Bassiano
A walled village high in the Lepini, and the ham that is named after it.
12 things to bookthe nearest is a 1 h 40 drive from Rome
Bassiano is a ring of houses inside a medieval wall on a shoulder of the Lepini mountains, and the air up here is the reason its prosciutto is famous — it is cured without smoke, the way the altitude allows.
Above and behind the village the mountains are limestone, which means walking, caves and the sort of tracks that need a vehicle built for them. The plain and the sea are both visible from the top.
Best fit for this section first, then whatever you can book today. Closest to Rome breaks a tie. Never by who pays us.
With your handsMuseum 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…
See the dayBest fit for this section first, then whatever you can book today. Closest to Rome breaks a tie. Never by who pays us.
On the trailGuided 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…
See the day
On the trailGuided 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…
See the day
On the trailFull-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…
See the day
On the trailOne-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…
See the day
On the trailBassiano is a medieval hill town in the Lepini built as a spiral, so the walk keeps turning back on itself through alleys and small squares.
See the day
On the trailJust outside the walls of Bassiano, a short walk takes you into the Selvascura woods to the Sanctuary of the Crucifix and its cave.
See the day
On the trailMonte Semprevisa is the highest of the Lepini at 1536 m, standing between Bassiano and Carpineto Romano.
See the dayBest fit for this section first, then whatever you can book today. Closest to Rome breaks a tie. Never by who pays us.
Off roadSix or seven hours starting at four in the afternoon: a quad ride through the Monti Lepini to Limito, the vineyard labyrinth, where the ride breaks for a tasting of Marco Carpin…
See the day
Off roadThe same thirty-kilometre route up Monte Semprevisa as the classic tour, with the same briefing and practice area, but at Campo Rosello the pizzas ordered in advance arrive hot.
See the day
Off roadThree 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.
See the day
Off roadAbout three hours on a quad after dark on the tracks of Monte Semprevisa, riding by headlight, with a stop for an aperitivo round a fire and an astronomer who points out the sta…
See the dayGetting there
The day stays yours: you leave when you want, stop where you want, and come back when the light goes.
Affiliate link — you pay their price, never more, and they pay us. You book with Localrent, and anything about that booking goes through them.
See prices on LocalrentNo parking to find, no wrong turns, and you leave when the day is done.
Affiliate link — you pay their price, never more, and they pay us. You book with Welcome Pickups, and anything about that booking goes through them.
See prices on Welcome PickupsLinks marked affiliate pay us a commission — you pay the operator's own price and we never take your money. How we rank