After a night in Sorrento and a day in Pompeii, we drove to Soriano Nel Cimino, our favorite base in Italy. As a small, picturesque charmer with lots of history, the town not only gave — and gives, as we have a timeshare space there — us the chance to experience Italian life but also to explore the province of Viterbo in Central Italy.

It helps that our room is in an old castle! Furthermore, it allows us to revisit Rome and Florence in just one trip. Soriano is one of my favorite places in Italy. Here are the reasons why.