Special Experiences

Winery Fondi Rocca Priora,Wine tastings of the Castelli Romani

The Fondi winery shop is the best way to get to know and appreciate the oenological delights of the area around Rocca Priora. 

Nevino, the Rocca Priora history book for children

The history of the Rocca Priora snow industry was told in a small children's book written by Chiara Rossi and her daughter Virginia Belli and illustrated by Elettra Casali of Artistic is Better. 

Cantina Vini Giacobbe Paliano

An emotional tasting in the wine cellar, right in the center of Alberto’s vineyard, which can be reached from a suggestive cypress laden avenue.

Preparing sausages with Simona

Avete mai provato a fare una salsiccia?  A Paliano Simona della Fattoria Giasi organizza delle giornate per far provare l’esperienza di preparare una salsiccia sotto la sua esperta guida.

Si parte dalla preparazione dell’impasto della speciale carne di maiale della macelleria Agricola Giasi e tutti gli ingredienti a disposizione per cominciare l’avventura.

Nei fine settimana si può vivere una esperienza degustativa particolare a base di grano monococco nell’Agriturismo Bertacco di Paliano.

Un pranzo di degustazione che inizia con un antipasto con la “pizza fritta di grano monococco” e pomodorini dell’orto e continua con la famosa Pasta di grano monococco condita con funghi porcini e un filino di olio locale di antichissimo cultivar Rosciola.

Sangria at Donati's in Paliano

Sangria?  Prosecco? La frutta può essere abbinata a vino e piatti salati per un aperitivo originale e gustoso. La tradizione di mangiare le pesche con il vino è molto nota in Ciociaria ma oggi è sempre più frequente scegliere alcune particolari varietà di frutta da associare a vino di qualità.

What a great emotion to be in the evocative Sala della Ragione in Anagni to present an APP that guides you through a game to discover our beautiful towns!

It all started thanks to the Strada del Cesanese with Nino Borgia who falls in love with the Safari d’Arte project (http://www.safaridarte.it) of the Ara Macao Association, which has already been successfully tested in other cities.
"Why not do it in the municipalities of the Cesanese road?"
No sooner said than done.

From today, the Art Safari APP can be downloaded (http://www.safaridarte.it/app/) with itineraries in the municipalities of Anagni, Acuto, Affile, Paliano, Piglio and Serrone.

An invitation to share it all but also to taste more and more the quality of Cesanese wines which has reached levels of absolute pleasure.
Walking through the historic center of Anagni it is now possible to meet wine bars with expert staff who guide you in an intriguing way to discover the wine and the territory.

The young people are prepared, they have studied and they want to grow together with their town.

The link between businesses and the territory is the real strength we have in Italy and strengthening this connection is what can transform the tourist boom of the smaller territories into permanent wealth and true sustainable development.
This is why we have created the Discoverplaces Network in which we help companies to do marketing in connection with their territory, to understand how to exploit our history and grow together (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

We were very pleased to meet Carlo Zucchetti, another active protagonist in the promotion of our territory and the Cesanese, author with Pasquale Pace of the Enogastronomic Guide "The Places of the Cesanese".

But back to the Treasure Hunt and to this project that has now become a reality. As the mayor of Anagni Daniele Natalia rightly said, we will all have to actively promote it and the municipality will put it on its website to invite citizens and tourists to download it.

Our strength is in our past and we will be able to build a sustainable future if we know how to understand it and if we are committed to filling our weaknesses by learning to welcome Italian and international tourists.

Obviously it all ended with a tasting of some of the best Cesanese wines, from the cured meats of Fausto Minori di Serrone that I will never cease to thank and a taste of one of the symbols of Anagnina cuisine: the Timballo alla Bonifacio VIII.

A seed if well watered bears fruit, so also the hospitality to 4 young Chinese bloggers who last year came to know the Terre del Cesanese has brought its sweet fruits (you can see their story here: https: // www. youtube.com/watch?v=NF3o07uF3sA)
Monday and Tuesday, a year later, we returned to relive another fantastic experience together with two young Chinese influencers who in this year are traveling all over Italy, from Venice to Sicily, to tell the beauties of our country in China (https : //abitarearoma.it/la-cina-e-vicina-a-roma/) and that this week they were with us to discover the lands of Cesanese.
Our new friends are Amelie Wei, vlogger and journalist for Phoenix TV in Hong Kong, and Ciso, blogger of A Chinese friend, who with his dual Italian and Chinese culture is the reference point for all young Italians and Italian-Chinese. who want to know each other.

We are sure they will come back to visit us again.
It all stems from the passion for horses and from our Horse Museum where we have collected over a thousand objects including art, crafts and kitsch from all over the world and where the love for this animal can be breathed. Those who love horses recognize themselves.
From the photographic set of the museum to the one with the real horses and we took them on a visit to
Genazzano to caress Letter and his Alcam foal and for a photo shoot with our Italian champion Alessandro Donati and his splendid horses.
But beyond the horse we have thrilled them as the exciting Flight of the Angel of Fly in the Sky in Rocca Massima and a 'particular' dinner at Casale Verdeluna with the unforgettable wines of the L'Avventura farm and with the music of young Ciociari who sang the typical and funny songs of their land.
Together with the equestrian center, the farmhouse was another exceptional photographic set with the small bunches of grapes that have just started to come out and the sunset light that makes everything magical.
Telling our beauties is not enough, and to bring foreign tourists closer you need more.

You have to use the emotion of an experience, accompanied by a welcome that takes into account all the aspects necessary to make the tourist feel welcome in our beautiful country. Where to start? From a smile and the right training like the one we developed in the Friend Of Tourist seminars (www.friendoftourist.com)!
Those who sow well reap, and for us this is proof that, a year later, we are on the right path.
We will tell you more about our special guests in the next articles, keep following us!