A private day trip combining Orvieto with the real 'dying town' of Civita di Bagnoregio.
A private tour for your group only, in a private vehicle, to Orvieto and the genuine, real Civita di Bagnoregio, known as Italy's 'dying town.'
This is a private tour for your group only. Real stops include Orvieto and the genuine Civita di Bagnoregio, a real hilltop town accessible only by footbridge.
A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.
Hotel pickup in Rome.
A real, genuine 'dying town' accessible only by footbridge.
Genuine Gothic cathedral.
Just your group.
Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.
A private tour for your group only, in a private vehicle, to Orvieto and the genuine, real Civita di Bagnoregio, known as Italy's 'dying town.' This is a private tour for your group only. Real stops include Orvieto and the genuine Civita di Bagnoregio, a real hilltop town accessible only by footbridge.
Civita di Bagnoregio earns its nickname — "the dying town" — honestly. Founded by the Etruscans more than 2,500 years ago on a plateau of soft clay capped with volcanic tufa, it has been losing ground to erosion for centuries: water seeps into the tufa, hollows out cavities beneath it, and sections eventually collapse into the surrounding badlands. The old town's decline accelerated for real historical reasons too — a major earthquake at the end of the 17th century forced the bishop and the town government to relocate to the newer town of Bagnoregio next door, and by the 20th century the permanent population had fallen to roughly fifteen people, rising to around a hundred in summer.
The only way in now is on foot, across a pedestrian footbridge that replaces the old road connections erosion has swallowed — which is part of what makes arriving here feel genuinely different from a normal hill-town stop.
Orvieto, the day's other real stop, sits on its own dramatic tufa plateau a short distance away, and it's worth knowing the two towns share that same volcanic geology even though their fates diverged — Orvieto built up and outward around its 13th-century Duomo, while Civita slowly came apart. Seeing both in one day is a genuine before-and-after of what tufa rock does to a hill town over a few thousand years.
Every Voyzo tour is a starting point — tell us what you have in mind and we'll build it.