Every experience we list

Everything open on Monday 24 August

All 982 of them, split into the 11 things you can actually go and do, and inside each one in the order the engine puts them: season, whether the operator confirms straight away, how much you feel like doing, and who you are going with. Never by what pays us, and never by how far it is — that one is yours to weigh. 4 more are out of season on this date.

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On the water

Six volcanic lakes and a hundred kilometres of coast, and the nearest of them is half an hour from the middle of Rome.

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Two kayakers on a calm blue lake On the water

Kayak on Lake Albano

Three hours paddling across Lake Albano, gear included, children from six up.

€42.40 per person

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A wakeboarder skimming across flat water behind a towline On the water

Surf lessons at Santa Marinella

A surf school in front of Banzai Beach at Santa Marinella, running since 2002 with instructors certified by the Italian surf federation.

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Snorkelers in clear shallow water off a rocky shore On the water

Windsurf courses at Santa Marinella

Windsurf courses at beginner, intermediate and advanced level at the Banzai beach club on the Aurelia at Santa Marinella.

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A sailing boat on open blue sea On the water

Introductory sailing lesson off Ostia

Forty-five minutes from Piramide by train, then you take the helm off Ostia.

€45 per person

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Basalt cliffs above the sea On the water

Circeo sea caves by boat

Forty caves along the Circeo promontory, twelve aboard, two hours and a quarter.

€40 per person

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A wakeboarder pulled by an overhead cable across a lake, no boat in sight On the water

Ride a cable wakeboard park

No boat: a cable tows you across, and one hour on it is enough to find out.

€25 their price

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A wakeboarder inverted above the water On the water

Wakeboard on the Tiber

Ninety minutes on a wakeboard on the Tiber, without leaving Rome.

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A rider on a hydrofoil board far out on the water On the water

Learn to wing foil on Lake Bracciano

A course of four lessons on the lake, board and wing included, with the club that runs them.

€400 per booking

Books on Sporting Club Sabazia

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A scuba diver underwater in a wetsuit with tanks and mask On the water

Dive in a volcanic lake at Bracciano

Walk in from the lakeshore into a volcanic lake: shelving bottom, no current.

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Snorkelers in clear shallow water off a rocky shore On the water

Canoe and kayak lessons on the Aniene

Individual or small-group lessons on the Aniene, starting from the basics: reading the current, handling the paddle and moving safely.

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A snorkeler floating face down in clear shallow water On the water

Stand-up paddle on the river

Stand-up paddle lessons on the Aniene, individually or in small groups of the same level, taking roughly two hours to learn the basics.

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Guided dives on the reefs of Ponza

A dive centre on the Ponza waterfront running guided dives on the island's offshore reefs, plus PADI and SSI courses and rebreather training.

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A snorkeler floating face down in clear shallow water On the water

Dives and PADI courses at Ventotene

PADI resort on Ventotene running dives around the island and PADI courses including Bubblemaker and Seal Team sessions for children, plus instructor training.

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San Cesareo On the water

Cable park wakeboarding near Rome

A cable wakeboard park on a flat-water lake near Rome, with a six-pole 320 metre Sesitec system, four carriers and eight obstacles.

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Anzio On the water

Dives off Anzio and Nettuno

Dives on the Anzio and Nettuno stretch of coast, organised by level: Secchitella, Panettoni and Grotticelle for beginners, Giardini del Faro and Taglio di Ponente for experience…

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A snorkeler floating face down in clear shallow water On the water

Surf school at Ostia Lido

A surf school at Ostia Lido with programmes for children, teenagers and adults, a summer surf camp and an adaptive surfing programme.

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Castel Di Tora On the water

Kayaking on Lake Turano

Single and double kayaks on Lake Turano at Castel di Tora, supplied with paddles and buoyancy aids.

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A kitesurfer riding across the water with a power kite overhead On the water

Snorkelling Trip to the Lake Islands

Boat trip to swimming and snorkelling spots around Bisentina and Martana islands, plus coastal points away from the summer crowds.

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Three sailing dinghies under way near a pier On the water

Lake Circumnavigation by Rib Boat

Full circuit of Lake Bolsena by rib boat from the Porto Turistico di Bolsena, calling at Bisentina and Martana islands with stops for swimming, snorkelling and lunch.

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A kitesurfer riding across the water with a power kite overhead On the water

Sailing Lessons on Lake Bolsena

Sailing courses at the Capodimonte yacht club for children from six years old, teenagers and adults, at beginner, intermediate and advanced level.

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A wakeboarder skimming across flat water behind a towline On the water

A day aboard a fishing boat out of Porto Badino

A day spent aboard a working fishing boat out of Porto Badino, with coastal exploration, tasting of the catch cooked in the traditional way, sport fishing and swimming in places…

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The deck of a sailing yacht under way, crew along the rail On the water

Canoe on the Cavata river plus tasting

A canoe trip starting at the springs of the Cavata river below the medieval town of Sermoneta, paddling five kilometres along the edge of the Monticchio spring-water nature monu…

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A wakeboarder skimming across flat water behind a towline On the water

Kitesurf lessons at Fregene

A kitesurf school at Fregene running three levels of course: beginner, intermediate and advanced, each covering specific manoeuvres and safety technique.

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A scuba diver underwater in a wetsuit with tanks and mask On the water

Boat Rental at Bolsena Marina

Boat rental on Lake Bolsena from a nautical business on the Via Cassia at Bolsena, open Monday to Saturday.

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A snorkeler floating face down in clear shallow water On the water

A day sailing off Ponza

Day sailing trips off Ponza for people who do not have a week to spare.

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A sailing boat under white sails on open water On the water

A full day by boat to Giglio or Giannutri

A full-day boat trip from Porto Santo Stefano, choosing between the island of Giglio, the island of Giannutri or a full circuit of the Argentario.

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A wakeboarder skimming across flat water behind a towline On the water

Kayaking the Cavata river under Sermoneta

Paddling trip in modern kayaks on the clear spring-fed Cavata river, which rises at the foot of the Lepini below the medieval town of Sermoneta and the Monticchio tower.

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A snorkeler floating face down in clear water On the water

Sailing and windsurf camps for children and adults

A nautical base on Lake Bracciano running sailing and windsurf courses for children aged 7 to 17 and for adults, in five-day full immersion camps or single days from Monday to F…

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A wakeboarder skimming across flat water behind a towline On the water

Sailing, canoe and kayak courses at Bracciano

A sailing centre on the Bracciano lakefront with courses for children aged 6 to 16 in camp or daily format, an adult sailing school, and canoe and kayak courses.

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A wakeboarder skimming across flat water behind a towline On the water

Water park on the Trevignano lakefront

A summer water park on the shore of Lake Bracciano at Trevignano Romano, with inflatable water attractions for all ages, sun loungers, umbrellas and a lunch service.

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A small sailing boat under sail on open water On the water

Guided kayak tour on Lake Martignano

A guided canoe outing along the shores of Lake Martignano, run inside the regional park programme of naturalistic events.

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A snorkeler floating face down in clear shallow water On the water

Day boat trip around Ponza leaving from Anzio

A full day out from Anzio: fast ferry across to Ponza, then about six hours in a boat around the island with several swimming and snorkelling stops, past the Grotte di Pilato, C…

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Two kayakers on a calm blue lake On the water

Canoe and stand-up paddle lessons in Rieti

Canoe and stand-up paddle sessions run from the Avventuristicando centre at Colle San Mauro in Rieti, with instruction in the basic technique.

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A sailing boat under white sails on open water On the water

Rent a Boat on Lake Bolsena (No Licence)

Over thirty boats for hire on the Capodimonte lakefront, from 5-seat runabouts to an 8-seat catamaran, plus pedal boats with and without slides.

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Lago Di Vico On the water

Kayak on Lake Vico with an instructor

A three-hour kayak session on Lake Vico run by the Centro Outdoor & Kayak Alchimia, inside the Lago di Vico nature reserve.

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A wakeboarder skimming across flat water behind a towline On the water

Kayak Explorer on Lake Vico

A two-hour kayak outing on Lake Vico starting at 09:30 from the Centro Outdoor & Kayak Alchimia at località Scardenato.

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The deck of a sailing yacht under way, crew along the rail On the water

Canoe and SUP rental on Lake Vico

An association on Lake Vico renting canoes and stand-up paddleboards and running SUP excursions and SUP courses.

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A sailing boat under white sails on open water On the water

Kayak and mountain bike hire at Lake Vico

Hourly kayak and mountain bike hire at the Green Adventure centre on Lake Vico in Caprarola, with an instructor available for kayak outings.

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A rider on a hydrofoil board far out on the water On the water

Kayak, SUP and boat rental on Lake Bracciano

Rental base on Lake Bracciano with single and double kayaks, stand up paddle boards, rowing boats, pedalos, electric motor boats, water bikes, Hobie Cat 16 catamarans, Laser and…

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A sailing boat on open blue sea On the water

Boat Tour of Bisentina and Martana Islands

Scheduled boat tours from Bolsena around the lake's two islands, with a longer version that adds the Capodimonte promontory and a short one over the submerged Gran Carro site.

