Etruria

Camera Etrusca takes its name from the Etruscans who lived in Central Italy from 900 BC.They usually built their cities on the high ground between two ravines or on the shores of lakes. Many of their towns are still inhabited today and photographers will be stunned by their imposing positions and evocative beauty.

fishing boatMarta

Capodimonte seen from Marta a flourishing lakeside fishing village and one of our favourite places

Accommodation in Etruria

Prices and Dates

Lake Bolsena is ringed by the picturesque towns - see below - of three regions: Tuscany (Pitigliano, Sorano and Sovana), Umbria (Orvieto) and Latium - the region of Rome itself (Bagnoregio, Montefiascone, Grotte di Castro)

Above - The Jewish cemetery in Pitigliano - unusual funerary monuments, but this just shows how integrated the community was by the 19th century.

The Medici Aqueduct

Wherever we take you we'll get you there at the best time of day for the best light

Sorano Sorano straddles a hill with deep ravines either side

The Piazza

Sovana is the smallest, the most intimate of the three Etruscan Tufa towns. but once it was the grandest.There's a charming little restaurant here which serves traditional tuscan dishes such as acqua cotta, wild boar stew and pici (a sort of local spaghetti) and, and...........

Ph.Sarah Dolton

In the green gloom of one of the sacred ways under Sovana is an Etruscan tomb carved into the rock, the mysterious etruscan script still clearly visible.

Etruria - the lake, the sea, the rivers

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