Fara In Sabina On the trail

Guided tour of Farfa Abbey

Fara in Sabina

Farfa ran an empire of land and books while Rome was small and dangerous. A monk still walks visitors through it: the frescoed basilica, the chapter house, the crypt underneath, the chronicle that recorded the lot.

How the day goes

  1. Arrive in the abbey village and wait for the tour to gather.
  2. Into the basilica and its frescoes, then the refectory and the chapter house.
  3. Down into the medieval crypt, and up to the rooms of the Chronicon Farfense.
  4. Afterwards the village shops and the Sabina hills, both at the door.

Tours leave at set times with the abbey's own people, so the day is built around their timetable rather than yours.

Where it is

Fara in Sabina at its real position from Rome, with everywhere else we list behind it — so you can see how far out this one is.

Fara in Sabina, and where it is from Rome Fara in Sabina drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 50 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 50 min Rome Fara in Sabina

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Via del Monastero, 1 - 02032 Fara in Sabina (RI), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 50 mindrive from the middle of Rome
  • 45 kmeach way
  • Rent a car for the day

    The day stays yours: you leave when you want, stop where you want, and come back when the light goes.

    • You pick it up in Rome and drop it back in Rome
    • No timetable to build the day around
    • The stops on the way are the good part, and they need a car

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  • Have a driver take you, door to door

    No parking to find, no wrong turns, and you leave when the day is done.

    • Picked up where you are staying, dropped back there
    • No parking to find and no ZTL to worry about
    • Nobody spends the day driving

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Ruderi di San Martino

An archaeological site at Fara in Sabina.

Free — nothing to pay

Just turn up — open air, any hour

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