Caprarola On the trail

Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola: entry ticket

Caprarola

A pentagon set on a fortress foundation, with a spiral staircase running up through the middle of it on stone columns. That staircase, the Scala Regia, is why people come to Caprarola, and the painted rooms are why they stay.

How the day goes

  1. In from the terraces that step up above the town square.
  2. The Scala Regia, then the state rooms frescoed from floor to ceiling.
  3. The upper gardens, if you are there at one of the set entry times.

Where it is

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

Caprarola, and where it is from Rome Caprarola drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 74 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 74 min Rome Caprarola

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Piazza Farnese, 1, 01032 Caprarola (VT), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 14drive from the middle of Rome
  • 62 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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6.8 km and 691 metres of climbing, with a guide and never more than ten of you.

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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

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