A Stop in Civita di Bagnoregio

Leaving Rome and heading north to Florence? Rather than driving straight up the motorway, break the journey at one of the most extraordinary sights in Italy. Civita di Bagnoregio is just off the A1 — a two-hour stop here turns a routine transfer into an experience that most visitors to Italy never have. Cross the bridge, explore the dying city and continue to Florence.

Travelling from Bologna all the way south to Rome? The long drive down through Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany becomes genuinely rewarding with a stop at Civita di Bagnoregio. Roughly halfway between the two cities, the dying city offers a two-hour pause unlike anything else on the route — ancient, silent and utterly unlike the motorway Italy that surrounds it.

The Florence to Rome transfer is one of the most travelled routes in Italy. Most people take the motorway and arrive in three hours without seeing anything. Add a stop at Civita di Bagnoregio and the journey becomes an experience in itself — cross the pedestrian bridge, explore the ancient village, have lunch overlooking the Valle dei Calanchi and arrive in Rome in the early evening.

Leaving the medieval hills of Siena and heading south to Rome? Civita di Bagnoregio sits naturally along the route through Lazio — a perfect opportunity to combine two of central Italy's most atmospheric places in a single journey. From Siena's Piazza del Campo to the dying city on its tufa plateau, this transfer covers some of the most dramatic landscape in the country.