{"id":13868,"date":"2018-09-05T06:39:22","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T06:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=13868"},"modified":"2019-05-28T11:28:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T01:28:28","slug":"tarquinia-italy-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=13868","title":{"rendered":"Tarquinia, Italy 2018 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Date: &nbsp;4th September 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Travelled: &nbsp;105 kilometres from Sutri to Viterbo, both in the province of Lazio, Italy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Visited: &nbsp;Tarquinia\u2019s Etruscan Tombs, \u20ac6 pp<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stayed: &nbsp;Viterbo municipal sosta car-park, free with services. &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/iVt7kJV8C6vENfpCA\">N42.40922, E12.10958<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Budget: &nbsp;94 &nbsp;days @ \u20ac95 per day.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An uneventful evening passed in Sutri, another motorhome joined us after dark, but it was gone in the morning. &nbsp;We have our usual coffee and fruit, lock up the Hymer and go out to explore Sutri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Sutri_3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>We walk across the main road following a path to an amphitheater. It is soon apparent that Sutri has lots of secrets.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Sutri_4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>The gates to the amphitheater are closed, but we get a good look through gate.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Sutri_5.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Continuing our walk along the path, we catch a nice view of the old town on the adjacent hill.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Sutri_6.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>We find another sign to a viewing platform, from here we get a better look at the theatre. It is in the classic Roman style of a circus. 50m x 40m at ground level, it is not constructed from block but carved into the stone hill. &nbsp;The sign calls the stone tufa, like a course red pumice to me.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Sutri_7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\"\/><figcaption>We walk back over the road and turn up the hill through an old gate. The main town gate during medieval time according to the sign.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Sutri_8.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>We soon find the town square and this fountain.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Sutri_10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"999\"\/><figcaption>Lastly as we make our way back down the hill we spot the Duomo and walk over. The Church of Saint Mary Assunta was consecrated in 1207.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LOWPjVyoTTY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Sutri_11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\"\/><figcaption>Looking forward to the altar.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We walk back to the Hymer chatting about what an interesting find Sutri was. &nbsp;Anyway we get the Hymer ready for the road and continue north-west on the SS2. &nbsp;Forty kilometres of increasingly worse roads, we drive down the hill toward Tarquinia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Tarquinia_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>As we do, we pass long stretches of obviously ancient ruins of roman aqueduct on either side of the road.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Tarquinia_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>On the outskirts of Tarquinia we find the Necropolis di Monterozzi. &nbsp;Our next adventure.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Tarquinia_4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Along this ridge are some 6,000 Etruscan tombs of which some 20 are open for inspection. Each tomb is 4-6 metres underground, the entries protected by a small portal.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Tarquinia_6.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Each tomb has a bibliography stating this and that and the circa date, mostly 600-400 BC.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Tarquinia_7.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Don\u2019t mistakenly think it\u2019s cool underground at the tombs. They were hot, humid and stuffy.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Tarquinia_8.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Another&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Tarquinia_9.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Another&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Tarquinia_10.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Another, but some of the later tombs had multiple rooms, possible for an extra wife or two, but Pam indicated her disapproval of that notion.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Tarquinia_10-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\"\/><figcaption>Only 10 tombs to go !<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Tarquinia_11.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Obviously less on the frescos but more complex in the various benches and niches.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpps_container\" style=\"margin: 10px auto; width: 1000px; max-width: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2A6642C4-B777-4AEC-A63A-407570E4DF61-scaled.jpeg?height=550px&amp;segments=100&amp;rings=100&amp;hide_link=0&amp;autoload=1&amp;anim_after=2000&amp;anim_speed=1rpm&amp;vertical_anim_speed=2rpm&amp;vertical_anim_target=0&amp;navbar=1&amp;overlay_img=&amp;overlay_position=bottom+left&amp;min_fov=30&amp;max_fov=90&amp;zoom_level=0&amp;long=0&amp;lat=0&amp;tilt_up_max=90&amp;tilt_down_max=90&amp;min_long=0&amp;max_long=360&amp;reverse_anim=0&amp;xmp=1&amp;smooth_user_moves=1&amp;scroll_to_zoom=1&amp;zoom_speed=1&amp;eyes_offset=5&amp;full_width=default&amp;full_height=default&amp;cropped_width=default&amp;cropped_height=default&amp;cropped_x=default&amp;cropped_y=default&amp;horizontal_fov=360&amp;vertical_fov=180\" style=\"display: block; padding: 5px; background-color: #3D3D3D; color: #FFFFFF;\">Michael and Pam's Photo Sphere (Tarquinia\u2019s Etruscan Valley Pano)<\/a><div style=\"position: relative; box-sizing: content-box;\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Tarquinia_13.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Last one promise&#8230;apparently this tombs is considered the finest in Etruscan artwork.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After almost two hours of walking up and down tombs and wandering here and there we are done. &nbsp;It\u2019s hot, but there is a nice breeze blowing. &nbsp;The Hymer is parked in the shade, so we open up and have a little chill out, letting the breeze do its thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Tarquinia_14.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>So we roll back out of Tarquinia for Viterbo. That means 20 klms of backtracking, mostly following this truck load of sticks as it lumbered and lurched its way along.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>We make Viterbo by mid-afternoon, find the municipal sosta and service the Hymer. &nbsp;Something is going on in Viterbo, but we cannot work it out. &nbsp;Whilst Viterbo makes the Lonely Planet it\u2019s a very large town, and we would probably not bother but it has a couple of Fiat approved workshops and the Hymer is not well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So we drive to the first workshop, closed, the second closed, basically most businesses we drive past are closed. &nbsp;Next door to one a car-wash so I wander in and ask the obvious, only to be told everyone back tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Viterbo_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>We may not be able to get the Hymer fixed but we can get it looking good. The Hymer hasn\u2019t had a good clean for a couple of months. For \u20ac20 these guys do a pretty good job.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Pam does some Googling to find today is Saint Rose of Viterbo day and everyone gets a half day&#8230;shit !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s wrong with the Hymer I hear you ask. &nbsp;For more than a month the engine has emitted a whistle under load. &nbsp;I thought it sounded like an exhaust manifold gasket. &nbsp;Not badly at first, but it has gotten louder in the last week and I can feel it\u2019s loosing power on hills. &nbsp;I tried to get it sorted when the alternator failed, back in Sicily without success. &nbsp;But now the Italians are back at work I thought lets get it sorted. &nbsp;One less thing to worry about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the engine starts and runs normally at low speed the loss of power is mostly likely associated with the turbo charger. &nbsp; Another complex and potentially costly exercise. &nbsp;Anyway thanks Saint Rose of Viterbo we won\u2019t find out today will we&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael and Pam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"bpp_credits\" style=\"clear: both; float: right; width: 200px; height: 70px; text-align: right;\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blogpadpro.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"vertical-align: middle; font-size: 8pt; color: #999;\">Edited with BlogPad Pro<\/span><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; padding-left: 5px;\" src=\"http:\/\/files.blogpadpro.com\/images\/speech-bubble.png\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\"><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: &nbsp;4th September 2018 Travelled: &nbsp;105 kilometres from Sutri to Viterbo, both in the province of Lazio, Italy. 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