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A sailing boat under white sails on open water On the water

Sunset Cruise with Aperitivo

Two-hour evening sailing on Lake Bolsena with an aperitivo served on board, run by the same Bolsena-based boat operator.

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Down the river

The rivers east of Rome run cold through the summer, which is exactly why people go.

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Urban rafting on the Tiber

Paddle under Castel Sant'Angelo and past Tiber Island, down the middle of Rome.

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A canyoner in helmet and wetsuit descending a rope beside a waterfall Down the river

Packrafting the Aniene solo

You paddle an individual inflatable kayak down the Aniene, with guides alongside.

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Roma Down the river

Walk and raft descent of the Aniene inside Rome

A circular route inside the Valle dell'Aniene nature reserve in Rome: a guided walk along the reserve paths, then a raft descent of the river past old bridges and small rapids, …

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A river running through a wooded valley Down the river

Soft rafting on the Aniene

Five kilometres down the Aniene. Helmet and paddle included, shuttle to the start.

€25 per person

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A canyoner in the water of a canyon, helmet and wetsuit on Down the river

Power rafting on the Aniene

The same stretch of the Aniene as the soft rafting but run in wetsuits, with a land briefing first, then strong currents, rapids, surfing and jumps at the end.

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A waterfall dropping into a pool Down the river

Canyoning in the Mola and Casco canyons

Two routes: a base descent in the Mola canyon in the Valle del Salto, reached with ten minutes of walking, where the descent can be stopped at any point; and an advanced one in …

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A canyoner in helmet and wetsuit descending a rope beside a waterfall Down the river

Rafting, canoe and SUP on the Nera at Ferentillo

A river centre in the village of Ferentillo running rafting in inflatable boats, inflatable canoes and stand-up paddle on the Nera, plus combined outings with trekking or with a…

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A canyoner in helmet and wetsuit descending a rope beside a waterfall Down the river

Packrafting on the Velino river

A single-seat inflatable packraft paddled with a double-bladed kayak paddle, guided on the Velino river.

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A waterfall dropping into a pool Down the river

Rafting under the Marmore Falls

The rafting centre licensed to operate under the Marmore Falls, running class-4 descents from the Papigno base and gentler family descents and children's trips from the Arrone b…

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Nepi Down the river

Water trekking in the Nepi gorge

A four-hour excursion walking in the water through the gorge of Nepi, starting from the Cascata del Pizzo, among small falls and pools.

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A waterfall dropping into a pool Down the river

Canyoning in the Sabina gorges

Forty-five minutes walking in, then two hours down the Fosso Ravi gorge.

€50 per person

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Canyoners descending a gorge on a rope Down the river

Canyoning in the Rieti gorges

Canyoning descents with an AIGC-certified guide, with wetsuit, helmet, harness and rope supplied.

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In the hot water

The ground north of Rome is still volcanic, and in a dozen places the water comes out of it hot.

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Terraces of white travertine formed by thermal water In the hot water

Sulphur pools in the Sabina hills

Sulphur pools open till 18:30, and the operator publishes the train to get there.

€12 per person

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An outdoor thermal pool with steam rising off the water In the hot water

The natural steam grotto at Terme dei Papi

A cave cut into the rock where hyperthermal water surfaces at 58 degrees and fills the room with steam, used as a natural Turkish bath.

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Steam rising from natural hot pools In the hot water

Acque Albule thermal pools

Six pools at a steady 23°C, and the station is right behind the park.

€16 per person

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A large open-air thermal pool ringed by loungers and parasols, seen from above In the hot water

Terme dei Papi monumental pool

The water leaves the ground at 58°C, and on Saturday you can still be in it at 1am.

€12 per person

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Steam rising from natural hot pools In the hot water

Tuscia Terme thermal park

Five hours in thermal water up to 58°C and nothing else to plan that day.

€12 per person

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Steam rising from natural hot pools In the hot water

Thermal park and day spa at Stigliano

Five hours in a thermal park, and cold weather is the reason to go.

€25 per person

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Sulphur thermal spa at Tivoli Terme

A day pass to the thermal spa fed by the sulphurous Acque Albule springs on the road between Rome and Tivoli.

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An outdoor thermal pool with steam rising off the water In the hot water

Hydrosound sensory pool at Terme dei Papi

A twenty-minute session in a sensory pool for a maximum of five people at a time, with colour therapy, hydromassage and music heard with the ears just under the water while lyin…

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An outdoor thermal pool with steam rising off the water In the hot water

Morning spa at Stigliano

A five-hour morning slot, 10:00 to 15:00, with the sauna, salt room, infrared rooms, cold chamber, sensory showers, the heated indoor pool, the thermal basin and the outdoor the…

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An outdoor thermal pool with steam rising off the water In the hot water

Full day spa at Stigliano

A full day, 10:00 to 20:00, with access to the whole spa and the outdoor thermal park.

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An outdoor thermal pool with steam rising off the water In the hot water

Day spa at Salus Terme, Viterbo

The thermal spa of the Salus Terme hotel on the edge of Viterbo, bookable for the day without staying overnight.

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The free hot pools of the Bullicame

A hyperthermal spring two and a half kilometres out of Viterbo, feeding two open-air pools that nobody owns and nobody charges for.

Free — nothing to pay

Just turn up — open air, any hour

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A large open-air thermal pool ringed by loungers and parasols, seen from above In the hot water

Piscine Carletti, free thermal pools open day and night

Two hyperthermal springs on Strada Terme, running into a string of pools that are open at any hour because there is nothing to close.

Free — nothing to pay

Just turn up — open air, any hour

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Steaming hot-spring cascades over white rock beside an old stone mill In the hot water

Bullicame free hot springs

58°C out of the ground, free, 209 metres from the bus stop, and no changing room.

Free — nothing to pay

Booked by phone

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Apitherapy in the beech wood

A wellness session in an apiary set inside the beech forest of the Simbruini park, built on apitherapy practices: bee humming, api-aromatherapy and api-sound.

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An outdoor thermal pool with steam rising off the water In the hot water

Thermal cures at the Ferentino sulphur spring

The medical side of the Ferentino thermal centre: inhalation cures for the respiratory system, treatments for the locomotor system and rehabilitation, using the sulphurous water…

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An outdoor thermal pool with steam rising off the water In the hot water

The Anticolana spring park at Fiuggi

The second thermal park at Fiuggi, also called Fonte Nova, laid out among sequoias, chestnut trees, small bridges, ponds and flower beds.

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Dinner and a night swim at Terme dei Papi

Every Saturday the spa sells a formula that pairs dinner in one of its three restaurants with a night swim in the monumental thermal pool.

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An outdoor thermal pool with steam rising off the water In the hot water

Swim in a thermal pool after dark, from 8pm

Terme Vescine opens the Relax pool in the evening, three nights a week, for people who would rather swim under the stars than in the sun.

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In the air

Paragliding off the Lepini, balloons over the Tiber valley, gliders and light aircraft from the airfields around Rome.

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Tandem paragliding over Norma

Fifteen minutes in the air over Norma strapped to a pilot, or ninety if you want.

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Tandem paragliding with a 1983 flight school at Norma

A tandem paragliding flight from the Norma take-off with an instructor of ASD Aero Club Union, a flight school active since 1983 and recognised by the Aero Club d'Italia.

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Tandem paragliding for two at Norma

A tandem paragliding product for two people sold by ASD Aero Club Union at Norma.

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Powered paraglider tandem flight near Rome

A tandem flight under a powered paraglider, listed by ASD Aero Club Union alongside its free-flight tandems.

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Helicopter pilot for a day near Rome

A hands-on flight product sold as a one-off experience rather than as a course, in which the customer takes the controls of a helicopter alongside an instructor.

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Pilot for a day over the Riviera di Ulisse

A panoramic flight from the club's own airfield beside the Fondi lake, halfway between Terracina and Sperlonga, with the passenger at the controls alongside an instructor who ex…

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Twenty silent minutes in a glider along the Terminillo ridges

About twenty minutes in a two-seat ASK-21 glider flown by an instructor of the club's gliding school, either along the flanks of Monte Terminillo or circling in thermals over th…

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A twenty-minute glider flight over the Alfina plateau

A twenty-minute introductory glider flight from the Alfina airfield at Castel Viscardo, on the Umbrian side of the border with the Tuscia, a few kilometres from Lake Bolsena and…

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Twenty minutes in a powered parachute over the Nettuno shore

A tandem flight in a powered parachute trike - the operator describes it as a three-wheeled go-kart under a wing - from a flying field a few kilometres from Rome and a short hop…

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A skydiver in freefall under an open canopy above green fields In the air

Tandem paragliding from six Lazio launch sites

Tandem paragliding flights run by a single instructor who flies from several Lazio sites rather than one: the site lists Norma, Serrone, Tivoli, Boville Ernica, Cassino and Anagni.

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Tandem paragliding over the Tivoli hills

A tandem paragliding flight over the Tiburtini hills and the Aniene valley nature reserve, thirty-five kilometres from Rome.

