Canale Monterano On the trail

Ancient Monterano: Bernini's ghost town in a nature reserve

Canale Monterano

Monterano emptied out and never came back. The church front and the fountain are Bernini's, and they stand alone in a valley where the ground steams sulphur and small waterfalls run through the wood.

How the day goes

  1. Walk in through the reserve: there is no road to the door and no bar at the end of it.
  2. Up to the ruined town, with the Bernini facade standing on its own against the sky.
  3. Past the sulphur vents and down to the waterfalls before turning back.

Nothing on the route sells water or shade, so you carry the day in with you and wear shoes that grip.

Where it is

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

Canale Monterano, and where it is from Rome Canale Monterano drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 73 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 73 min Rome Canale Monterano

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Via Monterone 9, 01010 Blera (VT), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 13drive from the middle of Rome
  • 49 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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