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Kayak on Lake Albano

Three hours paddling across Lake Albano, gear included, children from six up.

€42.40 per person

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SUP or kayak with an instructor, Lake Bracciano

Ninety minutes on Lake Bracciano with an instructor: board, paddle, dry bag.

€15 per person

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Surf lessons at Santa Marinella

A surf school in front of Banzai Beach at Santa Marinella, running since 2002 with instructors certified by the Italian surf federation.

On the water

Windsurf courses at Santa Marinella

Windsurf courses at beginner, intermediate and advanced level at the Banzai beach club on the Aurelia at Santa Marinella.

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Gaeta–Sperlonga coastline boat tour with snorkelling

Cast off at 9:30 for the Blue Grotto of the Dolls, snorkel kit on board.

€60 per person

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Introductory sailing lesson off Ostia

Forty-five minutes from Piramide by train, then you take the helm off Ostia.

€45 per person

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Circeo sea caves by boat

Forty caves along the Circeo promontory, twelve aboard, two hours and a quarter.

€40 per person

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Ride a cable wakeboard park

No boat: a cable tows you across, and one hour on it is enough to find out.

€25 their price

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Wakeboard on the Tiber

Ninety minutes on a wakeboard on the Tiber, without leaving Rome.

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On the water

Learn to wing foil on Lake Bracciano

A course of four lessons on the lake, board and wing included, with the club that runs them.

€400 per booking

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On the water

Dive in a volcanic lake at Bracciano

Walk in from the lakeshore into a volcanic lake: shelving bottom, no current.

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On the water

Canoe and kayak lessons on the Aniene

Individual or small-group lessons on the Aniene, starting from the basics: reading the current, handling the paddle and moving safely.

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Urban rafting on the Tiber

Paddle under Castel Sant'Angelo and past Tiber Island, down the middle of Rome.

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Down the river

Packrafting the Aniene solo

You paddle an individual inflatable kayak down the Aniene, with guides alongside.

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Walk and raft descent of the Aniene inside Rome

A circular route inside the Valle dell'Aniene nature reserve in Rome: a guided walk along the reserve paths, then a raft descent of the river past old bridges and small rapids, …

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Rafting through the historic centre of Rome on the Tiber

A raft descent of the urban stretch of the Tiber.

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Soft rafting on the Aniene

Five kilometres down the Aniene. Helmet and paddle included, shuttle to the start.

€25 per person

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Power rafting on the Aniene

The same stretch of the Aniene as the soft rafting but run in wetsuits, with a land briefing first, then strong currents, rapids, surfing and jumps at the end.

Down the river

Rafting with a brewery stop on the river

A soft rafting descent of the Aniene that stops at the Aimara craft brewery, which sits directly on the water.

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Canyoning down to the Laghetto di San Benedetto

A stretch of the Aniene done on foot, through gorges, with jumps, natural slides and rope descents.

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Family rafting on the Nera, for people who cannot swim

A calmer five-kilometre descent of the Nera inside the river park, between Ferentillo and Arrone, away from the rapids below the waterfall.

Down the river

River Adventure: jumps and slides in the Nera gorge

A walk-and-swim route through the gorge below the falls with jumps and natural slides, done in a wetsuit with a guide.

Down the river

Canyoning in the Mola and Casco canyons

Two routes: a base descent in the Mola canyon in the Valle del Salto, reached with ten minutes of walking, where the descent can be stopped at any point; and an advanced one in …

Down the river

Rafting, canoe and SUP on the Nera at Ferentillo

A river centre in the village of Ferentillo running rafting in inflatable boats, inflatable canoes and stand-up paddle on the Nera, plus combined outings with trekking or with a…

In the hot water

Sulphur pools in the Sabina hills

Sulphur pools open till 18:30, and the operator publishes the train to get there.

€12 per person

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In the hot water

The natural steam grotto at Terme dei Papi

A cave cut into the rock where hyperthermal water surfaces at 58 degrees and fills the room with steam, used as a natural Turkish bath.

In the hot water

Acque Albule thermal pools

Six pools at a steady 23°C, and the station is right behind the park.

€16 per person

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Terme dei Papi monumental pool

The water leaves the ground at 58°C, and on Saturday you can still be in it at 1am.

€12 per person

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Tuscia Terme thermal park

Five hours in thermal water up to 58°C and nothing else to plan that day.

€12 per person

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Thermal park and day spa at Stigliano

Five hours in a thermal park, and cold weather is the reason to go.

