Following the path of the twelve along the Via Francigena, we arrived in Nemi. An afternoon telling about the new way of doing tourism and the program of discoverplaces.travel for the enhancement of minor centers.
Nemi “Borgo di Vino” (wine village) an original wine tasting walk through the streets of Nemi, the village of strawberries, tasting the best wines of the Roman castles and around the world.
Spend a different kind of Sunday in Nemi and its fascinating lake hidden inside the Castelli Romani Park: a small oasis of peace so close to the capital. This enchanted village is one of those places where the hands of time seem to have stopped. Above the clear waters of Read more…
Saturday the 7th of April was a great day to be outside in the fresh air, and what better place than Nemi, a town in the province of Rome, to be out and about with family and friends!
Colourful and tasty, wild strawberries that have an ancient and mysterious origin linked to the pangs of love are celebrated every year in the famous Nemi strawberry festival. The strawberries grow hidden in the woods of Nemi, a well-known town on the edge of the enchanting lake of the Castelli Read more…
Most of us have all heard of the Via Francigena, the path travelled by pilgrims to visit the tomb of St. Peter’s in Rome starting from Canterbury in England, but still few know that the journey continued to Brindisi where the faithful embarked to sail to the Holy Land. This Read more…
Since 1922 Nemi has held an annual festival of strawberries and wild strawberries. Strawberries occupy a prominent place in Nemi economy and all the restaurants, cafes, bars and stalls offer them prepared in many different ways. In the shops there is no shortage of jams, syrups, ice cream and liqueurs. Read more…
Since the Middle Ages it had been known that at the bottom of the lake were the boats of Caligula that made up the artificial island where the emperor had his festive palace in honour of Diana. Over 30 years the ships were recovered and are on display in a Read more…
Nemi is part of the Castelli Park and the area of the lake is among the most attractive of the park. Lake Nemi is of volcanic origin and occupies one of the volcano’s craters. In areas around the banks of the lake you will encounter many sportsmen who walk its Read more…
The Church is one of the largest in the Castelli Romani and owes its name to the chapel of the castle probably built near a well. In the early nineteenth century, following the restoration of the facade, the actual inscription placed on the pediment reads: Deo et beatae Virgini in Read more…
