Olevano Romano With your hands

Cesanese tasting among the vines at Olevano Romano

Olevano Romano

There is a Roman villa in these vineyards — no ticket office, no railing, just walls standing among the rows because nobody ever moved them. The estate grows organic Cesanese around them.

How the day goes

  1. Walk the vineyard on the Terre del Cesanese road, past the ruins.
  2. Taste the Cesanese with the people who grow it.

Arrange the visit before you drive up: this is a working farm on a hillside road, not a tasting room with opening hours.

Where it is

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

Olevano Romano, and where it is from Rome Olevano Romano drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 69 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 69 min Rome Olevano Romano

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Olevano Romano — the town, not the meeting point. Check with the operator where exactly to turn up: their own page is linked further up.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 09drive from the middle of Rome
  • 68 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 — so you can actually drink

    Our pick for this one

    There is wine at the end of this one. Somebody else driving is not a luxury here.

    • Picked up where you are staying, dropped back there
    • No parking to find and no ZTL to worry about
    • Nobody has to stay off the wine

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