{"id":13968,"date":"2018-09-08T13:22:12","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T13:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=13968"},"modified":"2019-05-28T14:15:38","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T04:15:38","slug":"todi-italy-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=13968","title":{"rendered":"Todi, Italy 2018 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date:  7th September 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled:  106 kilometres from Sovana in Tuscany to Todi in Umbria, Italy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited:  Citta del Tufa, Necropoli of Sovana \u20ac5pp and the town of Todi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed:  Todi car-park, free. Toilet + bin.  N42.77800, E12.40065<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget:  96 days @ \u20ac95 per day.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After getting our vowels muddled yesterday, we enjoyed a quiet night in Sovana.  We shared the car-park with a Swiss motorhome that weren\u2019t very friendly (probably something to do with Millman giving Roger a flogging the day before) and two young woman sleeping in a Ford Fiesta, good luck to that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We make a bit of an early start.  The sign says \u2018Paid Parking\u2019 after 8am, but just to avoid a nasty council officer we are on our way by 9am.  Not far however just down the hill about 2 klms to the Parco Archeological \u2018Citta del Tufa\u2019 car-park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We have breakfast in the car-park waiting for the 10am opening time.  Go and pay a very uninterested young woman \u20ac5pp and go for a walk.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Why are we visiting Etruscan ruins and tombs I here you say.  Well the Etruscans dominated central Italy for 400 year, basicaly till they we absorbed into the Roman Empire.  Like this once magnificient statue of a lion, they just eroded away.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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This amazing sculpture of the winged demon Alati once graced the arch above a tomb.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The \u2018Tombi dei Demoni Alati\u2019, a lion in the foreground, partner of the one from the earlier photo.  The carving of the demon in the last photo, once lined the arch.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The \u2018Tonba Ildebranda\u2019 the largest of the tomb complexes here.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Just in case, you get lost.  The site here is spread over a large area, but essentially it involves walking 3 separate paths along the ridge and canyon.  There\u2019s probably an hours walking and 45 minutes of taking in the various tombs you find.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Inside one of the tombs.  Whilst the tombs at Tarquinia where deep underground, hence better preserved, the tombs at Sovana are much easier to access, mostly looted back in roman times according to the blurb.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Walking up one of the canyons.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Every now and then you catch site of something.  A lot is not sign posted, so ?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Back in the Hymer again, arguing over which tomb was best, we have a coffee before travelling on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A lovely grove of roadside trees mark the way to Orvieto.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Whilst Orvieto looks grand sitting on a large hill-top, we have set our sights further up the road today.  But we stop at the Lidl and have lunch in the car-park before continuing on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another hill-side village, with a name we cannot remember. The villages dispersed between groves of olive trees and vineyards make for an picturesque drive.  If your not busy dodging pot-holes of course.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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We arrive in Todi and find a spot in the car-park below the old town.  At this stage we get a solid thunderstorm with some heavy rain.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Our first stop is the Church of St Mary Della Consolazione.  Its huge dome can be seen from miles away.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Michael and Pam's Photo Sphere (Todi Valley Pano)<\/a>
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The main altar.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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