Orvieto and Civita Di Bagnoregio Tour

"The orvieto and civita di bagnoregio tour started early enough that the footbridge was still in shade and the calanchi below were full of haze. Walking up under Porta Santa Maria with maybe twenty other people felt nothing like the photographs I had seen. There is no shade at all on that bridge, so bring a hat."

"We reached Orvieto in the afternoon and the gold on the Duomo façade was almost too bright to look at head on. Our guide pointed out details in the Signorelli frescoes inside the Cappella di San Brizio that I would have walked straight past. These Umbria and Lazio hill town landmarks pair well on one itinerary."

"Worth knowing that this orvieto and civita di bagnoregio tour tour involves a fair amount of uphill on worn tufa cobbles in both towns. My knees complained on the way back across the bridge in the heat. Everything else ran smoothly and the group stayed small enough to hear the guide."

"Civita is called la città che muore and standing at the edge of Piazza San Donato you understand why, with the tufa crumbling away on every side. Swallows were circling below the walls the whole time we were up there. We booked our orvieto and civita di bagnoregio tour tickets a week ahead and had no trouble at the entry point."

"Pozzo di San Patrizio was the surprise of the day, more than fifty metres down a double helix staircase with daylight dropping through the window openings onto green water. It was noticeably cooler down there than on the street above. Our Italian friends had it listed as tour di Orvieto e Civita di Bagnoregio and enjoyed it just as much."

"We did the orvieto and civita di bagnoregio tour on a grey morning and had the alleys of Civita almost to ourselves apart from a few cats on the warm stone. The wind crossing the footbridge was strong enough to need a scarf. Etruscan cuttings near the old gate were pointed out to us, which I had not expected."

"Fitting both places together does mean real time on the road between Umbria and Lazio, so sit on the left for the valley views. The funicular up to Orvieto from the station is a nice touch and the plateau edge opens right out. For our family the Civita di Bagnoregio day tour portion was the clear highlight."

"Orvieto Underground showed how much of the plateau is hollowed out with Etruscan wells and old pigeon caves cut into the rock. A cold glass of Orvieto Classico afterwards in the cathedral square was a good way to sit down. Among orvieto and civita di bagnoregio tour tours this one felt unhurried rather than herded."

"We arrived at the Belvedere on a hot hazy day and the badlands panorama was mostly white glare, which was a shame. The bridge itself was shoulder to shoulder by the time we crossed back. The guide was knowledgeable about the Etruscan origins and did his best with the conditions."

"Recrossing the footbridge as the light turned orange over the calanchi is the image I kept from the whole trip. There were far fewer people by then and the tufa cliffs went pink. Skip-the-line entry at the Orvieto Duomo also saved us standing around in the sun."