Travel Ideas

Get inspired by our fairytale itineraries: villages, nature, food and wine tours, perfect for experiencing the best opportunities in the region.

Chestnuts and toasts on the Altipiani di Arcinazzo

Chestnuts and toasts on the Altipiani di Arcinazzo

A bizarre autumn paints the Altipiani di Arcinazzo red and brown, making the area among Trevi nel Lazio, Arcinazzo Romano and Piglio look like an amazing Alpine landscape. Let us start our archaeological-naturalistic tour and conclude it with a taste of chestnuts and...

Mysterious sites in Lazio to be visited on Halloween

Mysterious sites in Lazio to be visited on Halloween

November, with its dark colours and long nights, bears a strong Gothic connotation. Halloween is the perfect occasion to explore five mysterious sites in Lazio. If you do not believe in demons, inexplicable deaths, ghosts, anathemas, and Knights Templar, you should...

Leaves changing colour and other reasons to love autumn in Lazio

Leaves changing colour and other reasons to love autumn in Lazio

The magical touch of Autumn paints the evocative landscape rust, red and gold, a combination of hues which can be admired from a few little-known observation points immersed in the nature. Are you curious to find out more? We will marvel at the trees changing their...

A journey through the orange flag villages in Lazio

A journey through the orange flag villages in Lazio

25 villages in Lazio have been awarded with the Orange Flag, a recognition conferred every year by the Touring Club Italiano for the excellent quality of the tourist offer and development of the territory. If you need to relax, you should enjoy this unforgettable...

Rieti among the Italian Queens of Sport

Rieti among the Italian Queens of Sport

Rieti confirms its position among the Italian top sport cities. According to the national sportsmanship index drafted every year by “Il Sole 24 Ore”, athletics in Rieti ranks seventh, and basketball thirteenth in the Italian Panorama. These extraordinary results were...

Leonessa, a village for all seasons

Leonessa, a village for all seasons

Nature, outdoor activities, culture, food and wine and events, get five, pay for one! We are in Leonessa, a village for all seasons, home of the famous fried, boiled or rescallata potato. “patata fritta, lessa o rescallata”.   Every season is right to visit this...

The unusual roman climate in october

The unusual roman climate in october

In the Eternal City summer arrives twice a year! Even in October, Romans and tourists can still enjoy sunny days in the unique setting of the most visited capital in the world. Until the end of the nineteenth century, the end of the grape harvest was celebrated in...

Formia, its Virtues and the Blue Flag

Formia, its Virtues and the Blue Flag

Have you ever tasted the Virtues of Formia? Seven of them are the ingredients of a traditional dish, and many others can be discovered in the shadow of the Blue Flag 2025. The virtù is an ancient recipe handed down through generations, the ladies of the Comitato della...

Waterfalls in Ciociaria and…

Waterfalls in Ciociaria and…

…you will fall in love! Ciociaria, a land of woods and grass plains, dotted with unexpected, little-known waterfalls, is surrounded by the Mountains: Aurunci, Ausoni, Ernici, Lepini, Simbruini and Meta, and crossed by the watercourses Amaseno, Aniene, Liri, Melfa,...

PIZZA: With Mortadella or Ham and Figs?

PIZZA: With Mortadella or Ham and Figs?

That is the question, Shakespeare would say. I have a love affair with pizza… let’s say it’s a kind of ‘bread and love and carbohydrates’, Julia Roberts would answer in search of happiness through the alleys of Rome in the movie “Eat, Pray, Love”. Let’s escape...

Exciting summer evenings in Lazio

Exciting summer evenings in Lazio

As Zucchero sings “Summer evenings“,“The Summer is ending and a year is passing”, answer the Righeiras in the 80s. To avoid the nostalgia of the end of Summer and the countdown to Christmas, let's enjoy the emotional Summer evenings along the Tyrrhenian coast of Lazio...

Sea or lake, it’s picnic time in Lazio

Sea or lake, it’s picnic time in Lazio

Checkered tablecloths, baskets full of goodies, beer and honest wine, we are ready for the long-awaited picnic! Whether on the grass, by the sea or a lake, or in a city park, an open-air summer weekend is a must. Here are some unmissable destinations in Lazio. Villa...

