Cori On the trail

Museum of the town and territory of Cori

Cori

The museum lives inside Sant'Oliva, an Augustinian convent big enough to hold the whole story of the Lepini mountains, and the cloister you cross to get in is worth as much as the rooms beyond it.

How the day goes

  1. The floors run from the earliest settlements up through Roman Cori to the modern town.
  2. Original objects rather than reconstructions, which is rarer than it sounds.
  3. Groups can arrange a guided visit or a themed walk out into the town itself.
  4. The Roman temples up the hill are the same story, continued outdoors.

Guided visits are arranged ahead for groups; on your own it is a museum to read at your own pace.

Where it is

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

Cori, and where it is from Rome Cori 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 Cori

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Complesso monumentale di S. Oliva, the former Augustinian convent, via G. Matteotti snc, 04010 Cori (LT), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 12drive from the middle of Rome
  • 66 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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Guided walk through Cori, taking in the church built over a Roman temple and the birthplace of Saint Thomas of Cori.

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Guided hike through one of the finest beech forests of the Lepini to the 1,378 m summit of Monte Lupone, with a view over the whole range, the Pontine plain, Circeo and the Pont…

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Wine tasting at a historic Cori cooperative

Tasting of three wines from the native Nero Buono and Bellone grapes, served with bruschetta, cheeses and cured meats, at the cooperative founded in Cori in 1947.

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Vineyard and cellar tour with sparkling wine

Guided tour through the vineyard and the barrel cellar, then a tasting of the sparkling wine and the two DOC wines of the house, served with local food products.

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

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