Lazio, Italy · Europe
Tarquinia sits on the route: 20 minutes from Monte Romano, 48km from Cascate del Mulino, Saturnia.
Tarquinia is in Lazio, Italy, with about 12,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Monte Romano, about 12 km away.
Tarquinia (Italian: [tarˈkwiːnja]), formerly known as Corneto, is a town and comune (municipality) in the Province of Viterbo in the region of Lazio in central Italy. The ancient burial grounds (necropoleis), dating from the Iron Age (9th century BC, or Villanovan period) to Roman times, were on the adjacentRead more
promontories including that of today's Tarquinia. It has 15,862 inhabitants.
It is renowned for its extensive Etruscan necropolises, which contain some of the most important painted tombs of the ancient world. In recognition of its cultural significance, Tarquinia was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia.
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Within an hour or so of Tarquinia: Pitigliano (43 km), Cascate del Mulino, Saturnia (48 km), Sacro Bosco di Bomarzo (48 km), Civita di Bagnoregio (51 km).
The nearest famous roads are Appian Way, Strada Chiantigiana (SR222) and Campo Imperatore.
Tarquinia is in Lazio, Italy, about 12 km from Monte Romano.
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ACI roadside assistance: 803 116. ZTL (limited traffic zones) in city centres are camera-enforced.
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Tufa-rock town rising sheer from the Maremma canyons, riddled with Etruscan cave cellars and the sunken 'vie cave' walkways carved into the cliffs. Known as 'Little Jerusalem' for its historic Jewish quarter and synagogue.
43 km · about 50 min drive
waterfall
Free natural thermal terraces of warm turquoise water cascade beside an old mill in Tuscany's Maremma.
48 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
The 16th-century 'Park of Monsters', a wooded valley of colossal mannerist grotesques: an ogre's mouth you walk into, a leaning house, war elephants carved from living bedrock. Ignored for centuries, adored by Salvador Dalí.
48 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
A dying hilltop village in Lazio perched on an eroding volcanic plateau accessible only by a narrow pedestrian bridge.
51 km · about 60 min drive
racetrack
Rome's historic racetrack, opened in 1951 north of the city and named after F1 pioneer Piero Taruffi. A staple of Italian GT racing with regular open track days for road drivers.
51 km · about 60 min drive
cathedral
A dramatic Umbrian hill town perched atop volcanic tufa cliffs, crowned by one of Italy's most ornate Gothic cathedrals.
59 km · about 70 min drive
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
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