Lake Bracciano and Treja Valley

Lakes of Bracciano and Martignano

Lake Bracciano is located almost 50 km north of Rome, where the homonymous town of Bracciano is well connected by train to the eternal city. You can especially visit its small medieval center near its beautiful castle. The lake is the caldera of an ancient volcano that was active 400,000 years ago, whose perimeter is 31.5 km.
The small Lake Martignano which is on the other side of a hill 2 km from the big lake is surrounded by nature, appreciated for swimming, with some free facilities in the south and paying in the north.
These are popular destinations for the Romans, for the few beaches, little villages like Bracciano, Anguillara Sabazia and Trevignano, and some walking and cycling trails.
Let’s also talk about Monterano, a suggestive ghost village located nearly 10 km from Bracciano, with vestiges of the Baroque period located in a nature reserve.

Treja Valley

North-east of Lake Bracciano, south of Tuscia region, the Treja is a small river whose valley is protected in a natural park. Its waters dug tuff – abundant in the region – for millennia, creating beautiful places. To the north of the park the authentic village of Calcata is perched on a promontory in a superb site. The waters of the river are lined with woods and create waterfalls in places, including the waterfalls of Monte Gelato (which was a filming location of a Trinità of the Italian spaghetti western times). Among the sites and curiosities are the village of Mazzano Romano, the oppidum of the ancient Faliscan city of Narce (the Falisc were a people close to the Etruscans), Etruscan necropolis, abandoned mills, etc. Marked trails allow to discover the park.

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