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.
Cassino is one of the most important centres of southern Lazio, a hub and hinge between the regions of Lazio, Campania, Molise and Abruzzo. Two events shaped the town: the arrival of St. Benedict (San Benedetto da Norcia) in 529 with the foundation of the Abbey of...
In a picturesque setting of gorges and torrents, the municipality of Castel di Tora is a wonder of Lazio. It is one of the 'Borghi più Belli d'Italia' (Italy's most beautiful villages) gorgeously stretched on the banks of the artificial lake Turano and surrounded by...
Castel Gandolfo, the “Town of the Popes”, is one of the most beautiful villages in Italy. It lies in the Castelli Romani, on the edge of the volcanic Lake Albano. Summer residence of the Popes since the early seventeenth century, the village boasts cultural and...
Castel Madama developed on the slopes of the Prenestini Mountains between the 10th and 11th centuries around the ancient village of Castelluccio. Originally called Castrum Sancti Angeli, Castel Madama enjoyed a thriving economy for many centuries, respectively under...
The municipality of Castel San Pietro Romano is a small balcony overlooking the province of Rome from the top of Mount Ginestro. Included in the club of 'I Borghi più Belli d'Italia' (Italy's Most Beautiful Villages) , it has been honoured as one of 'Italy's 100...
The fortified little hill town of Castel Sant’Angelo lies on the slopes of the Reatini Mountains, in a dominant position overlooking the Upper Valley of the River Velino, at the point where the Via Salaria [Salt Road] crosses the plain of San Vittorino, which is rich...
The village of Castel Sant'Elia sits on a tuff plateau on the eastern side of the Suppetonia Valley. Its name derives from the ancient monastery of Sant’Elia. An amazing site is the Sanctuary of Maria Santissima ad Rupes excavated in the tuff and reachable via a snug...
Castelforte is 160 kilometres from Rome and 100 from Latina. The easternmost town in the Latina province, it sits on a hill of the Aurunci Mountains which overlooks the Garigliano Plain and shares the border between Lazio and Campania with Minturno and SS. Cosma e...
The municipality of Castelliri lies at the foot of the mountains that proudly bear the name of the Ernici, the people who inhabited it before it became a Roman colony in 305 BC. Underground, little-known caves are concealed above the new centre, in the shadow of the...
Castelnuovo di Farfa is a small village in Sabina, nestled in the greenery on a hill between the Farfa River and the Riana Stream, within the Riserva Naturale Regionale Nazzano Tevere-Farfa. One of its main attractions is the unique Museo dell’Olio della Sabina. The...
Perhaps the village was born before the year 1000, but what is certain is that in 2021 it became one of the `I Borghi più Belli d'Italia' , the 23rd in Lazio. From the top of a tuff hill between two valleys furrowed by the Chiarano ditch and the Mola, the municipality...
Established by Abbot Desiderio to protect the territory of Montecassino, Castelnuovo Parano stands at the extreme southern edge of the province of Frosinone, so much so that in the past it marked the border between the possessions of the Abbey of Montecassino and the...
In the Tiber Valley rises Castiglione in Teverina, the 'City of Wine' on the Wine Road of Alta Tuscia, surrounded by thick woods and vegetation, 45 minutes from Viterbo and an hour and a half from Rome. The history of Castiglione in Teverina goes back to the...
Castro dei Volsci, the "Balcony of Ciociaria", with its breathtaking view over the Valle del Sacco, obtained the Orange Flag from the Italian Touring Club and is considered one of Borghi più Belli d’Italia. Here and there in the village, we come across mysterious...
The village of Castrocielo in Ciociaria takes its name from the Castle of Castrum Coeli, whose ruins on Mount Cairo still exist. The main attractions of this small town are the Monacato of Villa Eucheria and the Ancient Aquinum. Founded by the Benedictine Abbot...
The small burg of Cave, at an altitude of 900 metres, is surrounded by the chestnut groves of the Prenestini Mountains. Once a fiefdom of the Colonna Family, today it preserves the remains of one of the oldest medieval castles in Lazio. In Cave, the Village of Cribs,...
Ceccano is located on a slope within sight of the Sacco Valley. With Volscian origins, over the centuries, it has had a heavy Roman presence: it is believed that it might correspond to the ancient Roman city of Fabrateria Vetus. However it was in the Middle Ages that...
Celleno is the City of Cherries and rises on a tuff spur between two streams. This stunning terrace overlooking the Tiber valley is enveloped in the verdant nature of the Tuscia Viterbese between olive and cherry trees. Celleno Antica is one of the most beautiful...
Cellere, overlooking the Maremma Laziale from a tuff spur, is one of the Cities of Olive Oil (EVO Canino DOP), and the hometown of the renowned bandit Domenico Tiburzi, born in the hamlet of Pianiano. The village probably owes its name to the ancient Roman settlement...
Ceprano is located where the Liri and Sacco Rivers meet. It is known as the city of Argil, for the discovery, in the 1990s, of homo cepranensis, the oldest human fossil found in Europe: one more piece in the puzzle of human evolution. The city of Fregellae dates back...
The village was founded in 1236 by the people of nearby Cerveteri. It developed over a pre-existing settlement and its location was chosen for its ideal position, overlooking the valley. A gate constructed against the cliff is the entrance to this small enchanting...
Cerreto Laziale, 70 kilometres from Rome, is a village in the Giovenzano valley, lush with fields, chestnut and oak woods. It stands on a hill on the slopes of the Ruffi mountains. The small town is dominated by a 14th-century medieval tower, which was a refuge for...
A typical mountain village, the highest in the province of Rome and the second highest in Lazio after Filettino, Cervara di Roma boasts a wonderful panoramic position, encircled by lush meadows and beech forests in the Monti Simbruini Park. It has always been a...
Cervaro, a village overlooking the Cassino plain from the mountain of the same name, is crossed by the The Prenestina-Casilina stretch of the Southern Via Francigena. In the early Middle Ages, the abbot of Montecassino built the defensive castle of Castrum Cerbari on...