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Tandem paragliding over the Rieti plain from Poggio Bustone

A tandem paragliding flight from the Poggio Bustone take-off above the Rieti plain, looking out over Monte Rosato, the Lungo and Ripasottile lakes and the ridges of the central …

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Treetop adventure park on the shore of Lake Vico

Fourteen rope courses strung through an oak wood inside the Lake Vico nature reserve: six for children from ninety centimetres tall, eight for adults, the last four of them high…

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Zipline over the Lepini mountains

A 2,225-metre steel cable strung between two pylons above Rocca Massima, up to 310 metres off the ground, with a 350-metre drop.

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Adrenaline tandem paragliding at Norma

The higher-energy version of the tandem flight from Norma, sold as a separate product by the same school.

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Zipline flight plus cellar tasting

A two-kilometre zipline descent from Rocca Massima at over 110 km/h, over olive groves and karst country down towards Monte Sant'Angelo, packaged with a guided cellar visit and …

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Tandem paragliding over the Pontine plain

Tandem paragliding flight from the take-off site at Norma, on the edge of the Lepini mountains, over the Pontine plain and towards the sea.

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Tandem paragliding from the Norba take-off

Tandem paragliding flight with experienced pilots from the take-off site inside the archaeological park of ancient Norba, one of the best known launch points in Lazio, over the …

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Tandem skydive from over 4,000 metres near Rome

A tandem skydive from over 4,000 metres with about sixty seconds of free fall, preceded by ground training on the phases of the jump, the position to hold in free fall and canop…

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On two wheels

The Appian Way starts inside Rome and turns into a Roman road with nothing on it after a few kilometres.

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E-bike around Frascati

Thirty minutes from Termini by train, then six hours through Frascati vineyards.

€89 per person

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Five mountain-bike rings bookable all year, from eight riders up

The same association runs five fixed mountain-bike rings, each a full day out: the Val d'Orcia ring (41 km, 1200 m of climb), the Monti Amerini ring (37 km, 1500 m), the Lake Bo…

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Appian Way and Aqueducts e-bike tour

A four-hour small-group e-bike tour, 30 km, starting from Via dei Cerchi 59 in front of the Circus Maximus, the closest departure point to the Appian Way by bike lane.

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Push bike rental at Circus Maximus

Non-electric trekking and city bike rental from the shop at Via dei Cerchi 59, in front of the Circus Maximus.

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Appian Way guided bike tour

A four-hour guided ride on the Via Appia Antica, which the operator notes is almost entirely closed to traffic on Sundays, past the Baths of Caracalla, Porta San Sebastiano, the…

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E-bike ride up to the archaeological park of Tusculum

A 25 km e-bike route from Frascati climbing to the archaeological park of Tusculum through woods, ridges and hairpins, with views over Rome and the hill towns, and returning to …

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E-bike rental inside the Vulci archaeological park

The Vulci archaeological and nature park, on the river Fiora between Montalto di Castro and Canino, rents pedal-assisted e-bikes in spring and summer so visitors can cover the E…

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Day Bike and E-Bike Rental in Formia

Worldbike Formia rents road bikes, mountain bikes and pedal-assist e-bikes by the day from its shop on the Via Appia in Formia.

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Guided ride on the Ciclovia dei Laghi, Lake Bracciano

A guided 7 km ride on the Ciclovia dei Laghi, inside the Bracciano-Martignano regional park, with panoramic points over the two lakes, the Monti Sabatini, the Monti della Tolfa …

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Ancient Appian Way and Aqueducts Park e-bike tour

A four-hour guided e-bike tour that leaves the city centre through the Aurelian Walls and rides the 2300-year-old basalt paving of the Appian Way past the Circus of Maxentius, t…

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Appian Way, Catacombs and Aqueducts Park e-bike tour

The six-hour version of the same 27 km Appian Way route, with a guided visit inside the Catacombs of St Callixtus (St Sebastian on Wednesdays) and a final stop at the Baths of C…

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Guided bike ride from Tarquinia to Montalto di Castro

A guided ride of about 25 km on a semi-loop from Camping Europing in Tarquinia to Montalto di Castro, crossing the seasonal Arrone stream and taking in the old town of Montalto …

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E-bike rental at the gate of Maremma Park

You pick up a pedal-assist bike at the rental point in Via del Bersagliere, at the entrance of the Maremma Regional Park in Alberese.

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Guided bike tours in Maremma Park

Alongside the rental, the operator states that it organises guided bike tours inside the Maremma Park.

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Electric city bike rental in Orbetello

Girobike, a bike shop in Orbetello trading since 2003, rents electric city bikes on a daily scale: 30 euro for one day up to 198 euro for seven days.

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Tiber Grand Tour by e-bike

A 30 km guided e-bike route between the hills of the Tiber valley, Mount Soratte and the river banks.

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Olive oil e-bike tour to the Farfa valley

A 45 km e-bike ride through the hills where Italy's first DOP olive oil is produced, among centuries-old olive groves and oak woods.

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On horseback

There is a stretch of coast south-west of Rome where you ride through umbrella pines and come out on an empty beach.

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A horse in a misty field at first light On horseback

Horse ride in the Lepini woods plus tasting

A horse ride through the woods above Cori or among the estate vineyards, with the Fontana del Prato riding school, followed by a guided cellar visit and tasting.

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A group riding horses along a valley track On horseback

A day on horseback across the Simbruini plateaus

A full-day ring ride on horseback across the karst plains of Campaegli and Camposecco inside the Monti Simbruini regional park, with a stop for lunch in a mountain refuge and a …

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A group riding horses along a valley track On horseback

Horse riding at a farm born from a riding stable

An agricultural estate that grew out of a riding stable and keeps horses at the centre of what it does, offering horse rides alongside archery, yoga and holistic sessions and a …

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Riders on horseback on a trail through open country On horseback

Horseback ride in the Manziana oak woods

The farm's own stable runs guided rides through the woods, streams and rock walls around Manziana, inside the Bracciano-Martignano regional park.

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Riders on horseback on a trail through open country On horseback

Horse rides and trail riding at Ruben Ranch

A family-run riding club in Montalto di Castro, in the Tuscia and the Maremma of northern Lazio, a short drive from the coast.

A sports club — you join them for the day

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Horseback ride in the Appian Way Park

Guided horseback rides and excursions inside the Appia Antica Regional Park, led by Sandro, an equestrian guide with thirty years of experience.

A sports club — you join them for the day

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Natural Horsemanship trial session at Appia Antica

A trial session of Natural Horsemanship with the instructors of Ciampacavallo, a social association based inside the Appia Antica Regional Park since 2000.

A sports club — you join them for the day

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Riders on horseback on a trail above a lake On horseback

Horse trekking in the Veio Park

The riding centre sits in localita Monte Sughero, inside the Parco di Veio, 15 km north of Rome.

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Sacrofano On horseback

Western riding lesson

The centre teaches western riding with CONI federal instructors, working with Quarter Horses.

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Spoleto On horseback

Tailor-made day ride in the Umbrian hills

A riding centre and farm 13 km from Spoleto, at 700 m in the hills above the Valnerina, that runs guided treks from its own stables.

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Carpineto Romano On horseback

One-day and multi-day rides in the high Lepini mountains

A social and teaching farm and equestrian tourism centre at about 500 metres in the Lepini mountains, three kilometres out of Carpineto Romano, reached by a mile-and-a-half turn…

A sports club — you join them for the day

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With your hands

Almost everything Romans eat is made in the countryside around the city, and you can spend a day where it happens.

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Subiaco With your hands

Beekeeper for a day at Monte Livata

Putting on a beekeeper's suit and working a real hive: about three hours that start with a welcome breakfast of honey products and then move into the work of the apiary.

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A misty autumn path through beech woods With your hands

Truffle hunting with a dog

Meet at the station, follow the dog into the wood, dig up what it finds.

€72 per person

Books on Farm Experiences & Tours

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Ponza With your hands

Cellar walk and tasting of two Ponza wines

A short guided walk that ends inside the cellars of Antiche Cantine Migliaccio, with a tasting of two wines grown on the terraces of the island.

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Pontinia With your hands

Buffalo farm visit with a full mozzarella tasting

The farm visit plus a tasting of what the dairy makes that day: ricotta, burrata, smoked and plain ovolina, stracciatella and smoked scamorza, all from buffalo milk.

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Olives ripening on the branch With your hands

Six wines and a cellar tour at Antonelli San Marco

An organic estate at Montefalco offering a tasting of six wines with bruschetta made with their own olive oil, and a separate guided tour of the vineyard, the barrel cellar, the…

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A potter shaping a pot on the wheel, finished pieces behind With your hands

Truffle hunting, then cooking what you found

A truffle hunt in the estate's own woods with the dogs, followed by a cellar tour, a cooking class and a meal in the tasting room using what was dug up.

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Fiumicino With your hands

Farm brewery tour and guided beer tasting near Rome

About two hours led by the brewer or one of the partners: a walk through the hop rows and the fields, the brewery itself, and a guided tasting of three beers chosen on the day a…

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Borgorose With your hands

Brewery visit at Borgorose

The brewery at Piana di Spedino, Borgorose, has a page for visiting the plant and runs Brew Tours.

