Waiting for New Moon events start November 14 in Volterra, the Tuscany hill town that's the home of the Vulturi royal vampire family in the New Moon story. While Twilight saga fans await the release of the New Moon movie, they can attend the New Moon theme party Saturday night with the Volturi Club Volterra and on Sunday they'll get an exclusive look at 20 minutes of trailers and backstage videos from The Twilight Saga: New Moon that were shown at the Rome Film Festival. Details and reservations on New Moon Volterra.

Through December Twilight fans can sign up for a walk to the New Moon settings, Hot on the trail of Bella and Edward, with the Volterra Tourist Office on Saturdays at 5:30 pm.

Dramatically perched atop tufa cliffs, the Umbrian hill town of Orvieto makes an impressive sight as does Orvieto's stunning cathedral, with its glittering mosaic facade. The views of the countryside from town are also impressive.

Take a look at the medieval hill town of Orvieto with our Orviieto Pictures.

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Orvieto Duomo Detail Photo © 2009 by Martha Bakerjian, licensed to About.com

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The Jewish catacombs under Rome's Villa Torlonia Park may be the oldest catacombs in Rome. Recently I had the opportunity to visit the catacombs, currently closed to the public, by special arrangement on a SecretGardensItaly tour. That's me on the right wearing a hard hat and viewing the stunning frescoes - click on the photo to see it larger and find out more about the catacombs.

Secret Gardens Italy tours visit more than just gardens. Lisa, who runs the tours, is often able to get special permission to visit sites you wouldn't be able to visit on your own. She customizes each tour individually to visit several gardens or sites of interest in either Rome, northern Lazio, or Umbria. On this tour we also had a guided visit of the impressive Villa Torlonia, the 19th century villa where Mussolini lived for 18 years.

Jewish Catacomb Photo © SecretGardensItaly, used by permission