€25 per person

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Sulphur thermal spa at Tivoli Terme

A day pass to the thermal spa fed by the sulphurous Acque Albule springs on the road between Rome and Tivoli.

In the hot water

Sulphur-water day spa at Ferentino

A thermal day spa at Ferentino built on a sulphurous hot spring.

In the hot water

The thermal park at Saturnia: pools at thirty-seven degrees

The spa's own park, with outdoor thermal pools fed by the spring, whirlpool jets, vascular walks, sauna and an argillarium.

In the hot water

Day pass to the monumental thermal pool at Terme dei Papi

A day ticket to the large open-air thermal pool fed by the Bullicame spring, the historic spa of Viterbo.

In the hot water

Saturday night swim in the monumental thermal pool

A night ticket to the open-air thermal pool of Terme dei Papi, valid from 21:00 to 01:00.

In the hot water

Hydrosound sensory pool at Terme dei Papi

A twenty-minute session in a sensory pool for a maximum of five people at a time, with colour therapy, hydromassage and music heard with the ears just under the water while lyin…

In the airTrending

Hot-air balloon over the Tiber valley

Lift off at first light over the Tiber valley. The transfer from Rome is included.

In the air

Shared hot-air balloon flight from the Rome area

A shared hot-air balloon flight sold by an operator that flies from three Italian bases, one of which is served as the Rome departure.

In the air

Private hot-air balloon flight from the Rome area

The private version of the balloon flight from the Rome base, sold as a whole-basket booking rather than per seat.

In the air

Shared helicopter flight over Rome and Lake Bracciano

A shared-seat helicopter tour that flies over the city of Rome on standard routes and out to Lake Bracciano and its castle.

In the air

Private helicopter flight over Rome and Lake Bracciano

The private version of the same helicopter route: the operator describes it as an overflight of Rome with a view of the monuments, from standard routes, out to Lake Bracciano an…

In the air

Sightseeing flight over the villas south of Rome, by helicopter or two-seat plane

A gift box sold by a travel company: the buyer chooses either a helicopter or a two-seat light aircraft flight over the villas south of Rome.

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Tandem paragliding over Norma

Fifteen minutes in the air over Norma strapped to a pilot, or ninety if you want.

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In the air

Tandem skydive from 4,000 m, Nettuno

Step out of a plane at 4,000 metres above Nettuno, strapped to an instructor.

In the air

Adventure park by Lake Vico: rope bridge, tree climbing and archery

An outdoor centre at Caprarola by Lake Vico offering archery, free climbing on an artificial wall, a Tibetan rope bridge and zip line, tree climbing, an agility course and orien…

In the air

Tandem paragliding with a 1983 flight school at Norma

A tandem paragliding flight from the Norma take-off with an instructor of ASD Aero Club Union, a flight school active since 1983 and recognised by the Aero Club d'Italia.

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In the air

Tandem paragliding for two at Norma

A tandem paragliding product for two people sold by ASD Aero Club Union at Norma.

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In the air

Powered paraglider tandem flight near Rome

A tandem flight under a powered paraglider, listed by ASD Aero Club Union alongside its free-flight tandems.

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On two wheels

E-bike the aqueducts and the Appia Antica

Three hours on an e-bike, out through the aqueducts and along the Appia Antica.

€8 per person

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On two wheels

E-bike in the Castelli Romani, by train from Rome

The train tickets are in the price. You ride the Castelli, Castel Gandolfo to Nemi.

On two wheels

E-bike around Frascati

Thirty minutes from Termini by train, then six hours through Frascati vineyards.

€89 per person

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On two wheels

E-bike along the Aniene and up to Jenne

Guided electric bike rides on the trails of the Monti Simbruini park.

On two wheels

Woods and abbeys: trekking plus e-bike in the Valnerina

A four-hour outing that mixes walking and an e-bike ride through the woods of the Valnerina to an abbey, guided.

On two wheels

Five mountain-bike rings bookable all year, from eight riders up

The same association runs five fixed mountain-bike rings, each a full day out: the Val d'Orcia ring (41 km, 1200 m of climb), the Monti Amerini ring (37 km, 1500 m), the Lake Bo…

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On two wheels

Rent a road, gravel or e-bike beside the Saturnia hot springs

A bike rental centre a few metres from the Terme di Saturnia, on the provincial road, with a published price list: gravel bikes from €49 a day, road bikes and e-MTBs at €59, roa…

On two wheels

Appian Way and Aqueducts e-bike tour

A four-hour small-group e-bike tour, 30 km, starting from Via dei Cerchi 59 in front of the Circus Maximus, the closest departure point to the Appian Way by bike lane.