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Cori With your hands

Cellar and vineyard visit with tasting

A walk through the vineyards and a guided visit of the cellar of an organic estate at Cori, followed by a tasting of three wines paired with local products.

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Cori With your hands

Terracotta workshop and cellar tasting

A three-hour terracotta workshop in the studio of the artist Martino Antocchi: mixing clay, learning basic modelling, making natural engobe colours and burnishing with olive oil…

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Civita Castellana With your hands

Make a cup you take home

Three hours in the museum's workshop; bring four people and leave with a cup.

Booked by phone

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Jenne With your hands

Hike and outdoor watercolour session at Fondi di Jenne

A walk from the Livata Cafè through the beech woods of the Simbruini park to the karst basin of Fondi di Jenne, where the group stops for a packed lunch and an open-air painting…

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Olives ripening on the branch With your hands

Fresh pasta workshop in Subiaco

A hands-on workshop in Subiaco on making the local fresh pasta, the strozzapreti, run by the same guide company that handles the town's tours.

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A truffle dog searching the ground in the woods With your hands

Organic winery visit in the Colli Lanuvini hills

A walk between the rows of an organic estate in the Colli Lanuvini, a look at how the wine is made and aged in oak, then a guided tasting of the wines and the estate's organic e…

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Nemi With your hands

Four-hour class on the four Roman pasta sauces

A four-hour practical class on gricia, amatriciana, carbonara and cacio e pepe, taught step by step with the participants doing every stage from preparing the ingredients to pla…

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Nemi With your hands

Pick herbs on the farm and blend your own tisanes

A sensory walk through the farm's cultivated and wild medicinal herbs, then each participant picks a selection and blends tisanes with the grower — separating functional blends …

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Nemi With your hands

Cook with edible flowers picked on the farm

Participants pick edible flowers — cultivated organically on the farm and wild ones in season — and turn them into two preparations, between drinks and cooked dishes, depending …

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Nemi With your hands

Plant and pick the wild strawberries of Nemi

A walk through fields and woods with Massimo, a grower, to see the three kinds of strawberry grown at Nemi — the wild one, the everbearing one and the fragolone.

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Nemi With your hands

Sensory visit to a medicinal-herb farm by Lake Nemi

A visit to a working medicinal-herb farm in which the plants are met through all five senses — smelled, touched, and tasted straight from the field — with a tasting of the farm'…

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Frascati With your hands

Two museums and a Frascati tasting in one afternoon

The visit starts at the Museo Tuscolano in Frascati among the finds from ancient Tusculum, moves to the Museo del Vino at Monte Porzio Catone which traces how Frascati wine has …

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Piglio With your hands

Four-wine tasting at a Piglio winery

A tasting of four wines from the current vintages at the Pileum cellar in Piglio, in the Cesanese del Piglio DOCG area.

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Piglio With your hands

Vineyard and cellar tour with tasting at Pileum

A walk through the vineyard and the cellar at Piglio, followed by a tasting of four wines from the current vintages paired with a plate of local products.

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Piglio With your hands

Cellar tour and five-course lunch at Pileum

The weekend version of the Pileum cellar tour: a visit to the vineyard and cellar followed by a five-course tasting menu in the estate restaurant with three wines.

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Piglio With your hands

Tasting menu at the Pileum winery restaurant

A tasting menu at the restaurant inside the Pileum winery in Piglio, in five or seven courses, with an optional pairing of three of the estate's wines.

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Piglio With your hands

Aperitivo board at the Pileum cellar

A board of local products to share at the Pileum winery in Piglio, with wine by the glass or the bottle charged separately.

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Atina With your hands

Cellar visit inside a Bourbon ironworks

A guided visit to a winery housed in the ironworks opened by Ferdinand II of Bourbon in 1858 at Rosanisco, in the municipality of Atina.

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Anagni With your hands

Organic Cesanese estate at Anagni, by appointment

A forty-hectare organic estate of vines, olive groves and coppice on the hills at Anagni, producing Cesanese del Piglio DOCG and Passerina del Frusinate along with extra virgin …

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Bevagna With your hands

Four medieval workshops still working in Bevagna

Four workshops in the old town where craftspeople work the way the town did in the Middle Ages: a paper mill making cotton-rag paper, a chandlery making beeswax candles, a paint…

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Bassiano With your hands

Aldo Manuzio museum of writing, Bassiano

Museum in the sixteenth-century Palazzo Caetani dedicated to Aldo Manuzio, the Renaissance printer born in Bassiano: printing machinery, Aldine editions and a civic collection o…

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Roccagorga With your hands

EtnoMuseo Monti Lepini, Roccagorga

An ethnographic museum built as a continuous interactive staging rather than a series of collections, made with local craftsmen and based on field research into how the village …

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A potter shaping clay on a spinning wheel With your hands

A museum for mathematics, Priverno

Hands-on mathematics museum in Priverno, part of the PrivernoMUSEI system, where the exhibition route lets visitors handle and operate the machines and models behind abstract ma…

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Pontinia With your hands

Inside a buffalo farm on the Pontine plain

Visit to a working buffalo farm and dairy at Pontinia: the stalls where the animals are milked, the energy systems, and the dairy where the cheese-making steps can be watched.

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Pontinia With your hands

Buffalo farm visit with a mozzarella tasting

The same farm and dairy visit, extended with a tasting of what the dairy makes that day: buffalo ricotta, burrata, smoked ovolina, stracciatella and scamorza.

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Cori With your hands

Wine tasting at a historic Cori cooperative

Tasting of three wines from the native Nero Buono and Bellone grapes, served with bruschetta, cheeses and cured meats, at the cooperative founded in Cori in 1947.

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Cori With your hands

Vineyard and cellar tour with sparkling wine

Guided tour through the vineyard and the barrel cellar, then a tasting of the sparkling wine and the two DOC wines of the house, served with local food products.

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Olives being sorted on a screen under the trees With your hands

Tasting at a three-generation Cori estate

A small Cori estate of vineyards and olive groves run by three generations, working the native Bellone, Malvasia Puntinata and Nero Buono grapes.

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Latina With your hands

Organic winery with vineyard picnics and dinners

Organic winery near Le Ferriere with an indoor and outdoor tasting space, offering guided tastings, picnics and dinners in the vineyard, matching the wines with local cooking.

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Sermoneta With your hands

Organic farm and table a step from Ninfa

An organic farm at Sermoneta, a few minutes from the Garden of Ninfa, growing fruit, grapes and olives and turning them into wine, oil, preserves and spices.

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Castelnuovo Di Farfa With your hands

Museum of Sabina olive oil at Castelnuovo di Farfa

A visit through Palazzo Perelli, an eighteenth-century animal-powered olive press kept intact, the old town bakery and the medieval archaeological site of the church of San Donato.

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Tarano With your hands

Olive grove walk and oil tasting, year round

A guided walk through the organic olive grove followed by an interactive tasting of four Italian extra virgin olive oils, led by an olive oil sommelier.

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Tarano With your hands

Meet the maker day at an organic olive farm

A longer day at the farm: the history of the estate and its year-round organic methods, an extended tasting of a range of Italian oils, and lunch.

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Montelibretti With your hands

Falconieri olive grove and mill tour

A walk through the olive groves, a visit to the olive mill and a tasting session, run by a Sabina oil producer.

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Castelnuovo Di Farfa With your hands

Advanced olive oil tasting with an official panel

An advanced tasting session led by an official tasting panel recognised by the Italian ministry of agriculture, ending in the tasting room at Castelnuovo di Farfa.

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Poggio Mirteto With your hands

Beehive visit and honey tasting in the Sabina

A beekeeping session at Poggio Mirteto: an introduction to beekeeping, a visit to the glass-walled observation hut where the colony can be watched, and a sensory tasting of sing…

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Poggio Mirteto With your hands

Bees for children: play, observe, make a candle

A session for children where they play at being worker bees, watch the colony through the glass walls of the observation hut, and optionally make a beeswax candle.

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Cantalupo In Sabina With your hands

Organic farm walk among ancient grains

A guided walk through the fields of an organic farm at Cantalupo in Sabina, among ancient grain varieties and aromatic herbs, ending with a snack of local products.

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Cantalupo In Sabina With your hands

Cold-process soap and herbal ointment workshop

A workshop making soap by the traditional cold process, or natural ointments of calendula or St John's wort, at an organic farm in Cantalupo in Sabina.

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Collevecchio With your hands

Wild herb walk and cooking class

A walk to gather wild herbs on a farm at Collevecchio, followed by a class on how to cook them and a tasting of the dishes.

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Roccantica With your hands

Organic estate tour with oil or natural wine tasting

A visit to an organic estate at Roccantica with a tasting of the farm's extra virgin olive oil or of natural wines, served with an antipasto of local cheeses, cured meats and or…

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Roccantica With your hands

Herb picking and flavoured salt workshop

Picking aromatic herbs on the farm with an explanation of their uses, then grinding them into flavoured salts with mortar and pestle.

