Albano Laziale On the trail

Albano's civic museums and its Roman monument circuit

Albano Laziale

Albano was a legionary fortress before it was a town. Septimius Severus parked a whole legion on this hill, and the modern streets still run along the lines of its camp — you walk the plan without noticing.

How the day goes

  1. Start at the civic museum in the centre and walk straight in, no booking, no fixed slot.
  2. Out on the monument circuit: the Roman gate, the cisterns, the tombs along the old road.
  3. The legion museum holds what came out of the fortress the town was built on top of.
  4. Down to the lake afterwards, or back along the Appia towards Rome.

This is a town read at your own pace rather than a guided day; a visit with someone talking you through it is arranged well ahead by phone.

Where it is

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

Albano Laziale, and where it is from Rome Albano Laziale drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 40 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 40 min Rome Albano Laziale

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Viale Risorgimento, 3 — 00041 Albano Laziale (RM), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 40 mindrive from the middle of Rome
  • 26 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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Also around Albano Laziale

Albano Laziale In the old stones

The cathedral of San Pancrazio

A Baroque cathedral at Albano Laziale, from the eighteenth century.

Free — nothing to pay

Just turn up

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