Montecchio On the trail

About a hundred day hikes a year in the Monti Amerini, with guides who wait for you

Montecchio

A walking club in the hills above Amelia that goes out most weeks of the year, with its own guides and a grade written on every outing, so you can pick the one your legs will enjoy.

How the day goes

  1. Say what you can walk, and they point you at the grade that matches it.
  2. The Monti Amerini are wooded hills with small villages standing on them.
  3. Every walk goes out led, on the standard Italian scale from easy paths upwards.
  4. Longer routes exist too, including the walk through the silent villages above Amelia.

The calendar lives on their social page rather than their website, so the dates come from a message or a call.

Where it is

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

Montecchio, and where it is from Rome Montecchio drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 98 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 98 min Rome Montecchio

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, Tenaglie di Montecchio (TR), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 38drive from the middle of Rome
  • 114 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 Montecchio

Montecchio With your hands

Cellar tour and tasting at Famiglia Cotarella

A two-hour guided visit to the Cotarella cellar with a tasting of the Poggio dei Gelsi and Trentanni wines, served with bread and the estate's own Marciliano olive oil.

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A grower tipping harvested grapes into a bin With your hands

Vineyard walk and tasting lunch in the barrel cellar

Three hours that pair a walk in the vineyards and a cellar tour with a tasting lunch served in the Barricaia, four cru wines and a seasonal menu built from the estate's own vege…

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Beekeepers working hives at the edge of a flowering field With your hands

Evening aperitivo among the vines

An evening slot from 17:00 to 20:00 with three cru wines - Meta Classico Brut, Verdeluce and Sorelle - served with cured meats, cheese and seasonal local dishes.

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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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