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Calcata With your hands

Opera Bosco: art made of the forest, in the forest

A museum of art in nature below Calcata: a marked route through installations built from materials found on the spot, with an optional workshop in which visitors make their own …

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Fabrica Di Roma With your hands

Archaeologists for a day at Santa Maria in Falleri

A two-hour workshop for children: an introductory lesson, a visit to the church of Santa Maria in Falleri and a simulated excavation run with the same techniques archaeologists …

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Castiglione In Teverina With your hands

Weekday organic wine tour and tasting at Trebotti

A family organic winery in the Teverina hills walks visitors through the vineyards, the olive grove, an Etruscan tomb and the cellar, then pours seven organic wines.

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Civitella D Agliano With your hands

Cellar visit and six-label tasting at Sergio Mottura

The Mottura estate, 130 hectares in the Tiber valley below Civitella d'Agliano, receives visitors at its old cellar and pours six labels, including the Grechetto Poggio della Co…

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Viterbo With your hands

Cheese tasting at the Monte Jugo dairy farm

A dairy farm on the Martana road outside Viterbo built a veranda for tastings of its own cheeses and milk products, from fresh soft cheeses to aged and flavoured ones.

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Montecchio With your hands

Cellar tour and tasting at Famiglia Cotarella

A two-hour guided visit to the Cotarella cellar with a tasting of the Poggio dei Gelsi and Trentanni wines, served with bread and the estate's own Marciliano olive oil.

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A grower tipping harvested grapes into a bin With your hands

Vineyard walk and tasting lunch in the barrel cellar

Three hours that pair a walk in the vineyards and a cellar tour with a tasting lunch served in the Barricaia, four cru wines and a seasonal menu built from the estate's own vege…

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Beekeepers working hives at the edge of a flowering field With your hands

Evening aperitivo among the vines

An evening slot from 17:00 to 20:00 with three cru wines - Meta Classico Brut, Verdeluce and Sorelle - served with cured meats, cheese and seasonal local dishes.

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Anagni With your hands

Cesanese winery visit near Anagni

The estate produces Cesanese del Piglio DOCG and takes visitors for a tasting and direct sales on site.

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Tarano With your hands

Olive harvest day in Sabina

A hands-on day picking olives in the Sabina hills, followed by sorting and selecting the fruit to be sent for milling.

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Subiaco With your hands

Guided apiary visit with a wax or honey workshop

A guided visit built around teaching hives and an observation aviary, with a tasting of the hive products and a practical workshop, either wax or honey extraction.

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Viterbo With your hands

Behind the scenes of a honey house near Viterbo

A guided visit to the production rooms and storage of a honey house, with honey extraction depending on the season of the visit, ending with a honey-based snack and tasting.

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Roma With your hands

Honey house visit in the Veio park, north of Rome

A morning in the apiary inside the Veio regional park: watching how the bees live and work, then a guided tasting of several honeys, millefiori, chestnut and honeydew, led by th…

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Sabaudia With your hands

Wine tasting at a farm near Sabaudia

A farm at Sabaudia, on the edge of the Circeo, that receives visitors for tastings of its own labels and direct sales.

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Cori With your hands

Tasting at the Cori cooperative winery

A cooperative founded in 1947 on the slopes below the town of Cori, working the native grapes of the area, Bellone and Nero Buono.

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Broccostella With your hands

Winery visit and tasting in the Valle di Comino

Three tasting packages at an estate in the Frosinone hills that makes Atina DOC: a visit with three wines, a visit with five wines, and a visit with wines and spirits.

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A beekeeper holding up a hive frame covered with bees With your hands

Vineyard walk and tasting on the Via Francigena

Five tasting routes at Acquapendente, on the northern edge of Lazio: a walk through the vineyard, a visit to the old cellar, then three, five or seven wines with a board of cure…

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Frascati With your hands

Farm-to-table cooking class in a Frascati vineyard

Fifteen minutes by train from Rome: a walk through the vineyard with a local guide, then a hands-on class where you cook traditional Frascati dishes and the local wine cookies w…

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A potter shaping clay on a spinning wheel With your hands

Pick olives at harvest time, then a Maremma picnic

From late September to early November the estate opens the harvest to visitors: a morning of picking olives by hand for its own extra virgin oil, from eight until noon, ending w…

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On the trail

Within ninety minutes of Rome there are beech forests at fifteen hundred metres and a coastal mountain that goes straight up out of the sea.

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A stony ridge path across open highland On the trail

Monte Soratte from Sant'Oreste

6.8 km and 691 metres of climbing, with a guide and never more than ten of you.

€49 per person

Books on Nature of Sal — Salvatore Benintende

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Subiaco On the trail

Two-day survival and bushcraft camp

Two days learning fire, knots, shelter building and orientation in the Monti Simbruini with national survival instructors.

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Filettino On the trail

Monte Viglio, the roof of the Cantari ridge

A ring hike from the Serra Sant'Antonio pass above Filettino to the summit of Monte Viglio, the highest peak of the Monti Cantari at the eastern edge of the Simbruini park.

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Tivoli On the trail

Villa Gregoriana at night

Evening openings of the Villa Gregoriana park on Fridays and Saturdays in summer.

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Terminillo On the trail

Ski and snowboard lessons at Pian de' Valli

Lessons at Pian de' Valli from the largest ski school in Lazio, founded in 1960, with forty instructors covering alpine skiing, snowboard and nordic skiing.

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Cascata Delle Marmore On the trail

Themed guided walks at the Marmore Falls

The park sells four themed guided visits: the Balcone degli Innamorati under the falling water, a walk on the park trails covering history, flora and fauna, an animated visit fo…

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Vallepietra On the trail

Monte Tarino from the Vallepietra sanctuary

A ring hike starting at the car park of the Santissima Trinità sanctuary above Vallepietra, along the Alta Via del Parco and part of the Frassati path, crossing the karst depres…

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Bassiano On the trail

Monte Semprevisa, the roof of the Lepini

Full-day guided hike to the highest summit of the Lepini range at 1,536 m, through beech woods and along the karst ridges, with views over the Pontine plain, Circeo and the Pont…

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Bassiano On the trail

Selvascura cave and Valvisciolo Abbey

Guided hike along the old paths between the Lepini villages, to the Santuario del Crocifisso built around the Selvascura cave and on to Valvisciolo Abbey, reading the symbols ca…

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Cori On the trail

Monte Lupone through the beech woods

Guided hike through one of the finest beech forests of the Lepini to the 1,378 m summit of Monte Lupone, with a view over the whole range, the Pontine plain, Circeo and the Pont…

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Carpineto Romano On the trail

Croce di Capreo, a balcony over the wild Lepini

Guided hike through the beech forest of Acqua di Mezzavalle to the 1,421 m summit crowned by the cross raised in 1901 in honour of Pope Leo XIII, a native of Carpineto Romano, w…

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Norma On the trail

Malvisciolo, the ruins of the lost abbey

Guided hike through mixed oak woods in the Val Roscina, on the border between Norma and Carpineto Romano, to the scattered ruins of the thirteenth-century Cistercian abbey of Sa…

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Bassiano On the trail

Monte Semprevisa with an environmental guide

One-day guided hike of about eleven kilometres and 690 metres of ascent to the summit of Monte Semprevisa, through beech woods and along the ridge, with views towards the Circeo…

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Carpineto Romano On the trail

Semprevisa ring walk with Camminesploratori

Guided ring walk on Monte Semprevisa taking in the karst features of the massif, including the Pozzo Comune and the Abisso Consolini shafts seen from the surface, and the ridge …

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Vetralla On the trail

Norchia: the rock necropolis hidden in the wild

Walk to the Etruscan temple-tombs cut into the walls of a canyon, the ruins of the medieval castle and the church of San Pietro, crossing gorges and fording the river.

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Subiaco On the trail

Snowshoe walks in the Simbruini

Guided snowshoe walks in the snow-covered woods of the Monti Simbruini, on routes of different difficulty from beginner outings on packed snow to longer hikes.

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Tivoli On the trail

Yoga trek in the Monte Catillo reserve above Tivoli

A ring walk in the Monte Catillo nature reserve, the balcony over the Aniene valley, on sunny limestone ridges and shaded oak paths with views over Villa d'Este and the waterfal…

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Tivoli On the trail

Hadrian's Villa, the emperor's estate at Tivoli

Entry to the archaeological area of Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, part of the VILLÆ state institute along with Villa d'Este and the Sanctuary of Hercules Victor.

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Tivoli On the trail

The Sanctuary of Hercules Victor

Entry to the monumental Roman sanctuary of Hercules Victor at Tivoli, the third site of the VILLÆ complex.

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Tivoli On the trail

Villa Gregoriana, the Valle dell'Inferno gorge

The park in the gorge cut by the Aniene at Tivoli, managed by FAI since 2002, with a waterfall of about a hundred and twenty metres and Roman temples above it.

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Marmore On the trail

Marmore Falls: the Roman-made waterfall

A waterfall cut by Roman engineers in the third century BC, now on a controlled flow because the water drives a hydroelectric plant.

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Cisterna Di Latina On the trail

Guided visit to the Garden of Ninfa

A guided walk through the garden built inside the ruins of the medieval town of Ninfa, among watercourses, bridges and plants from several continents.

