Civita di Bagnoregio
A town on a pillar of tufa, reached by a footbridge, with the ground falling away around it.
5 things to bookthe nearest is a 1 h 46 drive from Rome
Civita is joined to the rest of the world by one long pedestrian bridge, and the valley on either side is calanchi — grey clay badlands that erode a little further every winter. The town has been shrinking for centuries and a handful of people still live in it.
The walk in is the thing, and the walk below it — down into the badlands, looking up — is the one most people do not know they can do.
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On the trailNine kilometres linking the three villages that face each other across the badlands valley, with a stop at the Museo Naturalistico dei Calanchi.
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On the trailThree-hour guided visit including the walk over the footbridge, the church of San Donato with its Renaissance works, the medieval lanes and the geological setting of the Valle d…
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On the trailGuided visit to the village on the tufa spur: the church of San Donato with its wooden crucifix, Palazzo Alemanni, the geological museum and the clay pinnacles of the surroundin…
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On the trailA guided visit to the tufa village of Civita di Bagnoregio, reached by a 300-metre footbridge, including the church of San Donato with its rare wooden crucifix and Palazzo Alema…
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On the trailTen kilometres, 550 metres of climb, graded E+: the badlands below Civita.
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