruscan tombs! There were two big ones and they were pitch black inside so we used our phone lights to see, which didn’t help that much so they were pretty spooky. As we were leaving someone else was going in and we said you need a flashlight and he was like really? I was here last week and there were lights that came on and lit everything up! So no clue why they were off today, but it was fun exploring them in the dark!

    Then back home where it was still nice out and we relaxed outside after dinner. Oh, one other thing - we found a radio station that plays mostly good music (which for some reason is hard to find as they all play like all genres so they might play a couple things I like then a bunch of stuff I can’t stand) and they have a jingle they play after saying the station name and I kept hearing them say “very normal people” as the jingle, but I was like it is in Italian so it must be something else that just sounds like that. So I looked it up today and their slogan is “Very normal people!” That is what they are saying which is a strange thing for them to say all the time. I love it. Tomorrow we head on to our next stop!    Read more

  • TravelerTuscany
    Day 15

    Volterra Part 2

    May 9 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    Walking around Volterra was pretty nice. When we got there this morning it was really busy and we were lucky to get a parking spot, and we learned it was because a car race is happening tomorrow! We are just missing another one! This one is classic race cars and we saw them driving down the road as we were headed to the city. Apparently they had been in the main square in the morning so we missed that.

    It was a gorgeous day even if a bit cold at times. Volterra was really not that big, it seemed like it was going to take a lot longer to walk through than it did. We kept ending up in red main squares. And there are lots of shells in the stones in the ground which was fun to try and spy. There were also some pretty nice viewpoints plus a Roman amphitheater! And my friend asked if I would pick up an olive wood spoon for her so I found some here that were pretty nice and picked up one for myself as well. It was a nice city to wander and much less busy after lunch!    Read more

  • TravelerTuscany
    Day 15

    Volterra Part 1

    May 9 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    Our real stop for the day was Volterra! We have driven by there every day since we got to the new place, but today was finally the day we explored! We parked at the bottom of the hill and went by their community fountain on the way up the stairs to the city. We had planned on eating lunch at this vegan restaurant, but unfortunately they were closed unexpectedly so we wandered and found another place with bruschetta, that bread and veggie soup we had before, and a chickpea cream soup. The air was cold today even though technically it was warmer than yesterday and we were freezing so hot soup sounded great! And surprisingly it was really good! The bread and veggie soup was amazing and I was like we should have just gotten 2 of them! Oh well, the other thing were good too. Finally some Tuscan food I would go back and get again!

    After lunch I bundled up in everything I brought with me, which wasn’t much as the last two days it has been “colder” but so warm walking around I didn’t wear all my layers…so I left some of them at home today. It was a weird temp, we were cold but hot at the same time. The air was really cold, but it was warm walking around and it was odd.    Read more

  • Roadtripp Norditalien
    Day 3

    Volterra

    October 2, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    Auf dem Weg weiter in den Süden machten wir Halt im kleinen Dorf Volterra. Der Name war mir (Mareike) bekannt aus dem zweiten Twilight Film, gedreht wurde dieser aber in einer anderen Stadt. Volterra hat kleine Gassen und liegt wunderschön gelegen auf einem Hügel. Von dort aus hat man einen tollen Ausblick auf die umliegende Toskana.Read more

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  • TravelerEurope September 2024
    1
    Day 18

    Viterbo

    September 22, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    Today was a transition day - we were flying home from Rome early tomorrow and decided to stay somewhere within under an hour from Rome airport, that is also a nice place so I could explore and enjoy the afternoon while Igor worked. Our plan was guided by the available VoiceMaps. We first stopped at Viterbo - a medieval town in the heart of the region of Umbria. It was very quiet and nice - a bit of a an alive time capsule, with medieval towers often converted into the apartment buildings. The town is famous for its summer annual religious procession where people carry what is called the Macchina di Santa Rosa through the town. The macchina was frequently mentioned in the VoiceMap tour and according to Google images it is indeed very impressive and enormous. It reminded us of the infamous Zozobra, except it doesn’t get burned. We also learned that Viterbo apparently was the filming location for many Italian movies, including some famous Fellini movies and some modern TV series like Catch 22. It makes sense because the town is so well preserved but also not touristy at all. We then drove an hour to the seaside town of Civitavecchia with another VoiceMap tour where we would stay overnight. Unfortunately it was a bit less picturesque than I imagined it’s a major port where many cruise ships and ferries depart from, so the VoiceMap tour was targeted towards the cruise ship passengers and it starts and end a near the cruise ship terminal. It’s a bit of a rundown town, so maybe not the best choice for the night, but it was convenient and interesting to see an everyday non touristy town. We were ready to fly home in the morning, after such an incredible, deeply satisfying and beautiful journey through time and places.Read more