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Sermoneta On the trail

Caetani Castle in Sermoneta

Visit to the medieval fortress that dominates the hill town of Sermoneta, run by the same foundation that owns the Garden of Ninfa.

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Castel Di Tora On the trail

Guided visit to the abandoned village of Antuni

A guided visit to Borgo Antuni, the abandoned medieval hamlet on the promontory in Lake Turano, run by the local operator that also manages the lake activities.

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Castel Di Tora On the trail

Guided hikes in the Navegna e Cervia reserve

Guided walks in the Monte Navegna e Monte Cervia regional nature reserve, the mountains that enclose Lake Turano and Lake Salto, offered by the same operator that runs the lake …

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Isola Bisentina On the trail

Guided visit to Bisentina Island

A guided walk on the private island in the middle of Lake Bolsena, reachable only by boat from Capodimonte or Bolsena.

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Bomarzo On the trail

Park of the Monsters, Bomarzo

The sixteenth-century Sacro Bosco at Bomarzo, with more than thirty colossal figures carved out of the local peperino stone.

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Viterbo On the trail

Viterbo Pass: nine monuments on one ticket

A single ticket covering the Palazzo dei Papi, the cathedral, the Museo Colle del Duomo, Palazzo dei Priori, the Museo dei Portici, the Museo Civico, the ceramics museum, the Sa…

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Corchiano On the trail

Monumento naturale Pian Sant'Angelo

A nature reserve at Corchiano, from the twentieth century.

Free — nothing to pay

Just turn up — open air, any hour

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Terracina On the trail

Monumento naturale Campo Soriano

A nature reserve at Terracina, from the twentieth century.

Free — nothing to pay

Just turn up — open air, any hour

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Cervara Di Roma On the trail

Stargazing at the Cervara observatory

Free evening observation sessions at the Claudio del Sole astronomical observatory at Prataglia, above Cervara di Roma, run by an astronomy association.

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Cisterna Di Latina On the trail

Birdwatching walk in the Pantanello nature park

Guided group walk in the hundred-hectare re-naturalised wetland next to the Garden of Ninfa, led by naturalist guides of LIPU, the Italian bird protection league.

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Subiaco On the trail

Snowshoe outings on Monte Livata

Guided snowshoe outings on off-trail routes in the Simbruini, with TSL snowshoes and winter Nordic walking poles included in the price, sanitised after each use.

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Percile On the trail

Slow walk and yoga at the Lagustelli di Percile

An easy out-and-back walk in the Monti Lucretili to the Lagustelli di Percile, two karst lakes, followed by a Hatha Yoga session by the water with a qualified teacher.

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Subiaco On the trail

Sunset climb of Monte Autore with yoga at the top

An afternoon ascent to the summit of Monte Autore in the Simbruini, with panoramic stops and observation of the high-altitude ecosystem, timed so that the group reaches the top …

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Subiaco On the trail

Following Francis of Assisi along the Aniene

A walking tour that starts at the convent of San Francesco with its Renaissance works, crosses the medieval bridge of San Francesco, then follows the river into Subiaco through …

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Tivoli On the trail

Private tour of Hadrian's Villa

A private guided tour of Hadrian's Villa covering the emperor's private quarters, the Canopus and Serapeum, the Pecile portico and the Large and Small Baths, including the under…

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Grottaferrata On the trail

The last Byzantine abbey near Rome, founded in 1004

A Greek-rite abbey founded in 1004 by monks from southern Italy led by St Nilus of Rossano, the last of the Byzantine monasteries that were once spread across southern Italy and…

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Fumone On the trail

Guided tour of the Fumone castle

A guided tour of a medieval fortress above the Sacco valley, entered through the Roman and the Neapolitan gates.

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Snowshoers walking in single file across deep snow On the trail

The Montecassino abbey museum

The abbey's museum, holding paintings, illuminated manuscripts and early printed books, ivories, Italian silverware, vestments, sculpture and fragments of the earlier basilica, …

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Snowshoers walking in single file across deep snow On the trail

Guided tour of the Montecassino library

A guided tour of the monumental hall of the Montecassino library, one of the oldest in the world, whose holdings go back to the sixth-century foundation of the monastery.

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Anagni On the trail

The palace of Boniface VIII at Anagni

The papal palace in the old centre of Anagni, where the confrontation between Boniface VIII and Philip IV of France ended in 1303 with the episode Dante calls the outrage at Ana…

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Anagni On the trail

The Hernici archaeological museum at Anagni

An archaeological museum at Anagni built to cover the whole surrounding district rather than the town alone, telling the earlier and less known history of a place mostly visited…

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Collepardo On the trail

The herbal and karst museum at Collepardo

A natural history museum on the upper floors of the town hall at Collepardo, given over to herbal medicine, karst geology, caving and biodiversity, with a specialist reference l…

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Ponza On the trail

Guided visit to the botanical garden of Ponza

A 15,000 sq m garden on the Belvedere hill with more than seventy plant species of the Pontine archipelago, including its wild orchids, laid out along a loop path.

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Sabaudia On the trail

The free sea and coast museum of Sabaudia

Four rooms in the centre of Sabaudia holding palaeontological, prehistoric and Roman finds together with marine organisms, an aquarium and a virtual dive.

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Priverno On the trail

Fossanova Abbey

The Cistercian abbey where Thomas Aquinas died in 1274, with its Gothic church and cloister.

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Sermoneta On the trail

Valvisciolo Abbey with a licensed guide

Guided tour of the Cistercian abbey below Sermoneta, including the church, the cloister and the Templar symbolism carved there.

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Priverno On the trail

Fossanova Abbey with a licensed guide

Guided visit of the Cistercian abbey: the church, the cloister with its paired columns, the cell where Thomas Aquinas died in 1274, and the small village that grew around the mo…

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Cori On the trail

Cori with a licensed guide

Guided walk through Cori, taking in the church built over a Roman temple and the birthplace of Saint Thomas of Cori.

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Bassiano On the trail

Bassiano with a licensed guide

Guided visit of the highest village in the province of Latina, birthplace of the Renaissance printer Aldo Manuzio, and of the Santuario del Crocifisso with its painted chapels i…

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Norma On the trail

Ancient Norba archaeological park and Norma museum

Guided route through the archaeological park of Norba, the old centre of Norma and the civic archaeological museum, run by the cultural association that manages both sites.

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Norma On the trail

Norba at sunset

Evening guided route that starts in the civic museum at 17.30 and continues into the archaeological park at 19.00, timed so the walk through the polygonal walls happens at sunse…

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Cori On the trail

Museum of the town and territory of Cori

Museum housed in the monumental Augustinian convent of Sant'Oliva, telling thirty-five centuries of history of the Lepini mountains over three floors and about five hundred orig…

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Carpineto Romano On the trail

La Reggia dei Volsci civic museum, Carpineto Romano

Civic museum inside Palazzo Aldobrandini, at the highest point of the old town, with nine sections on the history of Carpineto Romano from the medieval fief to the Aldobrandini …

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Sezze On the trail

Archaeological museum of Sezze

Municipal archaeological museum of Sezze, with rooms running from the Palaeolithic and Neolithic through the Bronze Age to funerary rites, cults, coins and the Roman colony of S…

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Priverno On the trail

Carlo Cicala archaeological museum, Priverno

Museum in the historic Palazzo Antonelli on the main square of Priverno, with over a thousand objects from the Roman colony of Privernum: mosaics, statues, portraits, inscriptio…

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Medieval museum of Fossanova

Museum in the abbey village of Fossanova, part of the PrivernoMUSEI system, with medieval architectural sculpture: pillars, capitals and architraves from the Cistercian complex.

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Snowshoers walking in single file across deep snow On the trail

Privernum archaeological park

Open-air archaeological park on the plain of the Amaseno, on the site of the Roman colony of Privernum: city walls, domus and the urban fabric of a town that stayed alive in the…

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Latina On the trail

Piana delle Orme history park-museum

A park-museum on the reclaimed Pontine plain with around fifty thousand objects across several pavilions: farm life before the drainage, the drainage works themselves, and the S…

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Latina On the trail

Museum of the Pontine land, Latina

Regional museum in the former Opera Nazionale Combattenti building in Latina, with thousands of objects across five sections: life before the drainage, malaria, the agrarian tra…

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Latina On the trail

Duilio Cambellotti civic museum, Latina

Civic museum in the former Casa Balilla in Latina, dedicated to the artist Duilio Cambellotti: water and fountains, the rural schools of the Roman countryside and the Pontine pl…

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Norma On the trail

Ancient Norba, walking among the Cyclopean walls

Easy guided walk through the woods of Norma up to the megalithic walls of ancient Norba and the village perched on the cliff, with the Pontine plain and the Circeo promontory be…

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Fiumicino On the trail

Birdwatching at the Maccarese ponds

A wetland managed by WWF near Maccarese, used as a stopover and wintering ground by many bird species: ducks in winter, herons, kingfisher, marsh harrier, and osprey in autumn.

