The city of Rome attracts millions of tourists and traps them with its charm, but anyone who decides to venture outside the city's gates discovers that the countryside also has a lot to offer and rivals with the city in beauty, art and history with the addition of very fine wines and foods.

The Roman knows; and that's why whenever he can, he gets in his car and drives out of the city to enjoy some fresh air, lovely panoramas and, of course, a good lunch!

There's a proverb that's says: "In Rome do as the Romans do!" Well, dear tourist, you are warmly invited to spend some time in the Roman countryside and enjoy what the Romans enjoy.

Besides the most famous places, like evocative ruins of Ostia, the enchanting Villa D'Este in Tivoli and the "Castelli Romani", there's a world to discover that hasn't been contaminated by mass tourism yet. In the peaceful medieval towns, away from the from the cosmopolitan and hectic big cities. in areas like the Lepini Mountains, Ciociaria and the Agro Pontino one discovers the real Italy.

Come and see these places: Fumone with its castle where a Pope was imprisoned and its stories of ghosts; the Abbeys of Trisulti, Casamari and Fossanova where the friars still live their lives as they did in the middle ages making liqueurs and medicine from herbs;  Palestrina with the ruins of

the Roman Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia; The Christian Sanctuary of Mentorella and the nearby towns of San Gregorio, San Vito and Capranica; Anagni, the so called City of Popes birthplace of Pope Boniface VIII the one who instituted the Holy Year; Fiuggi, with its water that heals from kidney stones in which also Michelangelo found relief, his words: "I got rid of the only stone I couldn't love". These are just a few places that deserve to be seen and in addition, life becomes a lot less expensive once one gets away from the big cities. in these areas a room in a 3 or 4 star hotel costs 60//90 Euros and a great meal 12/20 Euros! ...and luxury can be found at Palazzo della Fonte, in Fiuggi.