Cori
A hill town with a Roman temple still standing in it, above the vineyards of the Lepini foothills.
11 days outthe nearest is a 1 h 12 drive from Rome
Cori is built in steps up a spur, and the temple of Hercules at the top has been standing since before the Republic. The old town below it is walls, arches and staircases, most of them older than they look.
What you book here is mostly the table: the wine of the hills, the oil, and the farms in the country underneath that cook what they grow.
Best fit for this section first, then whatever you can book today. Closest to Rome breaks a tie. Never by who pays us.
On horsebackA 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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With your handsTasting 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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With your handsGuided 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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With your handsA 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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With your handsA 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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With your handsA 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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With your handsA 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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On the trailGuided walk through Cori, taking in the church built over a Roman temple and the birthplace of Saint Thomas of Cori.
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On the trailGuided 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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On the trailMuseum 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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In the old stonesA church at Cori.
Free — nothing to pay
Just turn up
See the dayGetting there
The day stays yours: you leave when you want, stop where you want, and come back when the light goes.
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