Tarquinia On the trail

Tarquinia necropolis and museum with an archaeologist

Tarquinia

You go down a flight of steps into a hillside and behind the glass there are people dancing, diving off a rock, fishing from a small boat. It was painted for the dead and was never meant to be looked at again.

How the day goes

  1. Down into the painted chambers of Monterozzi, one after another, on the ridge above the sea.
  2. The Lionesses and the Tomb of Hunting and Fishing, with what the pictures were actually for.
  3. Then into town, to the museum where the sarcophagi and the finds from those tombs ended up.

The chambers are reached by steep steps underground and the glass keeps you at the door; if stairs are the problem, the museum alone still holds the best of it.

Where it is

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

Tarquinia, and where it is from Rome Tarquinia drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 71 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 71 min Rome Tarquinia

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Via Oslavia 35, 01100 Viterbo, the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 11drive from the middle of Rome
  • 89 kmeach way
  • 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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