Wonderful attraction of the Tuscan-Lazio Maremma, Lake Bolsena boasts ancient origins and today, due to the particularity of its ecosystem, it is one of the most fascinating places in central Italy.

About 50 minutes away by car from Saturnia, the Bolsena Lake It presents itself as one of the main attractions of Upper Lazio, it is an interesting location both from an environmental point of view, for its waters and its views, and for its history, ancient and linked to legends and miraculous events.

Lake Bolsena is located in the heart of Tuscia, boasting volcanic origins and presenting itself as the largest volcanic lake in Europe with these characteristics. It is an important place from a tourist point of view, appreciated both locally and internationally.

He is nicknamed the “Drinking Lake”, due to its clear and transparent waters and is located in the center of an area rich in villages and towns of ancient origin, on its shores you will in fact have the opportunity to visit some towns, such as Bolsena, with her Basilica dedicated to Santa Cristina, Marta, dominated by the Clock Tower, Capodimonte, with a beautiful lakeside promenade, Montefiascone, famous for the Pugnaloni demonstration, Grotte di Castro, which stands on a tufaceous promontory and Valentano with the Collegiate Church of San Giovanni Evangelist.

Two islets of artistic and historical interest arise from the waters of Lake Bolsena, they are theMartana Island, a place which according to legend would have housed the remains of Santa Cristina and would have been the site of the murder of the Queen of the Goths, and theBisentina Island, the larger of the two, within which there are interesting churches and sacred places, we mention in this sense the Church of the Santissimi Giacomo and Cristoforo, the Church of Santa Concordia, the Oratory of the Transfiguration and the Church of San Gregorio.