On two wheels

E-bike rental at Circus Maximus

E-bike rental from a shop at Via dei Cerchi 59, in front of the Circus Maximus.

On two wheels

Push bike rental at Circus Maximus

Non-electric trekking and city bike rental from the shop at Via dei Cerchi 59, in front of the Circus Maximus.

On two wheels

Appian Way guided bike tour

A four-hour guided ride on the Via Appia Antica, which the operator notes is almost entirely closed to traffic on Sundays, past the Baths of Caracalla, Porta San Sebastiano, the…

On two wheels

Bike and e-bike rental near Termini station

Bike and e-bike rental from a family-run shop in Via dei Mille 8, near Roma Termini.

On horseback

Ride through the pinewood into the ruins of Ostia Antica, lunch included

Half a day on horseback from a ranch inside the coastal nature reserve on the edge of Rome.

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On horseback

Horse ride in the Lepini woods plus tasting

A horse ride through the woods above Cori or among the estate vineyards, with the Fontana del Prato riding school, followed by a guided cellar visit and tasting.

On horseback

A day on horseback across the Simbruini plateaus

A full-day ring ride on horseback across the karst plains of Campaegli and Camposecco inside the Monti Simbruini regional park, with a stop for lunch in a mountain refuge and a …

On horseback

One-hour guided ride in the Castelli Romani park

An hour on horseback in the Parco dei Castelli Romani with a certified guide, leaving from Via Sicilia at Rocca di Papa.

On horseback

An hour and a half on horseback between the vines, then a tasting

A ride of about an hour and a half on horseback through the vineyards, followed by the cellar tour and a tasting of six wines with local products.

On horseback

On horseback along the banks of the Tirino

A guided ride along the banks of the Tirino, run by the same co-operative that manages the river centre at Capestrano.

On horseback

Full-day horse trek to the Monterano ruins

A full day in the saddle leaving around 10:30 and returning around 17:30, roughly four hours on horseback.

On horseback

Ride from the pinewood out onto the beach at Ostia, with an aperitivo

Three to four hours in the saddle for experienced riders: from the ranch through pinewood and forest out to the beach at Ostia, Rome's own coast, where the ride stops at a beach…

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On horseback

Riding the Tolfa hills, with an aperitivo

Ride out into the Tolfa hills for three hours. They also go out at sunset.

On horseback

Riding through the Castelporziano pines to Ostia beach

Ride through the Castelporziano pines and come out on the beach at Ostia.

On horseback

Horse trekking on the Tirino with a tasting

A guided horse trek in the Tirino valley combined with a tasting of local products, run by the same operator as the canoe trips.

On horseback

Horse riding at a farm born from a riding stable

An agricultural estate that grew out of a riding stable and keeps horses at the centre of what it does, offering horse rides alongside archery, yoga and holistic sessions and a …

With your hands

Beekeeper for a day at Monte Livata

Putting on a beekeeper's suit and working a real hive: about three hours that start with a welcome breakfast of honey products and then move into the work of the apiary.

With your hands

Truffle hunting with a dog

Meet at the station, follow the dog into the wood, dig up what it finds.

€72 per person

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With your hands

Truffle hunting and eight-course lunch

Metro C to the end of the line, two hours hunting, then a seven-course lunch.

With your hands

Pasta making in the countryside, with a winery tour

Make the pasta at a Frascati winery: 22 minutes by train, picked up at the station.

€109 per person

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Buffalo dairy: milking, curd and tasting

Be there for the 8:30 milking and the 9:00 curd: the timetable is the tour.

€15 per person

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Frascati wine tasting in a volcanic grotto with a view over Rome

A guided tour of a Frascati winery built around a 16th-century villa, including the vineyards and the historic volcanic cave used as a cellar, followed by a tasting.

With your hands

Beekeeper for a day inside the Castelli Romani park

A beekeeper opens the hives and explains how the colony is organised and how honey is made, in an apiary inside the Parco Regionale dei Castelli Romani.

With your hands

Six bookable Frascati Superiore tastings at Villa Simone

Villa Simone at Monte Porzio Catone sells six tastings that can be booked and paid on its own site, from a wine-only flight to wine with food.

With your hands

Cesanese tasting with vineyard and cellar visit at Olevano

A visit to the vineyards and cellar at Olevano Romano followed by a tasting of the estate's premium Tenuta al Campo wines with dry savoury snacks, plus its own extra-virgin oliv…

With your hands

Cellar walk and tasting of two Ponza wines

A short guided walk that ends inside the cellars of Antiche Cantine Migliaccio, with a tasting of two wines grown on the terraces of the island.

