THE NAME TUSCIA
According to local tradition, it was the Etruscans who once lived in the villages in the north of Lazio, that gave the region its name - Tuscia.
These villages are still situated in the same strategic positions as they were 3000 years ago. The region is located to the north of Rome and it has borders with both Tuscany and Umbria. The landscape is a varied one, ranging from the Cimini Hills to Maremma, a wide and wild stretch of land along the coast of the Tyrrenhian sea. Viterbo, an ancient medieval city once host to the Papal court, is the administrative centre of the province, a stone's throw from the volcanic lakes of Vico and Bolsena, which boasts two beautiful islands, Martana and Bisentina.

SEASIDE, HILLS AND LAKES
The province of Viterbo is divided in three zones marked by different enviromental and urban features. On the west side Tarquinia and Montalto di Castro, few kilometres far from the Tyrrenhian sea are surrounded by vaste plains of Maremma which extends inland up to the area of Monteromano, Tuscania and Canino. The central part of the province is quite rich of woody hills as those nearby Monte Rufeno, the Volsini hills around the lake Bolsena and the Cimini hills around the natural reserve of lake Vico. The east area is delimited by the valley of river Tiber which winds through places featured by clayey dunes onto which were built breathtaking villages as for instance Civita di Bagnoregio.

HOW TO REACH TUSCIA
By road - From Rome you can take either the A1 motorway (Rome-Florence), taking the Orte, Attigliano and Magliano Sabina exits, or by the state roads, Aurelia, Cassia and Flamina.
By rail - You can take the train from two stations in Rome, either Termini or Ostiense, to Viterbo or Orte.

OLD STONES
In the run of History Tuscia has been inhabited by different civilizations, first of which the Etruscans, who populated the area between the 8th and the 3rd century b.C....(continue)

THE COUNTRYSIDE
The landscape of Tuscia is quite variegated and embraces in short distances different geological and agriculture features...(continue)

ART OF NATURE
The mildness of its climate, the richness of rivers, the fertility of the soil have always allured people to establish in this area since prehistory...(continue)

THE SPAS
Viterbo's springs, which are about 3 kms away from the town, lie scattered round a central area called Bulicame which Dante quoted few times in his divine Comedy...(continue)

MUSIC AND FESTIVAL
Potatoes, lattarini, white fish, gnocchi, snails, lamb, steaks, pancakes, biscuits, wine, beans, chestnuts, hazelnuts, olive oil, cherries and garlic bread are the products for which the province of Viterbo offers every year festivals with music and fire works...(continue)

LOCAL CUISINE
The taste of the local gastronomy is marked by some common features shared with habits and traditions of Rome, Umbria and Tuscany...(continue)

WINES
Local wines, white ones above all, have often got remarkable appreciations by important personages such as pope Martin IV fond of the Vernaccia into which he used to deepen the eels of the lake Bolsena, or the abbot Defuc who stopped on the way to Rome at Montefiascone marking with three Est the local moscatello; he died later on from drunkness and its coffin was made out the wood of the barrel.
The wine list includes white vines as Trebbiano, Malvasia and Greco which make the Aleatico and Orvieto classico best wines for fish and pasta dishes. Aleatico can be also found red and it is ideal for a better tasting of the local hazelnut cookies called tozzetti.