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Fara In Sabina On the trail

Guided tour of Farfa Abbey

A monk-run guided tour of one of the great Benedictine abbeys of medieval Europe.

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Terminillo On the trail

Snowshoe walks on Monte Terminillo

Guided snowshoe outings on Monte Terminillo, with occasional itineraries on the Gran Sasso, Monti della Laga and Monti del Cicolano.

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Greccio On the trail

International Nativity Museum at Greccio

A collection of nativity scenes from many countries and traditions, housed in the thirteenth-century church of Santa Maria and an adjoining restored building at the entrance to …

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Poggio Bustone On the trail

Birdwatching hides on Lago Lungo

The visitor centre of the Laghi Lungo e Ripasottile reserve is the trailhead for the path to Lago Lungo, where hides let visitors watch and hear water birds.

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Terminillo On the trail

Snowshoe crossing to the Sebastiani refuge

A snowshoe route from near Campoforgna through snow-covered beech woods to the Rifugio Sebastiani and the Sella di Leonessa, led by two qualified environmental hiking guides.

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Montalto Di Castro On the trail

Vulci archaeological park with a licensed guide

Guided visit to the Etruscan and Roman city: the necropolises, the paved roads, the temple, the domus with its underground rooms and the river port, followed by the museum insid…

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Tarquinia On the trail

Tarquinia necropolis and museum with an archaeologist

Guided visit by a licensed guide, archaeologist or art historian to the Monterozzi necropolis, where about two hundred painted chambers survive, including the Tomb of the Liones…

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Civita Di Bagnoregio On the trail

Civita di Bagnoregio, the dying city, with a guide

Guided visit to the village on the tufa spur: the church of San Donato with its wooden crucifix, Palazzo Alemanni, the geological museum and the clay pinnacles of the surroundin…

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Faleria On the trail

Three medieval castles of Faleria on foot

Six-hour excursion between the castles of Anguillara, Paterno and Fogliano, walking through woods and past archaeological sites in the Faleria countryside.

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Lago Di Vico On the trail

Full-day ring hike around Lake Vico

A guided ring walk of about 15.5 km around Lake Vico, from 09:00 to 16:30, with two significant climbs and sections over rock.

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Caprarola On the trail

Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola: entry ticket

Entry to the pentagonal Renaissance palace built for the Farnese family in Caprarola, with the Scala Regia and the frescoed state rooms.

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Bagnaia On the trail

Villa Lante and its Mannerist water garden, Bagnaia

The sixteenth-century Mannerist garden at Bagnaia, near Viterbo, built from 1511 and completed around 1566 for Cardinal Gambara, with cascades, fountains and grottoes on terraces.

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Civita Di Bagnoregio On the trail

Guided visit to Civita di Bagnoregio, the dying city

A guided visit to the tufa village of Civita di Bagnoregio, reached by a 300-metre footbridge, including the church of San Donato with its rare wooden crucifix and Palazzo Alema…

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Viterbo On the trail

Museum of the Santa Rosa porters, Viterbo

A free museum near Piazza San Pellegrino telling the story of the porters who carry the Macchina di Santa Rosa through Viterbo each September, a UNESCO-listed tradition.

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Viterbo On the trail

Ceramics Museum of the Tuscia, Viterbo

Free museum in Palazzo Brugiotti with 430 pieces in seven rooms, tracing ceramic production in Alto Lazio from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century, including medieval majol…

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Soriano Nel Cimino On the trail

Orsini Castle, Soriano nel Cimino

The thirteenth-century Orsini fortress above Soriano nel Cimino, a massive crenellated block joined to an older tower-palace, with its original walled courtyard.

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Alatri On the trail

Alatri's civic museum and the Christ in the Labyrinth fresco

One ticket covers Alatri's civic museum and the church of San Silvestro, where a fourteenth-century fresco shows Christ standing inside a labyrinth - the only image of its kind …

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Gaeta On the trail

Walk into the cleft rock above the sea at Gaeta

The Sanctuary of the Santissima Trinità sits on Monte Orlando, on the ruins of the Roman villa of Munatius Plancus, and takes its name from three great fissures split into the c…

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Terracina On the trail

Terracina after 10.30pm, with the Archeoclub

Every Thursday night the town of Terracina and the local branch of Archeoclub d'Italia lead a walk that starts in Piazza Municipio at 10.30pm and goes through the alleys of the …

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Pontinia On the trail

How a marsh became farmland, told in Pontinia

The Pro Loco of Pontinia runs the MAP, the museum of the Pontine plain: the story of how a malarial marsh south of Rome was drained in the 1930s and turned into farmland, told t…

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A child in a harness crossing a rope bridge between trees On the trail

A morning in the trees

Clip into a harness and cross the trees: from age four there is a course to do.

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Off road

Quads and buggies on tracks through the woods and the volcanic country, which is loud and does not pretend otherwise.

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Sunset at 1,200 metres on Monte Semprevisa, by quad

Three to three and a half hours on a quad from Bassiano up the Monte Semprevisa to Campo Rosello at 1,200 metres, about thirty kilometres of tarmac, unmade road and forest track.

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Quad bikes on a trail below a volcano, riders in helmets Off road

Three-hour quad ride to the Sant'Antonio waterfall

A three-hour guided ride on dirt tracks between olive groves and vineyards through the Etruscan territory of Cerveteri, with a stop at the Cascatella di Sant'Antonio where the o…

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Basalt cliffs above the sea Off road

Sunset on a quad over the Roman Sabina

An afternoon quad ride of three or four hours from Palombara Sabina, timed to reach the viewpoints of the Roman Sabina at sunset - the departure time shifts with the season.

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Five hours of hard off-road around Cerveteri

The operator's longest and roughest guided ride: five hours, eighty per cent on unsurfaced tracks, with the Cerveteri waterfalls as the turning point.

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Two-hour beginner quad ride above Lake Bracciano

A two-hour guided quad ride designed for beginners and families with children, on an easy route the operator describes as half tarmac and half country roads, with no rough secti…

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Under the ground

The rock around Rome is soft. For three thousand years that has meant one thing: if people wanted a space, they cut it.

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Caving in the Simbruini mountains

A guided visit to natural caves inside the Monti Simbruini park, wearing a helmet and head torch, through tunnels and narrow passages.

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Speleo-canyoning in a hidden cave

A trip that combines caving with canyoning progression techniques: you walk through underground chambers, cross fixed sections and rope traverses with a helmet, harness and head…

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Pastena caves

Walk into the hill on wet steps, in a guided group of no more than twelve.

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Bunker Soratte: two hours inside Mussolini's mountain

Guided visit to the tunnels dug into Monte Soratte from 1937, later used as a German command post and then adapted as an atomic shelter.

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Catacomb of Santa Cristina, Bolsena

An underground early-Christian cemetery cut into the tuff beneath the basilica, with roughly 1,600 burials used between the third and fifth centuries.

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Climb down the steps inside the Turk's Cave

To the left of the sanctuary church a stairway drops into the Grotta del Turco, the third and largest fissure of the split mountain: a pointed arch of rock open to the sea, wher…

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The Anagni cathedral museum and the crypt of San Magno

A guided visit to the cathedral of Santa Maria Annunziata at Anagni and its museum: the chapter library, the old treasury, the Caetani chapel, the oratory of Saint Thomas Becket…

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Orvieto Underground: the caves under the town

A guided walk through part of the man-made caves dug into the tufa rock under Orvieto, with cisterns, quarries and dovecotes cut into the cliff.

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The mummies in the crypt of Santo Stefano

The crypt under the church of Santo Stefano holds bodies that dried out naturally instead of decaying, found during nineteenth-century exhumations, together with skulls and bones.

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Narni Underground: the Inquisition cell found in 1979

A guided visit to the rooms under the former convent of San Domenico: a frescoed church, a Roman cistern and the cell used by the Holy Office, whose graffiti are still being res…

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Viterbo Under the ground

Underground Viterbo: the short tunnel route

A 25-minute walk through about 250 metres of tunnels cut into the tufa under Piazza della Morte, on two levels at three and eight metres below the square, lit by LEDs.

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Viterbo Under the ground

Underground Viterbo plus the Templar Museum

A one-hour guided route covering about a kilometre of tunnels under Viterbo plus entry to the Templar Museum, with a tasting of local products.

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In the old stones

Some of the best days out of Rome cost nothing and cannot be booked, because there is nobody to book them with.

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Arpino In the old stones

The pointed arch at Civitavecchia, Arpino

Megalithic walls above Arpino, and a corbelled pointed arch cut through them that has no equal anywhere else in the Mediterranean.

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The cyclopean walls of Alatri

Polygonal blocks fitted without mortar, standing in the middle of the old town, and a gate whose single lintel stone weighs about as much as a locomotive.

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The Mamma Ciociara monument, Castro dei Volsci

A Carrara marble figure on the old rock of San Pietro, raised in 1964 to the women of this valley who were assaulted here at the end of the war.

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The cathedral of San Pancrazio

A Baroque cathedral at Albano Laziale, from the eighteenth century.

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The cathedral of Santa Maria

A Romanesque cathedral at Anagni, from the eleventh century.

