© Giulio Santinami

The Archaeological Park was inaugurated in 1998 based on an undertaking of the Municipality of Sorano and in collaboration with the Region of Tuscany and the Soprintendenza ai Beni Archeologici of Tuscany; it spreads across a vast area, heavily marked by the erosive action of the rivers and, hence, by a striking, delightful landscape, displaying a wealth of deep canyons, opening out onto the tableland.

The Archaeological Park proposes an itinerary that fully achieves a combination of nature, landscape and monuments from the Etruscan and Medieval civilisation.

The park encompasses the city of Sovana, with its most relevant monuments, the hollowed out roads and necropolises that developed around them, and the celebrated Tomba Ildebranda, Tomba della Sirena, Tomba Pola, Tomba Pisa and Tomba del Sileno. The Rupestrian settlement of San Rocco, with its historic proof of the Middle Ages, stands in the immediate vicinity of Sorano and is panoramically situated above the Lente River. From San Rocco, one can reach Sorano and tour the Orsini Fortress that houses the Museum of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The visit to the park is concluded with a visit to the Rupestrian village of Vitozza; this village is set in immediate proximity to the district of San Quirico of Sorano, with its two hundred grottos.

Sovana, From the Etruscans to today (Sorano)

Rupestrian complex of San Rocco (Sorano)

Sorano, The town of the tuff

Rupestrian settlement of Vitozza (Sorano)

Address:
Parco Archeologico "Città del Tufo", Palazzo Pretorio, Piazza Pretorio, 12/a - Sovana - Sorano (GR)

Opening hours:
From two weeks before Easter to 2 November 10.00-13.00;
16.00-19.00
26 December - 6 January 10.00-13.00; 14.00-17.00
During the rest of the year 10.00-13.00

Opening of Etruscan Necropolis of Sovana:
weeks before Easter to 2 November 10.00-19.00
26 December - 6 January 10.00-17.00
Winter visits by prior arrangement

Tickets: Free

Contact:
Archaeological Park The City of Tufo (“Città del Tufo”)
Tel: (+39) 0564-614074 – Fax: (+39) 0564- 617924
Municipal Authorities of Sorano
Tel: +39  0564 633023 – Fax: +39 0564 633033
Pro Loco Sorano
Tel/Fax: +39 0564 633099