A dramatically explosive geological past, over 1.3 million years, gave shape to the whole Cimina-Viterbo region: the volcanic cone of Monte Cimino, the tufaceous plains and the caldera of Vico, that huge crater that today houses the lake, a basin of biodiversity, history and legend

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WHERE SHALL WE GO?

• Mount Venere's Top
• Valley bottom and caldera of Vico
• Lake shores

WHAT SHALL WE SEE/DO?

• The Devil's Well, the crater of Monte Venere: a "tiny volcano" inside the big volcano
• The centuries-old beech forest on the slopes of Monte Venere
• The wonderful view of the lake from the slopes of Monte Venere
• The hygrophilous grasslands around the lake in the most intact part
• The lake and its birdlife.