Sora On the trail

The abbey Saint Dominic built on Cicero's villa, open every day in Sora

Sora

Cicero's family had a villa on this bank of the Liri. A Benedictine abbey went up on top of it, and the crypt underneath still stands on the columns the builders raised.

How the day goes

  1. The church is open right through the day and asks nothing but that you walk in.
  2. Down in the crypt the columns are the original ones, plain and close together.
  3. Mass times are posted on the door, and the visit works around them.
  4. The Liri runs past outside, which is why the abbey is where it is.

No guided visit is offered, so it suits someone happy to look and read rather than be told.

Where it is

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

Sora, and where it is from Rome Sora drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 94 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 94 min Rome Sora

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Abbazia di San Domenico Abate, 03039 Sora (FR), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 34drive from the middle of Rome
  • 111 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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