Living Viterbo: More Than Visiting — Truly Dwelling in It

Viterbo is not a city to simply pass through.Viterbo is something you breathe. Something you listen to.Something that slips under your skin — between a sun-warmed stone and a fountain that has been singing for centuries.

To live Viterbo means to stop running and start looking.It means discovering the slow taste of time,sitting on a peperino wall with no hurry,getting lost on purpose in the alleys of San Pellegrino,being surprised by an old doorway that seems to whisper tales of love, war, and miracles.

Here, daily life is a mosaic of ancient gestures and modern habits:

• the bitter morning coffee in Piazza della Morte;

• the murmur of the market under the arches of Piazza delle Erbe;

• the scent of wood burning in fireplaces during winter;

• the silent call of the natural hot springs—the real ones, with no tickets and no showcases.

Living Viterbo is not just about places.It’s a state of mind.

It means accepting the city as it is:with its uneven rhythm, its walls that protect and trap,its churches that suddenly appear between buildings like reminders of a past that has never truly passed.

In this section of our diary,we’ll tell the countless ways you can dwell in Viterbo—and in its soul:

• the villages that feel suspended in time,

• the secret rituals and most genuine habits,

• the chance encounters that change your day.

We won’t just tell you where to go —we’ll take you into the city.Into its silences, its wrinkles, its pride.

Because Viterbo isn’t a place you visit.Viterbo is a place you live.