Today’s hike was much easier than yesterday’s but more exposed / hot — 10mi and 450ft elevation gain. It is our 28th wedding anniversary today and it was a nice day strolling across the Via Cassia, past a grove of kiwis and having a lunch on a goat farm.
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| Leaving Montefiascone |
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| The Roman road |
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| Kiwi |
Our lunch spot.
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You eat the cheese counter clockwise,
Ending with the meats and eating
the ricotta in the center last |
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| Outside our hotel |
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| Our room is really nice |
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| The view from the window |
From our guides: Wide open plains dotted by small hills separate Montefiascone from Viterbo. Today’s route starts with one of the best-preserved stretches of the ancient Via Cassia as it takes us through vast wheat fields. This trek will lead us to the capital of Tuscia, the town of Viterbo, rich in Etruscan origins and medieval monuments. Also known as the city of the popes, Viterbo was the papal seat in the XIII century. Virginio, your guide, is proud to show off his hometown, Viterbo, and the peperino (grey volcanic rock) alleyways of the exquisite medieval quarter San Pellegrino, guaranteed to bring us back in time to the middle-ages.
