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Northern Lazio is a quite different entity from the region south of the capital. Green and wooded in its central areas, its steadily more undulating hills hint at the landscapes of Tuscany and Umbria further north. There are few large centres, though, and interest is sparse: with determination (and, in some cases, a car), you can see much of it on day-trips from Rome. Foremost among the area's attractions is the legacy of the Etruscans , some of whose most important sites, scattered along the southern stretch of coast, are readily accessible by road or rail - necropoli mainly, but the only remains of a civilization that ruled the area for close on a thousand years. The coast itself is of very little appeal until you get close to the Tuscan border, and if you want to swim you'd be better off doing so inland, around lakes Bracciano , Vico or Bolsena - playgrounds for hot and bothered Romans on summer weekends. Between these, Viterbo is the main centre, a dour provincial town that can make

a good base for visiting both the lakes and the region's Mannerist villas and gardens , though all over this central area bear in mind that touring without your own transport can be an uphill struggle. Over to the east, Rieti is the big centre, a rather bland and somewhat deservedly unvisited town on the way to Abruzzo. Beyond it lie the lakes and mountains of Terminillo and Amatrice, scenically spectacular, but again virtually out of reach without your own vehicle.

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