Lazio

Living in the shadow of the Colosseum is no easy feat, yet the Lazio region is a tireless guardian of fairytale beauty. Its villages are all to be savored, with a slow pace and a curious soul. Small ghost towns dot this land, evocative and magical places, like Bagnoregio, perched on a crumbling rocky spur, and Antuni, which from its hilltop overlooks a panorama of water like a flower-filled balcony: Lake Turano. These towns tell stories that are fading away, lost in time. Among the city's narrow streets, squares, and palaces, the Roman spirit still lingers, intertwined with ancient legends, such as that of Tuscania, a small town whose foundation is linked to Ascanius, son of Aeneas. The temples and patrician villas of Tivoli and the Roman port of Civitavecchia, still a crossroads for people, many heading to the capital, the undisputed queen of this land, are also worth contemplating. Ancient traditions color Lazio, some a sign of a rebirth, like the Cauliflower Festival in Tuscania, which is inextricably linked to the 1971 earthquake; others are steeped in spirituality and mysticism, like the Column of Saint Rose, which weighs 52 quintals and is carried on the shoulders of a hundred men every year in Viterbo. This land is a fundamental piece in world history, with stories and legends intertwined with ancient folklore, nestled among the hills that gradually slope down to Circeo, where the land ends and the Mediterranean Sea