Lazio is the region of routes: itineraries and paths are strategic for tourism promotion, knowledge and enhancement, as well as the identity characteristics of the territories. Villages and landscapes are connected to each other by a network of roads, the excellence of the “slow” and “outdoor” tourist segment, a slow tourism on a human scale, through which to rediscover the true dimension of time and space. They are ancient routes of pilgrimage, roads of conquest and trade, paths of art and history, from the West and the East of Europe, which are intertwined around Rome, both as a final stop and as a passage for pilgrimages and overseas travels. Through these areas, an personal dimension of the journey can be regained, also to be experienced not just as a mean to reach a destination. The paths of Lazio are also a driving force to bring the culture of hospitality to the attention of international tourism, promoting the many sites of excellence, the tastes and the hospitality along the way. “
If Italy is the"land of saints, poets and navigators", Lazio is the homeland of brigands, who were feared, but also acclaimed by the population and despised by nobles and policemen. Controversial personalities, sometimes indecipherable, who, escaping the law and...
Extending just over 300 km, through the green heart of Italy, on foot, bicycle or horseback, this route starts in Umbria, then crosses the whole of Lazio to reach its southern border with Campania. The “Cammino” links the three most important Benedictine sites,...
In 2003, when it was inaugurated, the route only passed through the territory of the Valle Santa (Holy Valley) in Rieti, in an area of 80 kilometres. Today it has been extended to various regions, going from Assisi to Rome or vice versa, through ten stages, to...
The Via Francigena, that goes from Canterbury to Rome, is a main road used in the past by thousands of pilgrims travelling to reach the tombs and places of the martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul. It was the most important of the great connecting roads that crossed...
Marked with the Franciscan cross, produced with a sourdough yeast starter and 0 km stone-ground flours, the ‘pane dell’accoglienza’ or ‘bread of hospitality arrives from the bakeries. It combines the symbolic value of bread as a staple food with the goodness of the...
The journey to explore the nature in this area begins with the historical valley floors, woods and mountains in a “secular” journey, an exciting trail that goes from Rome to l’Aquila, a tourism aimed at great experiences, and promoting the protection and enhancement...
The Cammino di Benedetto is a hiking trail that crosses Lazio and its traditions, exploring ancient villages and towns in evocative landscapes. For the pilgrim headed towards Rome, this is an experience that also includes all the foods tasted along the way, perhaps...
The best known path in the Aurunci Mountains is probably the Redentore Trail or Path of the Redeemer, locally known also as “Path of the Statue”. It starts in Maranola, a lovely ward that can quickly be reached from Formia, and continues along a narrow paved road with...