waterfall
Cascata delle Marmore
A 165-meter man-made waterfall created by the ancient Romans in 271 BC, now one of Italy's most impressive cascades.
20 km · about 25 min drive
Lazio, Italy · Europe
Rieti is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Santa Rufina, 20km from Cascata delle Marmore.
Rieti is a town located in Lazio, Italy. With a population of 39,068, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Rieti sits in Italy, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Rome time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Rieti to your route.
Rieti (Italian: [ˈrjɛːti]; Latin: Reate, Sabino: Riete) is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700. It is the administrative seat of the province of Rieti and see of the diocese of Rieti, as well as the modern capital of the Sabina region.
The town centre stands on a small hilltop,Read more
commanding from the southern edge the wide Rieti valley, at the bottom of the Sabine hills and of monti Reatini, including mount Terminillo. The plain was once a large lake, drained by the ancient Romans, and is now the fertile basin of the Velino River. Only the small Ripasottile and Lungo lakes remain of the larger original.
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Rieti is located in Lazio, Italy, Europe. The coordinates are 42.4048 latitude, 12.8574 longitude.
Rieti has a population of approximately 39,068 people, making it a town in Italy.
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waterfall
A 165-meter man-made waterfall created by the ancient Romans in 271 BC, now one of Italy's most impressive cascades.
20 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
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A walled mountain town in Umbria celebrated as the birthplace of St. Benedict and as Italy's capital of black truffles.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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A Renaissance cardinal's villa near Rome with one of the finest Italian gardens, featuring hundreds of elaborate fountains and water features.
49 km · about 55 min drive
racetrack
Rome's historic racetrack, opened in 1951 north of the city and named after F1 pioneer Piero Taruffi. A staple of Italian GT racing with regular open track days for road drivers.
49 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
The 16th-century 'Park of Monsters', a wooded valley of colossal mannerist grotesques: an ogre's mouth you walk into, a leaning house, war elephants carved from living bedrock. Ignored for centuries, adored by Salvador Dalí.
51 km · about 60 min drive
ancient ruins
The vast ruined country retreat of Emperor Hadrian, a sprawling complex of pools, baths and pavilions.
52 km · about 60 min drive
photogenic
Hilltop hamlet at 1,452 m above the Piano Grande plateau, where lentil fields erupt into a patchwork bloom of red, blue and gold each June-July (La Fiorita). The drive up from Norcia across the karst plain is one of the Apennines' great reveals.
55 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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