Travel Ideas

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

Ostia: a sea of discoveries!

Ostia: a sea of discoveries!

The summer heat is arriving, and everyone is tuning in the top tunes of the moment, led by J-Ax with his summer hit "Ostia Lido"... so let's plunge into the “sea of Rome,” too... perhaps jumping off the famous Kursaal diving platform designed by Pierluigi Nervi, with...

Island… isolating yourself in magical Ponza

Island… isolating yourself in magical Ponza

A trip to Ponza for a shorter or longer holiday, or to spend a whole day there, is always a must do! It all begins when you board the motorboat, ferry or hydrofoil, and try to find the best place to watch the open sea, the white wake left by the boats, the seagulls...

Seventeen stops in Castelli Romani

Seventeen stops in Castelli Romani

It's hot. Is it going to be the swimming pool, sea, lake or countryside? No, Castelli Romani, cool in summer and ideal for a wholesome feast on one of the famous “fraschette”. Beautiful churches and great monasteries, historic buildings, archaeological remains and...

Goethe in Rome

Goethe in Rome

When Johann Wolfgang Goethe arrived in Rome in 1786, he was already a world-famous writer, thanks to his "Werther," but not yet that undisputed genius of the "Elective Affinities" or of the invention of the concept of world literature. Certainly - as we know from...

Ninfa, the most beautiful garden in the world

Ninfa, the most beautiful garden in the world

The splendid Garden of Ninfa, described by the New York Times as one of the most beautiful and romantic gardens in the world, will be reopening on Saturday, April 6th. Centuries-old plants and trees from various continents, fleshy fruits, dazzlingly-coloured flowers,...

The enchantment of Hanami in Rome

The enchantment of Hanami in Rome

While hunting for emotional experiences on your walks around Rome, stop and admire the wonder of Hanami, the blossoming of the cherry trees. The term Hanami originates with the Japanese culture, and indicates the enjoyment of the flowering of the trees and the change...

Lucrezia Borgia: beauty, treachery and power in Sermoneta

Lucrezia Borgia: beauty, treachery and power in Sermoneta

Even today, many still wonder whether Lucrezia Borgia was as beautiful as Pietro Bembo claimed. He kept a golden lock of her hair among his papers. The portraits of the time do not seem to dispel this doubt, but we must also take into account that the parameters of...

Romantic Lazio

Romantic Lazio

Medieval villages and castles unchanged over the centuries, beautiful rustic farmhouses surrounded by greenery, palazzetti and historic houses of great artistic value. In Lazio, you will find many ideal locations to satisfy everyone’s wishes, tastes and needs and make...

From Bassiano to the USA, the fame of Manuzio has no borders

From Bassiano to the USA, the fame of Manuzio has no borders

A revolutionary, lover of literature, "entrepreneur," inventor ... who is he? If you haven’t guessed yet, here are two other clues: small portable books and italic type. He is Aldo Manuzio, a native of Bassiano! It is precisely in the Pontine province that the Museum...

Elsa Morante

Elsa Morante

Born in Rome in 1912 from her mother’s extramarital relationship, little Elsa spent her childhood with her three smaller siblings in the working class district of Testaccio. A real bookworm, the young author began to write nursery rhymes and fairy tales for children,...

The great sporting events in Rome

The great sporting events in Rome

Roma caput sport! Periodically, the capital hosts international sports events that attract thousands of people throughout the year in an exceptional setting that makes all the events held there unique. Between February and March, lovers of the oval ball meet up at the...

Agro Pontino and Pontine Marshes

Agro Pontino and Pontine Marshes

Here begins an exploration of the places in the reclaimed Agro Pontino, where, before 1932, there was only the infamous expanse of the Pontine marshes and the immense forest, Selva di Terracina. A tour through the four “new cities” founded between 1932 and 1937 under...

From the Sebastiani shelter to the village of Sigillo

From the Sebastiani shelter to the village of Sigillo

The Sebastiani shelter, in the heart of Velino, is an important meeting point for the local hiking trails and the ideal starting point for climbing to most of the peaks in the group: the route towards Campo Felice is mostly on a dirt road and most suitable in winter,...

“Lights, camera, action!” Bloodmoon is filming in Gaeta!

“Lights, camera, action!” Bloodmoon is filming in Gaeta!

Turn off your mobile phones and start munching on popcorn, but don't make too much noise... in Gaeta, the cameras are rolling for Bloodmoon, the prequel to Game of Thrones, the most popular American TV series in the world! It’s impossible not to identify with the...

Tell it to the Moon

Tell it to the Moon

Vasco Rossi "tells it to the moon," Nino Manfredi takes all the brightest stars and a sliver of moon "all for us," and Jovanotti confides everything to the "city’s August moon" ... so many have written, sung and invoked the Moon hoping that their dreams would come...

The Nature Cycle: The wonders of the Parks of Southern Lazio

The Nature Cycle: The wonders of the Parks of Southern Lazio

One of the many reasons to choose Lazio as a holiday destination is to also fully enjoy the lush natural environment of its Regional Parks and of the Circeo National Park. An unmissable experience is to leave your car, grab a bicycle and take a leisurely ride through...

In Lazio, on the sets of “The Name of the Rose”

In Lazio, on the sets of “The Name of the Rose”

The Name of the Rose, from a literary bestseller by Umberto Eco, has been turned into an eight-episode TV series on Rai1. It drags us into the Middle Ages and recalls the other film by the same title released thirty years ago. But how many know that many of the most...

Livia, the empress of the Romans

Livia, the empress of the Romans

A Venus with the face of Juno, so the poet Ovid described her. In the numerous statues depicting her, she has no jewels or finely embellished garments, because her charm and beauty were enough to capture the attention of the artist portraying her. This beautiful woman...

The Duchessa Mountains: a tribute to Margaret of Austria

The Duchessa Mountains: a tribute to Margaret of Austria

The Duchessa Mountains: a beautiful name for the mountains that embrace the Valle del Salto to the east, almost where Lazio borders with Abruzzo, Regional Nature Reserve since 1990. There we also find the beautiful Duchessa Lake, one of the most attractive sites in...

Etruscopolis: time travelling!

Etruscopolis: time travelling!

Who wouldn't love, just for one day, to step into the shoes of a real Etruscan? To find out about the habits and customs of a people that was as sophisticated as it was enigmatic? Well, now you can, by visiting the underground park, Etruscopolis in Tarquinia. In 1999...

Everyone loves Carnival time

Everyone loves Carnival time

It's time for Carnival, time to have fun with friends and family, time to let yourself go and enjoy all the days of this festival. Then there's nothing better than going headlong into the madness and fun of the many events scheduled in Lazio to rediscover ancient...