Rocca di Papa
The highest of the Castelli towns, on the cone inside the crater.
8 days outthe nearest is a 41 min drive from Rome
Rocca di Papa is built up the side of Monte Cavo, the volcanic cone standing inside the larger Alban crater. The old quarter is a spiral of stairs and arches, and from the top you see both lakes and the sea on a clear day.
The Roman Sacred Way still runs up the mountain to where the temple of Jupiter Latiaris stood — you walk the original basalt paving. Below, the woods and the two crater lakes are half an hour of anybody's afternoon.
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On two wheelsElectric bikes to ride the old Via Sacra, the Loggetta, Fontana Tempesta, the Grotticelle and the Rotte Cave up to the top of Monte Cavo, where there is a food stop.
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On horsebackAn hour on horseback in the Parco dei Castelli Romani with a certified guide, leaving from Via Sicilia at Rocca di Papa.
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With your handsTwo tastings in the historic rooms of a hunting lodge that belonged to the Colonna family, followed by a plated dinner.
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On the trailA four-hour, nine-kilometre loop of medium difficulty around the Via Sacra climbing towards Monte Cavo, up to the belvedere over both lakes.
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On the trailMeet at Campi di Annibale at nine, climb through the woods to the Loggetta viewpoint and on to the top of Monte Cavo, the summit of the Castelli Romani.
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On the trailTwo routes on the flanks of Monte Cavo — the panoramic one and Le Due Vette — walked with a qualified mountain guide, through the Faete wood, the Grotticelle and the old Via Sac…
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On the trailA three-kilometre loop with 126 m of climb starting from Campi d'Annibale, a hamlet of Rocca di Papa at 757 m, along the Roman paving of the ancient Via Sacra that led to the te…
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In the old stonesA sanctuary at Rocca di Papa, from the twentieth century.
Free — nothing to pay
Just turn up
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