The station consisted of a small, manicured building in a nearly deserted part of the countryside. I later learned this station was actually a " railway halt," a small stop along a railway that's commonly used when not many people regularly disembark at a certain area. We were told by a local store owner that there were no taxis in the area so, we ended up waiting two hours for the next bus. In order to reduce the steepness of the hill's incline, the roads were zig-zagged upward, much like how it's described in "New Moon.
I think "hill" is putting it modestly — the incline was intense and it almost felt like we were going up a mountain. As we rode up the hill, I remembered the books and how Bella was nearly going to have a panic attack because it was taking so long for Alice to drive up to this very city — I didn't feel so great during my ride to the top either.
As you can imagine, the zig-zagging isn't great for motion sickness. When we finally got off of the bus, we entered an archway into the town and then walked along the steepest street I'd ever seen. It was nearly ladder-like with how steep it was — just the thought of someone clumsy like Bella Swan running through these streets to find Edward Cullen seemed highly implausible. I mean, Bella Swan gave herself the most famous paper cut of all time and has tripped on thin air.
But "Twilight" is a book about vampires and werewolves, so I let it slide as one does when it comes to the iconic series. Luckily it wasn't hard to find the piazza where the clock tower is. This was, of course, a big moment for a "Twilight" fan like myself. In the books, this clock tower is where Edward went when he thought Bella was dead.
As the clock struck noon, he meant to step into the sunlight and force the Volturi to kill him. Unlike the tower in the movie, this one did not have a fountain inside of it. I wasn't too surprised since this scene was filmed in Montepulciano and not Volterra — but I did notice that the door on the clock tower building was very similar to the one in the film.
The tourist-information office was placed right next to the clock tower and it was all decked out in "New Moon" memorabilia. This wasn't too surprising since that's the Stephenie Meyer book that really hones in on the Volturi and their mission. Basically, it felt like Volterra really leaned into its newfound vampy fame, which comforted me as a fan. I, of course, bought one of their merchandise packages, which included an "I heart Volterra" pin, bookmark, and a map of the city that pinpoints where events from the book would have taken place.
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