A Unique Day at Lake Nemi away from the City Chaos
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Join your hosts in this unique experience to retrieve your inner calm, meet local residents, enjoy a tasty home-cooked lunch with good wine, reflect on life and discover ancient rituals.
Leave the city of Rome by train (take the 09.00 am train from Termini to Castelgandolfo - it's a panoramic 40 minute's ride), avoid traffic and escape to another World. A magical world of Diana / Artemis, nature-based spirituality and green witches; a place that predates Rome itself. Nemi is the home of the Temple of Diana Nemorensis, on the gorgeously picturesque and mystical lake in the crater of a volcano, known as Diana's Mirror (Which inspired Frazer's the "Golden Bough").
COST: €100 euros per person (2 persons minimum) including a delicious 2 course lunch with good wine served by your own sommelier, pick-up from (and return to ) Castelgandolfo Station, morning and afternoon coffee/cappuccino
Every Monday from April to November. Other days on request.
Maximum 6 persons.
(7 persons on request.)
Book now! Don't miss this experience
In the summer tourists visit the town for the pretty views, Nemi's famous wild strawberries and characteristic charm, completely ignoring the mystical side of Nemi!
Nemi was a sacred place for the Romans and Caligula even built 2 temple-ships on the lake. Every August people would walk all the way from Rome in procession to worship Diana (the Roman counterpart of Artemis) and leave votives, in the hope of curing ailments, to ask for easy childbirth or fertility. It emanates a feeling of calm and is still surrounded by thick woodlands. Really a place not to be missed on your itinerary if you are in Rome.
We will explore Nemi with your unique local resident who will tell you all about lesser-known parts of its history, including stories of "Mad Emperor" Caligula. Then down to the lakeside to explore some of the rituals offered to Diana in Roman times, to ask for well-being and happiness. From here we'll go back to town, then a short walk uphill going off the beaten track, through quaint alleys to our venue for lunch, where we will dine with wine in a lovely secluded garden, along with a taster of Reiki and harnessing the power of crystals.
After lunch, we will go to Castelgandolfo Lake for coffee and a stroll around this delightful town famous for the Papal Residence.
You'll have the rest of the day at your leisure to explore by yourselves, stay for dinner or aperitivo (not included). It's cooler than Rome and the sunsets are gorgeous! The train station for your return trip is downhill and we will give you times of the return trains, or if you don't wish to stay in town, we can accompany you to either the station or the lake-side (where there are many restaurants, bars and places for ice-cream!). We can be at the station in time for the return train at 15.51 (arrives at Termini at 16.34).
Rail tickets (not included) cost €2.10 each way and you can buy them online here https://www.trenitalia.com/it/informazioni/acquisti_online.html
What should you bring? Wear comfy shoes, bug spray, maybe a hat..anything that will make you comfortable on a warm day.
If you suffer from hay fever, please note that we will have lunch in a garden with many types of plants. There are cats and dogs in the house, where you may need to access if you require bathroom/toilet facilities, and the garden.
Leave the city of Rome by train (take the 09.00 am train from Termini to Castelgandolfo - it's a panoramic 40 minute's ride), avoid traffic and escape to another World. A magical world of Diana / Artemis, nature-based spirituality and green witches; a place that predates Rome itself. Nemi is the home of the Temple of Diana Nemorensis, on the gorgeously picturesque and mystical lake in the crater of a volcano, known as Diana's Mirror (Which inspired Frazer's the "Golden Bough").
COST: €100 euros per person (2 persons minimum) including a delicious 2 course lunch with good wine served by your own sommelier, pick-up from (and return to ) Castelgandolfo Station, morning and afternoon coffee/cappuccino
Every Monday from April to November. Other days on request.
Maximum 6 persons.
(7 persons on request.)
Book now! Don't miss this experience
In the summer tourists visit the town for the pretty views, Nemi's famous wild strawberries and characteristic charm, completely ignoring the mystical side of Nemi!
Nemi was a sacred place for the Romans and Caligula even built 2 temple-ships on the lake. Every August people would walk all the way from Rome in procession to worship Diana (the Roman counterpart of Artemis) and leave votives, in the hope of curing ailments, to ask for easy childbirth or fertility. It emanates a feeling of calm and is still surrounded by thick woodlands. Really a place not to be missed on your itinerary if you are in Rome.
We will explore Nemi with your unique local resident who will tell you all about lesser-known parts of its history, including stories of "Mad Emperor" Caligula. Then down to the lakeside to explore some of the rituals offered to Diana in Roman times, to ask for well-being and happiness. From here we'll go back to town, then a short walk uphill going off the beaten track, through quaint alleys to our venue for lunch, where we will dine with wine in a lovely secluded garden, along with a taster of Reiki and harnessing the power of crystals.
After lunch, we will go to Castelgandolfo Lake for coffee and a stroll around this delightful town famous for the Papal Residence.
You'll have the rest of the day at your leisure to explore by yourselves, stay for dinner or aperitivo (not included). It's cooler than Rome and the sunsets are gorgeous! The train station for your return trip is downhill and we will give you times of the return trains, or if you don't wish to stay in town, we can accompany you to either the station or the lake-side (where there are many restaurants, bars and places for ice-cream!). We can be at the station in time for the return train at 15.51 (arrives at Termini at 16.34).
Rail tickets (not included) cost €2.10 each way and you can buy them online here https://www.trenitalia.com/it/informazioni/acquisti_online.html
What should you bring? Wear comfy shoes, bug spray, maybe a hat..anything that will make you comfortable on a warm day.
If you suffer from hay fever, please note that we will have lunch in a garden with many types of plants. There are cats and dogs in the house, where you may need to access if you require bathroom/toilet facilities, and the garden.
