Bomarzo Attractions
One trip which will appeal to children as well as to adults is to the little town of Bomarzo (263m/868ft), picturesquely situated on a high crag above the Tiber valley northeast of Viterbo. In the town is a palace of the Orsini family (16th century), now the Town Hall. From the terrace in front of the church there is a superb view of the Tiber valley.
Park of Monsters
Outside Bomarzo, on the slopes of the hill, is the Parco dei Mostri ("Park of Monsters"), a beautiful terraced park with a whole series of monstrous and grotesque beasts, hewn from the rock in the 16th century by Turkish prisoners of war.
