Cisterna Di Latina On the trail

Guided visit to the Garden of Ninfa

Cisterna di Latina

Ninfa was a town until malaria and war emptied it. The Caetani let a garden grow through the ruins instead of clearing them, and a river runs down the middle of it, cold and clear enough to see the stones on the bottom.

How the day goes

  1. Booked online for a set day, then in with a group and a guide.
  2. Over the bridges and along the water, past roofless churches with frescoes still on the walls.
  3. Roses climbing the ruins, and trees brought here from other continents.
  4. Sermoneta is up on the hill above, and its castle belongs to the same foundation.

It opens on set days and only with a guide, so tickets go first: it is a walk on paths rather than a garden to sit in.

Where it is

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

Cisterna di Latina, and where it is from Rome Cisterna di Latina drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 72 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 72 min Rome Cisterna di Latina

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Strada Provinciale Ninfina 68, 04012 Cisterna di Latina (LT), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 12drive from the middle of Rome
  • 52 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 Cisterna di Latina

Cisterna Di Latina On the trail

Birdwatching walk in the Pantanello nature park

Guided group walk in the hundred-hectare re-naturalised wetland next to the Garden of Ninfa, led by naturalist guides of LIPU, the Italian bird protection league.

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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

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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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