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Fontana Ranuccio

An archaeological site at Anagni.

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Statua di fanciulla da Anzio

A monument at Anzio.

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Arco di Marcantonio

A triumphal arch at Aquino, from the second century.

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Piazza di Corte

A square in Ariccia.

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The bridge of Ariccia

A bridge at Ariccia.

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The cathedral of Tivoli

A Baroque cathedral at Tivoli, from the seventeenth century.

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Ponte Lucano

A bridge at Tivoli.

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Porta Romana

A town gate in Barbarano Romano.

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Piazza Silvestri

A square in Bevagna.

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The basilica of Santa Cristina

A Romanesque basilica at Bolsena, from the eleventh century.

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The cathedral of Bomarzo

A Renaissance church at Bomarzo.

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The cathedral of Santo Stefano

A Neoclassical church at Bracciano, from the twelfth century.

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The walls of Capalbio

Town walls at Capalbio.

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The sanctuary of Mentorella

A sanctuary at Capranica Prenestina.

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Belvedere di San Leucio

A viewpoint at Caserta.

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The cathedral of Casertavecchia

A Romanesque cathedral at Caserta, from the twelfth century.

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Piazza Carlo III

A square in Caserta, built by Luigi Vanvitelli.

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Acquedotto Carolino

A Neoclassical aqueduct at Caserta, built by Luigi Vanvitelli.

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The collegiate church of San Tommaso

A Baroque collegiate church at Castel Gandolfo, built by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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The sanctuary of Częstochowa

A Baroque monastery at Castel Gandolfo, from the fourteenth century.

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The basilica of Sant'Elia

A Romanesque basilica at Castel Sant'Elia, built by Virginio Vespignani.

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The cathedral of Civita Castellana

A Romanesque cathedral at Civita Castellana, from the twelfth century.

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Ponte Clementino

A bridge at Civita Castellana, built by Filippo Barigioni.

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The fountain of Vanvitelli

A Neoclassical fountain at Civitavecchia, built by Luigi Vanvitelli.

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The bridge of Santi

A bridge at Collepardo.

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Ruderi di San Martino

An archaeological site at Fara in Sabina.

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The cathedral of Ferentino

A Romanesque church at Ferentino, from the ninth century.

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Ponte Due Giugno, Fiumicino

A bridge at Fiumicino.

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Piazza del Popolo, Fiumicino

A square in Fiumicino, from the nineteenth century.

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Arco di Tito, Fiumicino

A triumphal arch at Fiumicino, from the first century.

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The cathedral of San Pietro

A Baroque cathedral at Frascati, from the seventeenth century.

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The sanctuary of Capocroce

A Baroque sanctuary at Frascati, from the seventeenth century.

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The sanctuary of Greccio

A sanctuary at Greccio, from the thirteenth century.

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The walls of Giglio Castello

Defensive wall at Giglio.

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Latina In the old stones

The cathedral of San Marco

A cathedral at Latina, built by Oriolo Frezzotti.

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Acquedotto Traiano

An archaeological site at Manziana.

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Ponte Real Ferdinando

A bridge at Minturno, from the nineteenth century.

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The cathedral of Santa Margherita

A Renaissance basilica at Montefiascone, built by Michele Sanmicheli.

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The bridge of Augusto

One arch of the Roman bridge that carried the Via Flaminia over the Nera, still standing in the river.

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Acquedotto romano della Formina

An archaeological site at Narni.

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Fonte Feronia

A fountain at Narni.

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Ponte Cardona

A Roman bridge in the woods above Narni, part of the Formina aqueduct that still feeds the town.

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The cathedral of San Giovenale

A Romanesque church at Narni, from the eleventh century.

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The sanctuary of Diana

An archaeological site at Nemi.

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The cathedral of Nepi

A church at Nepi.

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The aqueduct of Nepi

A monument at Nepi.

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Porta di San Cesareo

A city gate in Orte.

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The cathedral of Orvieto

A Gothic cathedral at Orvieto, from the thirteenth century.

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The basilica of Sant'Aurea

A Renaissance cathedral at Lido di Ostia, from the fifteenth century.

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Fontana dello Zodiaco

A fountain at Lido di Ostia, from the twentieth century.

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Porta del Sole

A city gate in Palestrina.

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Porta San Cesareo

A town gate in Palestrina.

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The sanctuary of Fortuna

An archaeological site at Palestrina, from the second century BC.

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Borgo castello di Castiglione

A castle in Palombara Sabina.

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The cathedral of Pitigliano

A Baroque cathedral at Pitigliano.

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Fontana delle Sette cannelle

A fountain at Pitigliano.

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Acquedotto Mediceo

An aqueduct at Pitigliano.

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The walls of Pitigliano

Town walls at Pitigliano.

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The cathedral of Poggio Mirteto

A Baroque cathedral at Poggio Mirteto, from the seventeenth century.

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The walls of Rieti

Town walls at Rieti.

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The sanctuary of Fonte Colombo

The wood above Rieti where Francis of Assisi dictated the rule of his order, in the thirteenth century.

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The basilica of San Francesco

A Gothic basilica at Rieti, built by Elias Of Cortona.

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Piazza San Rufo

The small square that Rieti calls the navel of Italy, with the stone that marks the claim.

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Ponte romano di Rieti

A bridge at Rieti.

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Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II

The main square of Rieti, with the town hall along one side and the cathedral bell tower over it.

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Porta d'Arci

The Roman gate where the Via Salaria entered Rieti, still standing in the town walls.

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Porta Conca

A gate on the lower side of Rieti, where the walls come down towards the Velino.

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Porta Cintia

A gate in the medieval walls of Rieti, on the road that climbs out towards the mountains.

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Arco di Bonifacio VIII

A monument at Rieti.

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Sabaudia In the old stones

Fonte di Lucullo

A fountain at Sabaudia.

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Saturnia In the old stones

The walls of Saturnia

Town walls at Saturnia.

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Porta Romana

A city gate in Saturnia.

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Porta Pia, Soriano nel Cimino

A city gate in Soriano nel Cimino, built by Michelangelo.

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Sovana In the old stones

The walls of Sovana

Town walls at Sovana.

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Subiaco In the old stones

The cathedral of Santa Scolastica

A Romanesque cathedral at Subiaco, built by Giacomo Quarenghi.

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Centro storico di Sulmona

An old village in Sulmona.

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The cathedral of San Panfilo

A Romanesque cathedral at Sulmona, from the twelfth century.

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The cathedral of Tarquinia

A Gothic church at Tarquinia, from the thirteenth century.

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The cathedral of Terracina

A Romanesque church at Terracina.

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Tuscania In the old stones

The cathedral of Tuscania

A Renaissance church at Tuscania, from the sixteenth century.

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The walls of Tuscania

Town walls at Tuscania.

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Porta Napoletana

A city gate in Velletri.

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The cathedral of Viterbo

A Romanesque cathedral at Viterbo, from the twelfth century.

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Porta Romana

The gate on the Rome side of the walls of Viterbo, from the thirteenth century.

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Quartiere San Pellegrino

An old village in Viterbo.

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Porta Fiorentina

The gate on the north side of Viterbo, where the road for Florence leaves the walls.

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Gallese In the old stones

Ponte Minucio

A bridge at Gallese.

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Borgo medievale di Nettuno

An old village in Nettuno.

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The fountain of Nettuno

A monument at Nettuno.

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Manciano In the old stones

The aqueduct of Fiora

An aqueduct at Manciano, from the twentieth century.

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The walls of Manciano

Town walls round the hilltop of Manciano, with the Sienese fortress at the top of them.

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The walls of Montemerano

Town walls at Manciano, from the twelfth century.

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The walls of Sorano

Tufa walls round the old town of Sorano, above the Lente valley.

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The walls of Montorio

Town walls round Montorio, a hamlet of Sorano out in the fields.

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Amelia In the old stones

The cathedral of Amelia

A Baroque church at Amelia.

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The walls of Porto Ercole

Town walls at Monte Argentario.

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The walls of Orbetello

Town walls round Orbetello, out on the sand bar between the two halves of its lagoon.

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The walls of Talamone

Town walls above the harbour at Talamone, on the coast at the north end of Orbetello.

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The walls of Cosa

An archaeological site at Orbetello, from the third century BC.

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The walls of Roccalbegna

Town walls under the two rocks that give Roccalbegna its name.

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The walls of Cana

Town walls round Cana, a hamlet of Roccalbegna in the Maremma hills.

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Spoleto In the old stones

Ponte delle Torri

The bridge that crosses the ravine behind the fortress of Spoleto on piers as tall as the hill, carrying an aqueduct.

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The aqueduct of Cortaccione

An aqueduct at Spoleto.

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The fountain of Mascherone

A fountain at Spoleto, from the seventeenth century.

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Fonte di Piazza

A fountain at Spoleto.

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Ponte Sanguinario

A Roman bridge under the streets of Spoleto, buried when the river was moved and dug out again.

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Ancient olive trees on terraced ground In the old stones

Arco di Druso e Germanico

A triumphal arch at Spoleto.

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The walls of Spoleto

Defensive wall at Spoleto.

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