Civitavecchia Trip Overview
Discover the Etruscans on this walking cultural tour and visit the city of Tarquinia with its UNESCO world heritage site. Explore the ancient Etruscan necropolis with tombs painted more than 2.500 years ago. Learn about the extraordinary artwork in the tombs, which predates the Romans and gives unique insight into the ancient culture and daily lives of the Etruscan people. Leave the necropolis go the National Etruscan Museum. Finish your time in Tarquinia by relaxing and enjoying an authentic Italian lunch, in a traditional local restaurant. Savor the unique and dazzling flavours of the Lazio region, for the perfect end to your day of discovery.
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Duration: 6 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Civitavecchia, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Discover the Etruscans on this walking cultural tour and visit the city of Tarquinia with its UNESCO world heritage site. Explore the ancient Etruscan necropolis with tombs painted more than 2.500 years ago. Learn about the extraordinary artwork in the tombs, which predates the Romans and gives unique insight into the ancient culture and daily lives of the Etruscan people. Leave the necropolis go the National Etruscan Museum. Finish your time in Tarquinia by relaxing and enjoying an authentic Italian lunch, in a traditional local restaurant. Savor the unique and dazzling flavours of the Lazio region, for the perfect end to your day of discovery.
Stop At: Infopoint di Largo della Pace, Largo della Pace, 00053, Civitavecchia Italy
TERMINAL CRUISE SHUTTLE BUS. I’ll wait for you with a sign that says your name in “Largo della Pace snc” Civitavecchia. It is the meeting point and last stop of the port free shuttle bus (shuttle that picks up you from the boat).
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Necropoli di Tarquinia, Strada Provinciale 43, 01016, Tarquinia Italy
transfer from Civitavecchia to the UNESCO heritage site “Tarquinia Necropoli”. The ancient necropolis with tombs painted more than 3.000 years ago! Tarquinia is very close to Civitavecchia 20 km north of the port. The Tarquinia Necropolis has been described as “the first chapter in the history of great Italian painting ”for its exceptional painted tombs adorned with scenes of human life: huntsmen, fishermen, musicians, dancers, jugglers and athletes.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Via dei Porta Tarquinia, 01016, Tarquinia Italy
arrive to the historical city center of Tarquinia and stop for a real lunch with a typical italian local food
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Museo Nazionale Tarquiniense, Piazza Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour 1/a, 01016, Tarquinia Italy
After lunch arrive to one of the most impressive museums on the Etruscans, located in the spectacular Palazzo Vitelleschi. Continue your discovery of Etruscan life and see items of pottery, arts and crafts which have previously been displayed in New York and Paris.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
