Discover the history and traditions by combining the pleasures of a trip and gastronomy, to experience the deep soul of millenary Lazio. Villages and cities perched on mountain ridges or lying along a gulf of crystal clear water, around lakes or in the green of the woods an hour from Rome invite you to experience the good old-fashioned life.
Piansano is located in the province of Viterbo, in a hilly area with an average altitude of 400 m above sea level, at just over 100 km from Rome. Its origins date back to the Etruscan period when there was an urban settlement called Maternum in the area that is now...
Picinisco is a fortified medieval village, at 725 m above sea level, located over the Comino Valley, which includes the western slope of Monte Meta, 2,242 m above sea level. The village offers exciting views and a wide choice of activities, especially outdoor. The...
The burg of Pico, in Ciociaria, is immersed in the Parco Naturale dei Monti Aurunci, among hills cultivated with olive groves and vines. “Roads and stairs that rise like a pyramid, thick with carvings, cobwebs of stone” this is how Montale describes the medieval...
A few km from the Abbey of Montecassino, dominated by the Castle, an ancient garrison of the valley, it was damaged by WWII bombing, but restructured as a symbol of memory and peace. Part of the vast holdings of the Abbey of Montecassino since the Middle Ages,...
Piglio, in its dominant position in the Sacco Valley, is located in the province of Frosinone about 70 km from Rome. Set on a rocky spur of the Scalambra massif at an altitude of 650 m above sea level, the village is divided into a series of streets that lead to the...
Pignataro Interamna in Ciociaria arose at the confluence of the Liri and the Spalla Bassa Rivers in Roman times, and became the Latin colony of Interamna Lirenas in 312 BC. Not to be missed is a visit to the national monument , the Church of the Madonna dei Sette...
The village of Pisoniano is located in the province of Rome, 50 km from the capital, at an altitude of 532 metres above sea level. The village is named after the villa, located in the locality of Le Grotte, where the Roman aristocrat Gaius Calpurnius Piso found refuge...
Pofi, a village sitting on the top an ancient extinct volcano, offers a 360° view over that part of Ciociaria dotted with flower greenhouses. Pofi, the seventh stop on the route Prenestina – Casilina, the latter, a stretch coinciding with the Southern Via Francigena,...
From the slopes of Mount Rosato, Poggio Bustone dominates the Rieti Valley and the Lakes Lungo and Ripasottile. This small village in Sabina, immersed in a Franciscan atmosphere, is the hometown of the famous singer/songwriter Lucio Battisti, and the village of the...
The little village of Poggio Catina lies in the heart of the lush Sabina region, amidst thick woodland and olive groves. It sits on a foothill of the south-west side of the Sabini Mountains 400 metres above the sea level. The hamlet of Catino is part of the same...
This charming little municipality, known in ancient times as Podium Myrtetum, is in the Sabina area, close to Rieti, and lies in the Tiber Valley just fifty kilometres from Rome. It was founded in the mid-13th century by the inhabitants of nearby castles who decided...
Situated in the Upper Sabina region, Poggio Moiano sits on a hill at 500 metres above the sea level and within the Lucretili Mountains Regional Park, and area abounding with monuments of Roman and medieval origin. Worth visiting is the small rural church of San...
The village of Poggio Nativo is stretched out on a rocky spur overlooking the Farfa Valley and is known for the wholesomeness of its products, from extra-virgin olive oil to cherries. This area is characteristic of the Sabina region: olive groves, small oak woods,...
The origins of Poggio San Lorenzo and its community are very ancient and date back to the Roman age with the walls and arches in opus reticolatum, the Roman Pontiche. According to tradition the name Poggio San Lorenzo was given to the village by its inhabitants after...
From Poli you can admire Monte Guadagnolo and the Prenestini Mountains. It is the village where, already in 1300, the Fraticelli della Vita Povera or Fraticelli della Opinione had spread, a group condemned as heretical by the popes. Continuing to Villa Luana, you will...
Pomezia is a town dominated by Rationalist monumental architecture, the typical geometrical-monumental Fascist style also to be found in other towns in Lazio; Latina, Sabaudia, Pontinia and Aprilia. Located 35 km from Roma, Pomezia is one of the New Towns, originating...
Pomezia was founded in 1939 and developed as an industrial centre in the 1960s. Its Rationalist architecture in typical geometric-monumental fascist style, is also present in other new towns in Lazio, such as Latina, Sabaudia, Pontinia, and Aprilia. The Museo Città di...
Pontecorvo, in the “Parco Naturale Regionale dei Monti Aurunci”, is the kingdom of the Carnival and the Pontecorvo DOP Pepper. The town was so important that, already in the nineth century, its Castle dominated the Liri River. It dates back to around 860 A.D., when...
Pontinia, lying on the Pontine Plain about 90 km from Rome and 20 from Latina, is the City of Foundation inaugurated on December 18, 1935, exactly one year after the laying of the first stone. The original urban nucleus, still intact, follows the style of other "new...
Ponza, the most important island of the Pontine Archipelago, and one of the most charming in the Tyrrhenian Sea, can be reached by boat from Formia, Terracina, San Felice Circeo and Anzio. The Bourbonic port, dominated by the multicoloured houses of the Bourbon style...
Ponzano Romano is a village in the heart of the Tiber Valley, hosting the AmenCutti, the first first Christmas Museum in Italy. The village developed on the right bank of the Tiber River, while the Sabines settled on the left one. In the old part of town stands the...
The ancient town of Posta arose around a pre-existing Franciscan Convent on a hill facing Mount Machilone, whose remains are still visible. The new part of the village developed along Via Salaria, by the Church of San Felice, a rest stop for the pilgrims who travelled...
The village of Posta Fibreno overlooks the “Riserva Regionale Naturale Lago di Posta Fibreno”, the Comino and the Liri Valley, from a hill leaned to the mountains of the “Parco Nazionale Abruzzo Lazio e Molise”. In 2025, the American TV network CNN included the...
Pozzaglia is a village within a magnificent pine forest, which offers a pleasant stay in nature and excursions to Lake Turano, nestled in the mountains. Particularly interesting from a naturalistic point of view is the Pila Cave, a natural cavity approximately 40m...