Pitigliano -September 10th 2023

Pitigliano

OK, when you turn a corner on your motorcycle and your pillion (passenger) exclaims " Whoa " you should stop.

Marta

Of course we were headed here for this very reason after leaving Spoleto earlier in the day. The drive took us back past Terni to Vitterbo and then up towards Lago di Bolsena fairly early on Sunday September 10th.

As we came to a fork in the road it was about time for a break and we turned off into Marta a beautiful lake community where we stopped for a stretch and to see the lake. Of course like any other lake it will have a castle on it. 

And sailboats. 

Since we were doing well in getting toward our end destination that day which was Montemerano I decided to instead of heading to our final destination and driving back to Pitigliano pronounced "Pit" "ee" "Glee" "anno" that we'd take a slightly different route to Pitigliano and see it first. 

The above photo is what we saw as we came around the corner, a walled city that just stands out like it was carved from the rock.

We quickly found a bike parking spot and began to tour this impressive walled city.

And the spectacular gardens below the city itself. 

And the requisite beautiful cathedral to visit.

Our day ended in the countryside near Montemerano with that hilltown about 1 km. from our agritourisimo for the evening. Not a bad travel day into the Tuscany region.

Montemerano