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Volterra is home to the famous palozzi dei priori- the big clock tower. Underneath this is situate the vampire palace home to the volturi, the vampire royal family. Their palace expands underneath the medicean caslte. The innocent people of volterra are unaware of this fact and the vampires live in harmoy with them.
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Volterra is one of the best towns in Tuscany to visit. It is one of the oldest towns in Italy. Sitting on top of a mountain with it Etruscan walls surrounding it. There are a few museums, Medicean Castle, a lot of shops selling Alabaster, a Roman Amphitheatre and bathhouse, and an absolutely amazing view overlooking to valleys below. In August, the town has a week long medieval festival call Volterra AD 1398.
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004Go to Web & Wine to use the internet, drink espresso, eat food, or get amazing hot chocolate! Walk around as much as possible- there are lots of neat shops, excellent gelaterias, Roman, Etruscan, and Medieval ruins, and a bus stop where you can catch a bus to other great Italian destinations!
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0132Make sure if you take the bus to get there that you know when and where the buses stop that night.
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