Porta Vivaria
In a very central position, just a few dozen meters from one of the most beautiful and important squares in the city, Piazza del Popolo, and 500 meters from the Duomo, this guesthouse is conveniently located for parking your car.
It is one of the few establishments in the historic center that has a private parking inside the palace garden.
The Porta Vivaria guesthouse in Orvieto offers rooms equipped with all amenities: free Wi-Fi, LED TV, independent air conditioning and heating, private bathroom with hairdryer, a reading room with a beautiful panoramic terrace for relaxation.
Porta Vivaria is a tourist residence located on the top floor of a precious villa from the early 20th century, an extension of a medieval building that still retains its traces.
Located in the historic center of Orvieto, it overlooks the countryside surrounding the cliff, and its flowered terrace overlooks a private park with centuries-old trees.
Under its windows, there is a long pedestrian tree-lined avenue, beyond the children's playgrounds, the Etruscan temple of Belvedere, all the way to Piazza Cahen, the well of San Patrizio, and the fortress of Albornoz.
A hundred meters from the Bed & Breakfast, there is an archaeological and environmental path, beautifully illuminated at night.
Through the ancient Porta Vivaria (once part of the property of the villa expropriated in the 1980s to be included in the path, which is still remembered in the structure's logo), it is possible to walk along an easy and wide staircase along the cliff, up to the Etruscan necropolis of Crocifisso del Tufo. It is a picturesque pedestrian path that winds along the tuff rock of Urbs Vetus (Velzna) and offers a view of underground Orvieto, revealing a thousand-year history of daily life among pozzolana quarries, oil mills, wells, and cisterns.
Along the way, you immerse yourself in the medieval neighborhood, with its fascinating churches such as San Giovenale (10th century AD, the first cathedral of Orvieto) and Sant'Agostino (now home to exhibitions of ancient and modern sculptures of great value, such as the Annunciation by Mochi).
All our rooms are equipped with air conditioning and heating, private bathroom with hairdryer, TV LED 32", free internet wi-fi.
All our rooms are equipped with air conditioning and heating, private bathroom with hairdryer, TV LED 32", free internet wi-fi.
The guesthouse Porta Vivaria is located at Via del Popolo 39, the street that leads to Piazza del Popolo (home to the Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo, now used as the Congress Palace) and can be easily reached by car or public transportation (by train: from the square in front of the train station, you can reach the old town with a panoramic funicular up to Piazza Cahen, the eastern access point to the city; from there, a minibus - line C every 15 minutes - will take you to the guesthouse; the minibus stop is at Piazza Corsica, just a few meters from the entrance). Within walking distance from the guesthouse, you will find Corso Cavour (the ancient decumanus of Volsinii), the Torre del Moro (symbol of the power of the medieval commune), and a little further, the Duomo (the cathedral of the Corpus Domini miracle), in whose square there are numerous museums (National Archaeological Museum, Opera del Duomo, Faina, Greek Museum) with their collections of ceramic art, painting, and sculpture, including contemporary works.
Via Del Popolo, 39 - Orvieto (TR) - Directions
P.I. 01479260554
National identification code IT055023C201016501
Regional identification code 055023AFFIT16501
