Orvieto gets inundated with tourists every day. So the best time to enjoy it is before the tourists arrive, which means you have to stay there. The Piazza del Duomo cathedral square is particularly magical when there is no one else about.
Midrange
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Hotel Duomo
Vicolo di Maurizio
0763 341887/393849
â¬100-130 double
just off the cathedral square down 15 steps to the left as you look at the cathedral's facade
Just 18 rooms in an ideal location.
Top end
$$$
Hotel Maitani
Via Lorenzo Maitani, 5
+39-0763-342011/2/3
just along the narrow street that leads into the cathedral square opposite the main entrance to the cathedral
Arguably Orvieto's top hotel, in an ideal location for enjoying the town before the crowds arrive.