Volterra Question

Robert, you don't say which month you will be traveling, and that might make a difference, related to how many visitors and tour groups might be around. I made a day trip to Volterra just last month, Actually I started in San Gimignano and then moved on to Lucca late in the day. I spent about 5 pleasant hours in Volterra, seeing the sights, lots of walking, spent time in the Etrusan Museum, had a good and quick lunch at a nice self-serve type restaurant. There were very few visitors in town, in October. That was enough for me, although certainly evenings and early mornings are often the nicest times in hill towns as in many parts of Italy. In the middle of the summer, when tourism is very high, an overnight might be more important. Of course, if you spend the evening and night in Volterra, you are missing the evening and night wherever you started out. I found the evening in Siena to be magical!

Time frame late september to early october. Somewhere between 9/15-10/15 and I would do it in the middle of the trip