Etruscan Tour Half Day: Necropolis of Cerveteri

Highlights of the Tour:

• For an exploration of Etruscan World  we will start in the valley of CERVETERI, where about 2000 Etruscan tombs among the most famous in the world can be found. We enter the necropolis Necropoli della Banditaccia, which has been declared by  a  and  where we will explore  the most important typologies of tombs from the IX to the II century B.C. It covers an area of 400 ha, of which 10 ha can be visited, encompassing a total of 1,000 tombs often housed in characteristic mounds. It is the largest ancient necropolis in the Mediterranean area. The necropolis is a city of the dead which bears impressive witness, in the scale of the necropolis and the richness of the buried goods, to the importance attached by the Etruscans to the cult of the dead. On either side of a "main street" some 2km/1.5mi long, with a number of side streets, lie hundreds of tombs, including huge tumuli up to 30m/99ft in diameter and many tomb chambers hewn from the rock in the form of dwelling-houses, often with several rooms, with frescoes like the Tomb of Rilievi decorated with plaster reliefs of mythological figures.

Optional extension of the guided tour to the Etruscan Museums that contains a selection of Etruscan artefacts that were found in tombs nearby. The best finds now can be seen in the Museo Nazionale Cerite near the modern city of Cerveteri or at Vatican Museum or at Villa Giulia in Rome.

A minimum of 1 mile long walk is required for this tour..

Included in the Tour:

Price per hour for a minimum of a 3-hours-long tour

Not included:

• entrance tickets,  trasnportation, meals, gratuities.