Fragrant bread, aromatic wine and “porchetta” (the traditional spiced slowly-roasted pork meat), but also chocolate, chestnuts, forests, hills, trails, lakes, seasonal festivals, taverns, culture, folklore, “er venticello fresco” (the fresh breeze of the hills) and the history of the Roman Empire at the age of the Popes that one can breathe walking through the alleys of every village and in the gardens of the villas of the nobles families of the past or the pontifical estates: all this and much more are Castelli Romani (the Alban Hills).
Plan your tailor made day trip to enjoy, at Winter time in a warm and cozy typical tavern or at Summer time under the shade of a chestnut forest, at only 50 Kms from the sea of Ostia!
How to reach Castelli Romani:
By train:
Metro A until the last stop “Anagnina”;
then regional COTRAL bus to Ciampino, Velletri (Marino, Albano Laziale, Ariccia, Genzano di Roma-Nemi, Lanuvio, Lariano), Colle Mattia (Frascati), Colonna Galleria, to Colleferro-Segni-Paliano with stops in Ciampino, Tor Vergata (Frascati), Colle Mattia (Frascati), Colonna Galeria
From Rome Termini station, regional train lines
to Ciampino, to Frascati, to Albano Laziale with stops at Pantanella or Sassone (Marino-Ciampino), to Velletri wich stops at Casabianca (Marino-Ciampino), to Napoli (regional with stops at Pomezia- Santa Palomba (Albano Laziale), Campoleone (Lanuvio), Cisterna di Latina (Velletri), to Frosinone (regional with stops at Ciampino, Tor Vergata (Frascati), Colle Mattia (Frascati), Colonna Galleria, to Colleferro-Segni-Paliano with stops in Ciampino, Tor Vergata (Frascati), Colle Mattia (Frascati), Colonna Galleria
Private bus lines:
- Schiaffini (Castel Gandolfo, Ciampino, Nemi, Frascati, Grottaferrata, Marino, Rocca di Papa)
- Onorati (Albano Laziale, Ariccia, Genzano di Roma, Lanuvio)
- Cotravtpl (Velletri)
- Corsi e Pampanelli (Montecompatri)
- Calabresi Bus (Monte Porzio Catone)
By car:
From the Ring of Rome (G.R.A.) Napoli direction, exit at: Via Tuscolana SS215 (Frascati, Grottaferrata, Monte Porzio Catone, Montecompatri, Colonna, Rocca Priora); or Via Appia SS7, (Ciampino, Marino (S. M. delle Mole), Albano Laziale, Castel Gandolfo, Ariccia, Genzano di Roma, Lanuvio, Velletri, Lariano)
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