Orvieto

We arrived here in Orivieto mid afternoon, after an early start from Heathrow this morning. The Hotel Piccolomini is typically Italian and very comfortable. We are here for three nights to see the gardens North of Rome. The town is on the border of the Lazio and Umbria regions where Medieval hill top towns abound, of which Orivieto is one. The historic town is built on the cliff top and accessed by lifts set into the rock face from the car parks below. We are on the third floor of the hotel and the view out of the window is again typical of the higgledy piggedly skyline so prevalent in this part of the world. This evening's sunset from the ramparts was glorious with swifts cavorting about the skies calling as they go. Now, all is quiet and still and it is almost as if you have stepped back 500 years.Read more