With your hands

Buffalo farm visit with a full mozzarella tasting

The farm visit plus a tasting of what the dairy makes that day: ricotta, burrata, smoked and plain ovolina, stracciatella and smoked scamorza, all from buffalo milk.

With your hands

Sagrantino at Caprai: vineyards, cellar and a guided tasting

A walk through the vineyards and the cellar of one of the estates that brought Sagrantino back, ending with a guided tasting.

On the trail

Climbing lesson on the Subiaco wall

Climbing on an indoor artificial wall with routes for every level and an instructor always present.

On the trail

Rock climbing on the crags around the falls

A climbing session with instructors on the crags near the Marmore falls.

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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On the trail

Two-day survival and bushcraft camp

Two days learning fire, knots, shelter building and orientation in the Monti Simbruini with national survival instructors.

On the trail

Monte Viglio, the roof of the Cantari ridge

A ring hike from the Serra Sant'Antonio pass above Filettino to the summit of Monte Viglio, the highest peak of the Monti Cantari at the eastern edge of the Simbruini park.

On the trail

Villa Gregoriana at night

Evening openings of the Villa Gregoriana park on Fridays and Saturdays in summer.

On the trail

Two-day trek between the lakes sleeping in tents hung from trees

Day one walks from Castel Gandolfo to Nemi between the two lakes, with a brunch stop at a farm bistrot and a floating aperitivo on the lake at the end; the night is spent in ten…

On the trail

Treetop adventure park in the woods above Rieti

An acrobatic course between trees at Colle San Mauro, the wooded hill inside Rieti at 400 m.

On the trail

Ski and snowboard lessons at Pian de' Valli

Lessons at Pian de' Valli from the largest ski school in Lazio, founded in 1960, with forty instructors covering alpine skiing, snowboard and nordic skiing.

On the trail

Themed guided walks at the Marmore Falls

The park sells four themed guided visits: the Balcone degli Innamorati under the falling water, a walk on the park trails covering history, flora and fauna, an animated visit fo…

On the trail

Ten kilometres through the Bagnoregio badlands

Guided trek starting from Lubriano through the clay badlands carved by rainwater around Civita.

On the trail

Walks and canyon descents from the gate of Arpino's cyclopean acropolis

A farm restaurant and camper area right beside the acropolis of Civitavecchia di Arpino, the one with the pointed-arch gate.

Off road

Kart rental at an international circuit in Viterbo

The international kart circuit of Viterbo, which hosts national and world championship rounds, also sells kart rental, amateur races and free practice to the public.

Off road

Sunset at 1,200 metres on Monte Semprevisa, by quad

Three to three and a half hours on a quad from Bassiano up the Monte Semprevisa to Campo Rosello at 1,200 metres, about thirty kilometres of tarmac, unmade road and forest track.

Off road

Pizza delivered to 1,200 metres, after the quad ride up

The same thirty-kilometre route up Monte Semprevisa as the classic tour, with the same briefing and practice area, but at Campo Rosello the pizzas ordered in advance arrive hot.

Off road

Quad, a vineyard labyrinth and a violin maker's workshop

Six or seven hours starting at four in the afternoon: a quad ride through the Monti Lepini to Limito, the vineyard labyrinth, where the ride breaks for a tasting of Marco Carpin…

Off road

Through the vineyards by off-road Polaris, then six wines

A ride through the vineyards on a six-seat Polaris off-roader, then the cellar and a tasting of six wines paired with local products.

Off road

One hour on a quad or dune buggy through Etruscan farmland

A guided hour on a quad or a dune buggy through the countryside of Cerveteri, along farm roads between olive groves and vineyards as far as the hilltop hamlet of Ceri, then back…

Off road

Two hours on a quad or dune buggy at Cerveteri

A two-hour guided ride on a quad or dune buggy through the Etruscan countryside around Cerveteri, half of it on unsurfaced tracks.

Off road

Three-hour quad ride to the Sant'Antonio waterfall

A three-hour guided ride on dirt tracks between olive groves and vineyards through the Etruscan territory of Cerveteri, with a stop at the Cascatella di Sant'Antonio where the o…

Off road

Quad ride plus a guided visit to the Banditaccia necropolis

Five hours in total: three on a quad or dune buggy across the Cerveteri countryside to the Banditaccia Etruscan necropolis, then two hours visiting the tombs of the UNESCO site.

