If you feel like enjoying the fresh air of the great outdoors and a historical cultural trip all in one then get set for a hiking or cycling trail along an ancient highway of Italy called Via Clodia! It’s believed to have been built by the Romans and continues on form the Etruscan road called Via Cava.
It’s paved with cobblestones quite a lot of the way and continues for a distance of 250 kilometres, connecting the southern part of Tuscany to Rome.
Visitors can even book an enchanting horse ride along Via Clodia, the 2000 year old road which offers many attractions along the way.
It’s paved with cobblestones quite a lot of the way and continues for a distance of 250 kilometres, connecting the southern part of Tuscany to Rome.
Visitors can even book an enchanting horse ride along Via Clodia, the 2000 year old road which offers many attractions along the way.
Stop off to admire the ruins of ancient Roman thermal baths, old castles, bubbling streams and the beauty of mountains along the way.
This would be a fantastic theme for a walking holiday to Tuscany for example and tourists could take their pick from a huge range of lovely villas in southern Tuscany and Grosseto for example.
Along the Via Clodia is the old Etruscan hilltop town called Roselle overlooking Grosseto town of which the foundations are still in place. Learn all about the history of its origins as well as many other architectural and tourist attraction throughout the journey.
This would be a fantastic theme for a walking holiday to Tuscany for example and tourists could take their pick from a huge range of lovely villas in southern Tuscany and Grosseto for example.
Along the Via Clodia is the old Etruscan hilltop town called Roselle overlooking Grosseto town of which the foundations are still in place. Learn all about the history of its origins as well as many other architectural and tourist attraction throughout the journey.
Bring a picnic to enjoy in the countryside beside an old church or take photos of gushing waterfalls accompanying you along parts of the Via Clodia. See the remains of several Roman bridges such as Ponte Piro and Ponte della Rocca.
Walking, cycling or horse-riding along the Via Clodia between Tuscany and Rome would be an enriching tourist experience that will transport you back to a time of roads without cars and noise.
So if you’re looking for some time to reflect in tranquillity while you travel then come journey along the beautiful Via Clodia!
Walking, cycling or horse-riding along the Via Clodia between Tuscany and Rome would be an enriching tourist experience that will transport you back to a time of roads without cars and noise.
So if you’re looking for some time to reflect in tranquillity while you travel then come journey along the beautiful Via Clodia!
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picture 1: EH101 / CC BY-SA 3.0;
picture 2: Longbow4u / CC BY-SA 3.0;