Experiences

The guides, artisans and producers you meet are from the village and the valley. We put you in touch with them, and we keep the thread going until the end.

How it works

We don't sell them,
and it shows

The experiences belong to those who lead them: guide cooperatives, shops, wineries, olive oil mills, local taverns. Everyone works with their own schedules, prices, and seasons, and we don't get in the way.

What we do is simpler and more useful: we tell you what's actually available during your stay, we suggest one thing at a time instead of a catalog, and we book it for you. If the weather isn't good, we'll move it.

Walking Tour — Six Stories

The same stones,
six different stories

Florentine merchants, soldiers, stonecutters, pilgrims: they all passed through these streets, and each left something that can still be seen, if someone tells you where to look.

The town's guides have created six different itineraries for the historic center: choose them based on your interests, not how much time you have. They last about two hours and start just steps from the main entrance.

On the trail of the brigands, up to the passes through which they passed

Tales of Florentine merchants, soldiers and stonecutters

San Donato, rear of the Cassino front

The story of the dragon and the mysteries of the land of San Donato

The road of churches, saints and pilgrims

In the Middle Ages, inside the Castrum Sancti Donati

The village ends, the forest begins, and the road continues to climb.

Excursions in the Park

We go out on foot,
we go back on foot

The Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park begins above the town, and from the main gate you can reach the trails without having to get back in the car.

Park guides accompany long and high-altitude hikes; e-bikes can be rented at the local rental shop. At the end of October, when the beech forests of Forca d'Acero turn red, this is the first request to arrive.

The foliage of Forca d'Acero

The pass is at 1,538 meters and can be reached in just a few minutes from the village. It's open for two weeks a year, between late October and early November.

On the trails by e-bike

Bikes can be rented in the village and the routes start from the historic centre, going up towards the pass.

Portraits between alleys and panoramas

A photographic walk with a local photographer, during the hours when the light enters low.

Tastings and cuisine

Wine, oil and milk
they're still made here

The Cabernet di Atina DOC and Maturano wineries are just a few kilometers away, the olive oil mills begin operating in November, and two of the town's taverns host their meals right in front of you. The producers themselves welcome you: you come when they're working, not when the calendar dictates.

Recommended experiences

Tastings and cuisine

With your hands in the dough

Recommended experiences

Ancient crafts

Some shops here
they never closed

The blacksmith and master stonemason still work in the village, and they'll let you try for half a day. You'll leave with something you made yourself, and with dirty hands.

Recommended experiences

Memory of the Twentieth Century

The country was left behind
of the Cassino front

San Donato holds a memory that concerns all of Europe, and it is housed in a small museum in the historic center. The tour, led by a museum guide, lasts about an hour and a half.

It's an intense course: it's also suitable for those traveling with children from middle school and up.