Viterbo Travel Guide
From Wikitravel
Viterbo is in Lazio, a central region of Italy.
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Understand
Get in
By train
Main railway stations are Porta Fiorentina y Porta Romana. Both are quite close to the center. From Rome: trains [1] almost every hour, mostly departing from Roma Ostiense station (go and return for 10 €). The trip takes about 2 hours.
By car
Take the motorway A1 (from Rome follow the signs towards Firenze, not to Viterbo!) and get out at exit Orte. Then take the S204 towards Viterbo (about 3 € tolls from Rome). It´s not really confortable to drive inside the historical centre, as all the streets are quite narrow and "one way". You´d better park your car out of the town walls.
By bus
Get around
The historical centre is small enough to be visited on foot.
For longer distances you can use the local bus network (ordinary 90 min. ticket for 0,70 €; daily ticket for 1,55 €). Tickets can be found at tobacconists, and must be validated when getting on the bus.
See
Do
- Thermal springs
Already famous in Roman times, and quoted by Dante in his "Divine Comedy"...having a bath in one of their natural thermal springs is, perhaps, what you would never miss from Viterbo. As they are in surrounding open-air countryside areas, you can use them all year, every time of the day (for free, of course). Water reachs temperatures of 55º C, so the experience gets more amazing in freezing days (and nights).
The most famous ones are called Bulicame (2 km from Viterbo, on the road that leads to Tuscania). On the other hand there are also some springs run as spas centres (Terme dei Papi and Pianeta Benessere)
Buy
Eat
- Il Monastero, Via Fattungheri, 10. Huge and delicious pizzas around 5 €.
Drink
Sleep
Budget
Mid-range
Splurge
Get out
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