Orvieto, Italy

Orvieto Italy
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Umbria Rocks
Orvieto, Italy may be the coolest town I’ve ever stayed in in my life. Our wonderful hotel was on 2,000-year-old streets built by Roman soldiers when they weren’t in battle. What’s even cooler about this place is the whole town is on a huge piece of volcanic rock, and it definitely is “a city built on a hill cannot be hid.” There are scores of caves up everywhere as well, and the whole feel is, well, Roman. But unlike the look-but-don’t-touch Rome, this city is vibrant and very alive in 2005.