A small site just off the road along from the village green. Free guided tours at 11am and 2pm -and as there is only very limited signage and much is grassed ov...
On the day we visited everything appeared to be closed. On wandering into the castle courtyard however we came across two men who seemed to work there . One ve...
Interactive displays with excellent commentary and video clips set this small museum apart from the rest. Displaying finds from the necropolis it gives a compre...
Well maintained almost manicured city of the dead showing different types of Etruscan tombs and an indication of the scale and wealth of the Etruscan civilisati...
A relatively extensive collection of Etruscan artifacts and in particular funerary urns -rooms and rooms of them -the audioguide will draw attention to some of ...
This is good honest local fare and clearly a local rather than tourist haunt. The well can be viewed through a perspex inset into the floor. Somewhat chaotic ...
One of the two gates to the city which still have there Etruscan bases and the more famous of the two due to the three lions head and its proximity to the cente...
Very good food and wine in very pleasant surroundings in the centre of Volterra with very charming service in the form of the young owner -his wife is the chef!...
Well curated and presented museum with a comrehensive Etruscan display - one of the best of the small archaeoligical museums we visited in search of the Etrusca...
This tomb is not usually open and must be visited with a guide from the museum who is an Etruscan archaeologist. No photos are allowed to preserve the amazing...
An excellent insight into how the tomb must have looked when first found and a worthwhile visitt for those interested in Etruscan archaeology and culture. Do re...
Very good hotel with comfortable and clean rooms - all with balconies and private parking for which one pays an additional charge. Breakfast was good although ...
Situated just a short flight of steps from the Duomo and if I craned my neck the Duomo was visible from my room. Run by a friendly family with varying degrees o...
Don;t waste your time driving to the archeological museum as we and several other carloads of tourists did -we found it surrounded by those metal mesh railings ...
Well-presented Etruscan artifacts and in particular some very fine pottery. Translations of display cards into English is always helpful. Absolutely empty when ...
Very motivated staff and the museum has been recently refurbished and is well organised -don't miss the tomb paintings which are preserved in two rooms to the b...
Prepare to be amazed by the tomb paintings!! Lots of stairs to tomb level and then a perspex window for viewing - little room at the bottom of the stairs for tw...
When we visited the museum was quite busy with school groups who tended to congregate directly in front of displays. The museum is undergoing some re-organisat...
Beautifully maintained site which covers a large area so be prepared to do some walking!! There are free guided tours of some of the site available hourly altho...
Don't miss the wall designed by Da Vinci on the way in! Another museum that deserved to be busier than it was with a good selection of finds from Populonia taki...