From Rome Fiumicino
Airport
(approx 50 minutes) 70
km (1.609 Km = 1 Mile)
Take the A12 motorway and exit
at junction marked "Santa
Severa". Here follow the road signed "Tolfa".
This winding mountain road
lasts for approximately 18,200
km and offers spectacular
scenery as the road climbs to
the top and reaches Fontana
del Papa.
From Civitavecchia’s
port it takes about twenty
minutes.
This road passes through the
attractive town of
Allumiere. Reach
Tolfa, the main square in
front of the town hall, take
the way to Santa Severa for
3,8 Km you are at Fontana del
Papa
Monti
della Tolfa,
a
vast estate north of Rome,
is very much “off the beaten
track” with an atmosphere
typical of many rural southern
Italian hill towns.
Monti della Tolfa, offers
unusual landscapes in which a
rich and unspoiled
nature.
Life here has remained
unchanged, the land still plays
an important part in everyday
life.
Tourism is
not developed in this area.Indeed the
"Monti della Tolfa"
is one of the few remaining
areas in Southern Europe where
wolves, wild boars, foxes, wild
horses and wild cows are found
roaming.
This
area is rich in Etruscan sites
too! In
recent years there have been
many important discoveries made.
Visit the impressive
necropolis where the spirit of
the Etruscan civilization lives
on.
Monti
della Tolfamakes a perfect base for
exploring the sights of Rome and
the stunning area of
Etruria, Tuscany, Umbria,
and Campania.
