The Tuscia Viterbese is one of the most fascinating areas of Lazio, not only from a naturalistic point of view but also from a historical one: this is the land of the Etruscans, an ancient pre-Roman civilisation that has left many traces on the territory, in particular the necropolis of Tuscania and Tarquinia.
Just 39 km from Viterbo is the small village of Oriolo Romano, located about 400 metres above sea level in the Sabatini Mountains, in the heart of the Bracciano-Martignano Regional Natural Park, surrounded by the ancient beech woods of Monte Raschio, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A stone’s throw from Oriolo Romano is also “Olmate”, a beautiful complex of avenues lined with shady beech trees that lead to the seventeenth-century Hermitage of Montevirginio, just 3 km from Oriolo Romano.