Off road

Three-hour quad ride to the Manziana caldare

A guided quad ride from a base at Bracciano.

Off road

Six to seven hours on a quad around Lake Bracciano

The long version of the guided quad excursion from the Bracciano base, sold as a whole-day ride.

Off road

Rental karting on an outdoor track on the edge of Rome

An outdoor rental karting track on the western edge of Rome, open in the evenings.

Under the ground

Caving in the Simbruini mountains

A guided visit to natural caves inside the Monti Simbruini park, wearing a helmet and head torch, through tunnels and narrow passages.

Under the ground

Speleo-canyoning in a hidden cave

A trip that combines caving with canyoning progression techniques: you walk through underground chambers, cross fixed sections and rope traverses with a helmet, harness and head…

Under the ground

NarniAdventures: rope bridges and a zip line in a 13th-century cistern

Inside the Lacus, a vaulted thirteenth-century room under Piazza Garibaldi, an indoor adventure course with rope bridges, a zip line and an artificial climbing wall, built with …

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Under the ground

Stiffe caves: an underground river you walk beside

A guided walk into an active resurgence cave where a river runs, with waterfalls and pools along the route.

Under the ground

Etruscan Rock Necropolises and Civita Museum, Grotte di Castro

Two Etruscan rock-cut necropolises, Pianezze and Centocamere, reopened to the public on 1 May, plus the Civita museum in the village, which reconstructs the interior of a chambe…

Under the ground

Castello Ruspoli plus the Vignanello underground tunnels

A combined visit: the Ruspoli castle and its gardens, then the tunnels dug under Vignanello known as 'I Connutti'.

Under the ground

Pastena caves

Walk into the hill on wet steps, in a guided group of no more than twelve.

€10 per person

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Guided walk through the Pastena caves

A guided walk through a through-cave that water still runs into, inside the Monti Ausoni regional park.

Under the ground

Wading the Falvaterra underground river, blue route

A caving trip on foot through the active branch of the Falvaterra system, walking in water at about 14-15 degrees.

Under the ground

Wading the Falvaterra underground river, green route

The longer caving route through the active Falvaterra system.

Under the ground

Bunker Soratte: two hours inside Mussolini's mountain

Guided visit to the tunnels dug into Monte Soratte from 1937, later used as a German command post and then adapted as an atomic shelter.

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Under the ground

Catacomb of Santa Cristina, Bolsena

An underground early-Christian cemetery cut into the tuff beneath the basilica, with roughly 1,600 burials used between the third and fifth centuries.

In the old stones

The pointed arch at Civitavecchia, Arpino

Megalithic walls above Arpino, and a corbelled pointed arch cut through them that has no equal anywhere else in the Mediterranean.

Free — nothing to pay

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In the old stones

The cyclopean walls of Alatri

Polygonal blocks fitted without mortar, standing in the middle of the old town, and a gate whose single lintel stone weighs about as much as a locomotive.

Free — nothing to pay

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In the old stones

The sanctuary of Santa Maria della Rotonda

Albano's main church was never built as a church: a round Roman hall from Domitian's villa, given an altar and never empty since.

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In the old stones

The cathedral of Santa Maria

The mother church of Anagni and the seat of its bishops, and the point a walk through the old town tends to arrive at.

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In the old stones

The collegiate church of Santa Maria Assunta

Bernini designed this church for the Chigi, and its front closes the Piazza di Corte: Roman Baroque built whole, in a Castelli town.

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In the old stones

The sanctuary of Santa Maria di Galloro

A Marian sanctuary out at Galloro, built around a venerated image and given its facade by Bernini.

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The bridge of Ariccia

Rather than drop into the valley, the Via Appia crosses it on a monumental viaduct, and still runs over the top today.

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The cathedral of Tivoli

San Lorenzo is the seat of the diocese and a minor basilica: the main church of a town most people reach for other reasons.

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In the old stones

Piazza Silvestri

Bevagna's main square is held up as among the finest medieval town planning in Umbria, a civic centre never rebuilt over.

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In the old stones

The basilica of Santa Cristina

Where the eucharistic miracle of Bolsena is said to have happened, the scene Raphael painted for the Vatican, and where the martyr is buried.

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The cathedral of Bomarzo

The parish church of Bomarzo, dedicated to the Assumption, and the stop the walk through the old centre folds around.

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In the old stones

The cathedral of Santo Stefano

Santo Stefano Protomartire, the main church of Bracciano's old town and the fixed point its centre is arranged around.

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