• Length:

  110 km

• Stages:

  8

• Departure:

  Orte Scalo

• Arrival:

  Tarquinia

The Cammino Tuscia 103 was created on the initiative of the Italian Alpine Club, Section of Viterbo, which traced it and takes care of the signage. The participation and contribution to the project of entities and administrations affected by the route (Municipalities, Parks and Reserves, Volunteer Associations) was fundamental.

The Cammino passes through numerous villages with services and drinking water fountains: Orte Scalo, Vasanello, Sant’Eutizio, Soriano nel Cimino, San Martino al Cimino, La Botte (Vetralla), Barbarano Romano, Civitella Cesi, Monte Romano and Tarquinia.

Drinking water points are available and marked along the route:

– Pinetina rest area: 33T 268094 – 4697151

– St. Angelo rest area: 33T 263033 – 4688961

– Caiolo rest area: 33T 269454 – 4683150

– Canalicchio rest area: 32T 743373 – 4678934

STAGE 1:

Orte Scalo to Vasanello (9.2 km and 378 m elevation gain). From Orte FFS Station (Orte Scalo) cross Corso Garibaldi, Via Puccini and Via del Poggio and then climb up a steep asphalt road (very little traffic); pass the junction with path 198 to Orte and continue to Provincial Road 30. Continue to Località Bagnolo (possibility of lodging) then always following the provincial road to Vasanello (very little vehicular traffic). The STAGE ends in the main square of Vasanello.

STAGE 2:

Vasanello to Soriano nel Cimino (14.4 km and 380 m elevation gain). From Piazza della Repubblica in Vasanello, take Strada Vasanellese and, following CAI signs, immediately turn right onto Via Taglione, Via dei 4 Venti, Via Fontana Vecchia and Via Palazzolo, which leads to the Palazzolo Archaeological Area and the Morticelli necropolis. Continue along a dirt road through countryside until you cross a forest that leads to the village of Sant’Eutizio in the Municipality of Soriano nel Cimino, skirting the Church and Convent of Sant’Eutizio.

Drive through the village and take a paved road with little vehicular traffic that climbs to the village of Soriano nel Cimino. The following itinerary is recommended in Soriano: coming from Sant’Eutizio, take Via della Galleria and then turn left going up Viale Ernesto Monaci, which you continue up to a flight of steps on the left (in front of the school) that leads to the belvedere; walk along the belvedere (Via Vittorio Emanuele III) to the main square of Soriano.

STAGE 3:

Soriano nel Cimino to San Martino al Cimino (19.7 km and 940 m elevation gain). This is a challenging STAGE in terms of elevation gain, passing through beautiful forests of the Cimini Mountains and Lake Vico. Start in Soriano nel Cimino, from Via Roma to Via delle Bandite from where a dirt road begins that climbs to Mount Cimino crossing the Faggeta provincial road. The last part of the climb is a path in the chestnut woods and then enters the monumental beech forest, a UNESCO heritage site. The trail arrives near the summit of Mount Cimino, which can be reached with a short detour, and then begins the descent to Valle Gelata and the woods of the Comunità Montana dei Cimini. You ascend until you reach Poggio Nibbio and then cross a plateau from which you can enjoy a beautiful panorama in a northerly direction, the Cimini Mountains and the mountains of Lake Bolsena. Follow a forest road that skirts Lake Vico and then turn right onto path 120D, which descends to San Martino al Cimino.

STAGE 4:

San Martino al Cimino to La Botte (12.3 km and 461 m elevation gain). From the village of San Martino al Cimino, take path 120D that climbs to Lake Vico and joins Path 103. With suggestive panoramic views of Lake Vico, the beautiful woods of Mount Fogliano, you reach the Hermitage of San Girolamo and the Convent of Sant’Angelo (accommodation available). Descending further along the Fogliano woods, you reach La Botte.

Along the way, just before La Botte, we cross Via Francigena.

STAGE 5:

La Botte to Barbarano Romano (9.8 km and 165 m elevation gain). At La Botte there is a connection with the Roma Viterbo railway (Vetralla FFS station). From La Botte you take Via Valle Carbona and continue through the Macchia delle Valli forest; you then pass through white roads that slope down to the Necropolis of San Giuliano, which you cross skirting some of the most beautiful and representative tombs: there is the possibility, following the Park signs, to visit all the other tombs as well as the Romanesque church of San Giuliano. We then reach the village of Barbarano Romano where the Marturanum Park has its administrative headquarters.

Stage 6:

Barbarano Romano to Civitella Cesi (7.3 km and 137 m elevation gain). From the built-up area of Barbarano Romano you meet the route of the abandoned Orte Civitavecchia railway and enter the Marturanum Park; continue along 103 in the Park territory in a very wild area among woods and pastures meeting the junctions of trails No. 105 for Blera and No. 105 for Vejano. At the exit of the Park is the junction with path 138b and then the municipal road to Civitella Cesi.

STAGE 7:

Civitella Cesi to Monte Romano (18.6 km and 410 m elevation gain). From the Piazza del Castello in Civitella Cesi follow the CAI signs downhill until you join the provincial road 42 for a beve stretch, which you leave by turning left after the bridge over the Vesca River. You skirt the Vesca for about 1 1/2 km in the wilderness until you divert to the Archaeological Area of San Giovenale. Proceed to the old Monte Romano station where, with a detour, it is possible to visit the archaeological area of Luni on the Mignone. It goes up to Monteromano passing by the old mill and crossing wild areas of the Latium Maremma with beautiful views towards the sea.

WARNING! The route passes through beautiful wilderness areas where cell phone signal is absent for a few kilometers. It is highly recommended that you equip yourself with a satellite phone or radio so that you can communicate. In any case notify someone of your departure for the STAGE.

STAGE 8:

Monte Romano to Tarquinia (18.5 km and 320 m elevation gain). From the village of Monte Romano, you walk along Via Vittorio Emanuele and then Via Giovanni XXIII. You then cross the

picturesque countryside with beautiful views toward the sea. After about 12.5 km you reach Tarquinia Vecchia, a very important archaeological area with the famous Ara della Regina. You descend to Fosso San Savino, which you skirt and then turn left and then climb up Via di Fontana Nuova and Via di Porta Castello.

STAGE 1: Supermarkets in Orte Scalo.

STAGE 2: Supermarkets in Vasanello

STAGE 3: Supermarkets in Soriano nel Cimino

STAGE 8: Supermarkets in Tarquinia

Pharmacies in the countries of: Orte Scalo, Vasanello, Soriano nel Cimino, San Martino al Cimino, Barbarano Romano, Monte Romano and Tarquinia

CAI signage present along the way

There are no dangers along the way.

WARNING. Along the Civitella Cesi – Monte Romano STAGE, the route passes through beautiful and wild areas where cell phone signal is absent for a few kilometers. It is highly recommended that you equip yourself with a satellite phone or radio so that you can communicate. In any case notify someone of your departure for the STAGE.

The first 2 STAGES are walkable by people with disabilities.

Percentage of asphalt: about 10 percent

Credentials are available at a cost of 3 euros, which are stamped at each STAGE point.

Organizers of the Camino are studying the possibility of having authorized spaces to stay in tents.

Alexander Selbmann 3277566476

alessandro.selbmann@gmail.com