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Orte, in brief.

Tufa hill town above the Tiber.

Illustration · Orte

A medieval town on a tufa spur above a bend in the Tiber, Orte commands the river valley on the border with Umbria.

Its compact old centre, honeycombed with underground passages, sits at a historic crossroads of road and rail.

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