Cerveteri Travel Guide

  Where the bus stops
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  • Where the bus stops
      Where the bus stops
    by davidcross
  • Town Hall
      Town Hall
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  •   Cerveteri
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  • 1Of Many Tombs
      1Of Many Tombs
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  • Big Tomb
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Castle/museum

Castle/museum, Cerveteri

 davidcross Says:  The main Etruscan museum in Rome and the national museum at Tarquinia have larger collections but, even so, this museum is well worth seeing. Its position in what was a castle adds to its appeal. 

Cerveteri

Cerveteri, Cerveteri

 orlandom Says:  Another Tomb with a difrent layout. Now the tomb are vary dark ,some have small lights in them, but most of them are as you will see them in the next tip. vary dark and spoky booo lol : ) 

Cerveteri

Cerveteri, Cerveteri

 orlandom Says:  artifacts 

Cerveteri

Cerveteri, Cerveteri

 orlandom Says:  Her is a blueprint of one of the tombs it could accommodate 14 people 

Cerveteri

Cerveteri, Cerveteri

 orlandom Says:  Her is a difrent kind of Tomb from the underground tomb and the above tomb .This one is carved in to the stone wall there are many of these allso 

Cerveteri

Cerveteri, Cerveteri

 orlandom Says:  Her is a small above grounde Tomb 

Cerveteri

Cerveteri, Cerveteri

 orlandom Says:  Her you can see the inside of of the Tomb from the door only through the glass ,This is how the Tomb look like origenly. Lot's of coulors and artifacts 

Cerveteri

Cerveteri, Cerveteri

 orlandom Says:  This is the entrence to one of the biggest underground Tomb and also one of the most well preserved.Her you can see how deep into the ground it go's 

Cerveteri

Cerveteri, Cerveteri

 orlandom Says:  And the after picture ,big difrence so bring a good flash 

Cerveteri

Cerveteri, Cerveteri

 orlandom Says:  This is how dark the tombs are has you can see ,you can't see nothing inside. This is before picture and the next tip is after so if your camera has a good flash you will be ok,That go's for your video cam to. 

Cerveteri

Cerveteri, Cerveteri

 orlandom Says:  The inside of a Tomb 

Cerveteri

Cerveteri, Cerveteri

 orlandom Says:  One of the biger tombs above Ground 

Hotels  

L'Isola di Rosa

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Hotels  

Bed and Breakfast casa di Anna: Only accommodation in the old town

Bed and Breakfast casa di Anna: Only accommodation in the old town, Cerveteri

 davidcross Says:  If you are going to Cerveteri, do take a note of this because it's the only accommodation in or near the old town - and only 5 minutes from the bus stop to the necropolis and the living world!Comfortable and massive bed - good showers - good breakfast - what more do you... 

Off The Beaten Path  

Get to the back of the area

Get to the back of the area, Cerveteri

 Pieter11 Says:  When you are in Cerveteri, the frontside of the whole area look very nice. All the graves are perfectly cleaned. When you get further to the back of the area, you can see the graves in the way they were found. Totally covered with grass and sand. It´s nice to see it in this... 

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 One of the biger tombs above Ground 

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Cerveteri

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 Cerveteri city of the dead thats because the only thing there are tombs of the dead lot's of them 

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Cerveteri, necropolis

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 Cerveteri is a deadmens city, about 50 km´s north from Rome. It is a whole town full of tombes. Many graves are found here, together with bronze and silver gifts, statues. And the oldest parts date...... 

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Meet Etruscans - dead ones - at Cerveteri.

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 From Rome its easy - bus from the Cornelia metro station being the best bet. Otherwise you could have problems. Tarquinia and Cerveteri are probably the best known Etruscan sites in Lazio but without... 

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