Calcata was a dying medieval village perched on a volcanic cliff when artists and hippies started moving in during the 1970s. Today it's a car-free labyrinth of studios, galleries, vegetarian restaurants, and craft shops — all suspended above the wild Treja Valley. It's gloriously weird, completely uncommercial, and 50 minutes from Rome by car.
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