The Eternal City. The capital of the Christian world. The seat of the Papacy. A totally unique place.
Can one really resist the fascinating pull of Rome? Almost an impossibility, yet why not try spending a few days exploring Lazio, the region of Rome?
Take time to do so and discover a region of outstanding natural beauty with an extraordinary variety of landscapes; wide beaches, great pinewoods, mountains such as Terminillo (an excellent ski resort), gentle hills and wide plains.
A wealth of artistic monuments illustrating the long and extraordinary history of this region in the most immediate of manners.
At Tarquinia, Cerveteri and Tuscania, necropolis and museums bear testimony to the ancient and mysterious Etruscan people (seventh to sixth centuries B.C.) who ruled central Italy before the rise of Rome.
Vestiges of the Roman era as well as those from subsequent historical periods abound throughout Lazio. One only has to think of the splendour and grandeur of Villa Adriana in Tivoli (where the Renaissance Villa d'Este can also be found), the seventeenth-century Palazzo Barberini in Palestrina and the Cathedral in Anagni...
The abbeys of Montecassino, Casamari and Fossanova and the monasteries of Subiaco, places which Saint Benedict of Norcia held most dear...