Sightseeing the Sabine region, gives you the opportunity to discover in an harmonious sequence of green hills which run down from the Sabini mountains to the Farfa river valley.
Narrow valleys, shaped by springs and watercourses, run between the hills that give way to a sheer rural landscape whose typical essential element are the olive groves together with beech and oak woods.
Local produce
The farm Montepiano produces extra virgin olive oil.
By following the hill ridge line linking ancient Roman and medioeval centres, trekker will discover historical small villages, sanctuaries, farmhouses, water-mills, roman ruins, historical, religious and artistic treasures, colourful environment, beautiful scenery, old traditions and gastronomic specialities.
None place will turn to be repetitive or granted because peculiarity is the keyword for this land that inhabitants have shaped with passion during a 3000 year long history.
The Farfa Abbey and Castelnuovo di Farfa (40 minutes driving distance)
The Abbey was powerful in its day (1200's) being a center of temporal and spiritual power . Visit to the fourth century Church of Santa Maria, its crypt and cloisters. At the monumental abbey complex are gathered important art works,archeological pieces, 20,000 antique volumes and engravings. In close proximity is Castelnuovo di Farfa where palazzi and Italian gardens are worth a visit, the town hall and olive oil museum celebrating the areas dominance in oil.
Other touring ideas in the area
- Monteleone Sabino and its Roman archaeological site (45 minutes driving distance);
- The Franciscan Sanctuaries: Fonte Colombo, La Foresta , Greccio and Poggio Bustone (40 minutes driving distance);
- Rieti, capital town of the Sabine (30 minutes driving distance);
- Rome, Viterbo, Orvieto, Assisi, Florence, Naples (at a day trip distance);
- I Massaci, a main Roman tomb in Osteria Nuova (30 minutes driving distance).