Do you know the Spanish steps in Rome?

Do you know the Spanish steps in Rome?

Whether you are a tourist or a local, you will probably answer "Of course!", but we will show you a couple of little-known places near the Spanish Steps, a great UNESCO World Heritage site in the Eternal City. The Spanish Steps owe their name to the Spanish Embassy at...

Grattachecca, a must in the Estate Romana

Grattachecca, a must in the Estate Romana

There is no proper Summer without grattachecca, a glass full of crushed ice and fresh fruit drowned in syrup. Unlike the granita, it mainly consists of ice, scraped from a block with an appropriate iron tool. This delicacy, thought to have origins in Abruzzo, appeared...

The Landriana gardens in Ardea

The Landriana gardens in Ardea

The over ten-hectare romantic Landriana Gardens in Tor San Lorenzo di Ardea, about thirty kilometres from Rome, offer visitors to experience the charming atmosphere of Spring, in all its scents and colours. The Gardens include several sections, each one hosting...

Six enchanted Spring Gardens in Lazio

Six enchanted Spring Gardens in Lazio

Spring, with its bright green and vivid colours, is waiting for you in the enchanted gardens of Lazio. Let us discover six little known and residential green areas, all rich in history and curiosities hidden among the bushes, trees, flowers, fruits and short water...

A strawberry heart as sweet as a mum

A strawberry heart as sweet as a mum

May, strawberry season, and Mother's Day. Let us enjoy a food-and-wine journey and taste this delicious, passion red fruit, a strawberry heart as sweet as a Mum! In Nemi it is possible to taste two kinds of small and large strawberries: the round ones between May and...

Val de’ Varri Caves in Cicolano

Val de’ Varri Caves in Cicolano

Let us be welcomed by the wild nature of Cicolano by exploring the Val de’ Varri CavesinPescorocchiano, a terraced village sitting on the sinkholes of the Carseolani Mountains with a view on the  the Lago del Salto. The Val de’ Varri Caves, crossed by a 1800- metre...

Four stories of supernatural love in Lazio

Four stories of supernatural love in Lazio

Let us explore four sites in Lazio related to supernatural love (the one with a capital L) or discover them with the ones you love! In Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli we find the first monument dedicated to love, the Antinoeion. Brought to light between 2002 and 2005, this...

The four historical carnivals in Lazio

The four historical carnivals in Lazio

Carnival is the time of the year when we can be a princess, somebody famous or a superhero! And, if you are looking for something even more curious, you can experience the four Italian Historical Carnivals in Ciociaria and Tuscia VT in Lazio and relive the history of...

Silent Walking in Lazio among the Big Benches

Silent Walking in Lazio among the Big Benches

In Lazio there are ten easily reachable Big Benches, from where you can breathe the view! The best way is, after a solitary, silent walk, to sit on the coveted Big Bench and admire all those details never discovered before, in nature, as well as in our soul. Silent,...

Six magnificent natural monuments in Lazio

Six magnificent natural monuments in Lazio

Let us get fascinated by the natural beauty of Lazio, through a journey among those Mother Nature Monuments, forged by wind, water, and ice, and discover six breathtaking attractions! We will start from the beautiful Small Lake Parco dei Mulini, in Ciociaria. Its...

Art and poetry of the tree trunks in Lazio

Art and poetry of the tree trunks in Lazio

Today, we suggest you a pleasant and original travel idea, the search for artworks carved on dead trunks in some of the Roman districts, and further away. “Tronchi Morti”, this is the title of a project, carried out by a young sculptor, Andrea Gandini, born in 1997,...

The sword in the stone on Monte Terminillo

The sword in the stone on Monte Terminillo

On Mount Terminillo, in the locality of Cinque Confini, we can relive the charming legend of the Sword stuck in the Rock by a Knight templar. A mysterious medieval story from 1307 talks about five Knights Templar who, fleeing the persecution of the King of France,...