Calcata On the trail

Archaeo-trekking to the Pizzo Piede necropolis in the Treja valley

Calcata

Ancient Narce lies in the gorge with nothing between you and it: no railing, no ticket desk, no glass. You climb down into a chamber tomb with its sarcophagi still in place, then come back out into the trees.

How the day goes

  1. Down into the Treja gorge on paths that run under the tufa walls.
  2. The remains of Narce, and the tomb you go inside rather than look at.
  3. Up the far side, with Monte Soratte standing alone across the plain.
  4. Finish in Calcata, on its own rock, in lanes too narrow for a car.

It is a long day on rough ground where hands are sometimes needed; smaller children and anyone after a gentle stroll will get more out of the Corchiano gorges.

Where it is

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

Calcata, and where it is from Rome Calcata drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 67 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 67 min Rome Calcata

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Calcata — the town, not the meeting point. Ask them where exactly to turn up; the number is on this page.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 07drive from the middle of Rome
  • 55 kmeach way
  • 6 honce you are there
  • 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 Calcata

Calcata With your hands

Opera Bosco: art made of the forest, in the forest

A museum of art in nature below Calcata: a marked route through installations built from materials found on the spot, with an optional workshop in which visitors make their own …

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More on the trail

A stony ridge path across open highland On the trail

Monte Soratte from Sant'Oreste

6.8 km and 691 metres of climbing, with a guide and never more than ten of you.

€49 per person

Books on Nature of Sal — Salvatore Benintende

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A child in a harness crossing a rope bridge between trees On the trail

A morning in the trees

Clip into a harness and cross the trees: from age four there is a course to do.

€5 per person

Books on ViviAvventura

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