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Bolsena lake

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Lake Bolsena is the largest lake in Lazio and the fifth largest in Italy. It is the largest italian lake formed from the crater of an extinct volcano. Sixty kilometers of panoramic road skirt the lake, at times down by the shore, attimes up to the surrounding ridges. The lake has two islets where the typical Mediterranean scrub vegetation thrives. Around the edge of the lake oak and chestnut woods are interspersed with vine and olive cultivation. The lake is rich in tench, carpand eels, a delicacy sice Roman times.
The lake has two islets, Bisentina, three km from Capodimonte, which takes its name from the ancient town of Bisentium, and Martana, two and a half km from Marta.

At Bolsena lake, there is tourist accommodation available in hotels, farm holiday, farmhouse, residence self-catering accommodation, b&b, rooms for rent, holiday homes, camp sites and tourist villages.