Stalactites lit inside a show cave Under the ground

Under Orte: an Etruscan-Roman aqueduct, a medieval dovecote and a snow well

Orte

Orte is hollow underneath: an aqueduct the Etruscans cut and the Romans used, a dovecote carved in the rock, and a well where snow was stored.

How the day goes

  1. A direct train from Termini to Orte, then up into the old town on its tuff spur.
  2. Down with a guide into the aqueduct, walking the channel that fed the town.
  3. The rock-cut dovecote, and the well where packed snow kept food cold.
  4. On the right weekend of the month the nymphaeum opens too, so ask which one it is.

Departures are at set times and the tourist office holds the places, so ring them or call in at the desk in town.

Where it is

Orte at its real position from Rome, with everywhere else we list behind it — so you can see how far out this one is.

Orte, and where it is from Rome Orte drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 66 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 66 min Rome Orte

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Via Matteotti 45, 01028 Orte (VT), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 06drive from the middle of Rome
  • 81 kmeach way
  • 1 honce you are there

  • Rent a car for the day

    The day stays yours: you leave when you want, stop where you want, and come back when the light goes.

    • You pick it up in Rome and drop it back in Rome
    • No timetable to build the day around
    • The stops on the way are the good part, and they need a car

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  • Have a driver take you, door to door

    No parking to find, no wrong turns, and you leave when the day is done.

    • Picked up where you are staying, dropped back there
    • No parking to find and no ZTL to worry about
    • Nobody spends the day driving

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Also around Orte

Orte In the old stones

Porta di San Cesareo

A city gate in Orte.

Free — nothing to pay

Just turn up — open air, any hour

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