  • TravelerItalien 2024
    Day 6

    Volterra

    August 3, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

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    Ein paar Tipps: parken kann man oberhalb der Stadt an der Stadtmauer - wenn man Glück hat und nicht drei holländische Autos vier bis fünf Parkplätze belegen 😀. Bezahlt werden kann hier - so wie fast überall in Italien - total easy mit der easy App (die macht ihrem Namen wirklich alle Ehre! Wer es nicht kennt: Registrieren, Zahlungsmittel hinterlegen, Uhrzeit einstellen und bei Bedarf verlängern oder verkürzen. TOP!
    Volterra ist bekannt für seine Alabaster-Kunstwerke - wer das mag, wird hier bestimmt fündig. Ich habe mich mit Alabastereis und einem Flaschenstöpsel mit einer weißen
    Alabasterkugel entschieden. Mehr Alabaster brauche ich nicht 😀.
    Volterra ist nicht soooo touristisch, wie Florenz oder San Gimignano und die Leute hier sehen keine Notwendigkeit, Englisch mit einem zu sprechen. Ich liebe das ja! Man redet halt mit Händen und Füßen, denn - shame on me: ich kann immer noch kein Italienisch… außer Wein und Essen bestellen 😀🤷‍♀️.    Read more

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  • TravelerToscana
    Day 4

    Volterra und Lari

    July 19, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    Heute geht es früher los, da wir eine mindestens so knappe Parkplatzsituation in Volterra erwarten. Es zahlt sich aus, da wir noch einen kühlen Platz in der Tiefgarage gleich bei einem Stadteingang erhalten. Wir erkunden die verwinkelten Gassen von Volterra und fahren kurz vor der Mittagszeit wieder los. Das Parkhaus ist inzwischen voll besetzt.

    Wir machen einen weiteren Stopp in Lari, einem kleinen Dorf in der Nähe unserer Unterkunft, und essen dort zu Mittag. Es ist zu heiss und so fahren wir zurück in unsere Wohnung, ohne das Castello di Lari zu besichtigen.    Read more

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  • Wohnmobil Rund ReisenToskana, Wein und Genuss
    1
    Day 10

    Volterra

    May 12, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    Heute geht’s nach Volterra. Mal wieder so eine Stadt nach unserem Geschmack.
    Alt und gut erhalten. Hier waren sie „alle“ die Etrusker, die Römer … ein wirklich schöner Ort zum bummeln, treiben lassen, Museen anzuschauen. Wir haben uns den Palazzo Viti angeschaut. Man hat schon verstanden zu leben in Italien 🤣
    Unser Erlebnis heute war die Panninioteca.
    Ein super leckeres Pannini, einen guten Wein, einen total motivierten Paninimacher. Wir hatten viel zu lachen. Zum Abschluss gab es einen ordentlichen Schuss Limocello…danach mussten wir ins nächste Kaffee und haben für einen Euro einen Espresso an der Bar getrunken.
    Es war ein schöner Tag    Read more

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  • CP on tourNord-Italien und Toskana 2024
    2
    Day 14–16

    Volterra

    May 1, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    Die Vorhersagen machen Hoffnung auf besseres Wetter in Volterra, die sich aber leider nicht erfüllt. Schon kurz nach unserer Ankunft in der Mittagszeit bildet sich um unser WoMo eine kleine Seenplatte, der Nachteil von Wiesenplätzen. Wir verlassen unser rollendes Mini-Zuhause am Mittwoch nicht, haben aber, wenn die Wolken im Tal mal Pause machen, einen grandiosen Blick vom Stellplatz aus. Am Donnerstag erwischen wir 2 kleine Regenpausen von ca. 60-90 Min., in denen wir ins 1,5 km entfernte Zentrum laufen.

    Die mittelalterliche Stadt mit einer Stadtmauer aus der Zeit der Etrusker liegt auf einem 550m hohen Hügel, was sowohl von unserem Standort als auch von unterwegs wunderbare Ausblicke gewährt. Das Rathaus aus dem 13. Jahrhundert mit seinen zahlreichen Wappen der Familien aus Volterra gilt als das älteste der Toskana. Die Piazza Grande dieses Städtchens fungierte als Sitz der „Volturi“ in den Twilight-Filmen, wenn auch die Dreharbeiten eher in Montepulciano stattfanden. Es gibt viele kleine recht hübsche Einzelhandelsgeschäfte in der Altstadt, aber der nächste Regen treibt uns wieder heim, wo wir ordentlich durchnäßt ankommen.

    Es gäbe hier viel zu erkunden, aber 8-14 Grad sind schon nicht prickelnd. Wir überlegen sogar 450 km weiterzufahren an die Amalfi-Küste, geben aber der Toskana noch mal eine Chance.    Read more

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