Enjoy Zagarolo

discover our charming old town

live as
a local.

Zagarolo is our Old Town, located at just walking distance from Wiki Hostel in the green wine area known as Roman Hills … from here it is easy to discover our amazing surroundings: Castelli Romani, Colli Prenestini as Tivoli

…and yes! you can also ever easily get into the history and monuments of ‘the Capital’ of Italy :Rome Downtown is located just 30 minutes by train from our local railway

Take a walk to the village of Zagarolo: a tipycal mid-age city featured by medieval and reinassance architecture and several interesting spots to see as the romantic Old Town alleys, Rospigliosi Palace, the churches of San Pietro and San Lorenzo, the Tondo, ancient churches and a Toy Museum

Saturday it is the day of the local flea market (dress & food for cheap;). Sunday it is the day of the healty, tasty and organic “food farmer market”…

Top local fests to do not miss they are:
the Wine Fest (1st week-end of October)
Carnival, ‘Tordo Matto’ and Bread fest (June & July) plus the patronal ‘San Lorenzo’ fest (aroung August 10th)…

explore authenticity
taste the local culture.

meet the local community
do not miss the folk fests.

impossibile to Get Lost

The town of Zagarolo begins just downhill, the newest part of the town is located at just 2 minutes walking from WIKI: here you will find a lot of useful shops and services. The charming old town historical centre is reachable in 10 minutes, here you will find the charming alleys and the very hearth places of the local community, included a castle with an incredible Fab Lab, a Toy Museum and a full calendar of cultural and community events…   

Guide and Map

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  WHAT’S   
GOIN ON   
in Zagarolo ?

since 2012 we activated a web site to promote our charming old town…

find out more

visit TURISMOZAGAROLO.COM

events…

Between rural and metropolitan life, local tradition and innovation… Zagarolo will let you immerse into an authentic local town, do not miss the opportunity to travel slowly, explore our ancient old town and meet the local community…

Zagarolo MUST DO

FAB LAB

Art and technology in an ancient castle! Zagarolo offers the incredible opportunity to join one of the 5 fab lab and innovation centre opened by the Region of Latium. Makers, designers, videomakers, creators are welcome! Just ask to Wiki crew the infos how to enroll yourself 😉

FARMER MARKET

farm to fork! every sunday, the healty farmer market wait for you in order to offer super tasty healty food, km0. Also an opportunity to support the local farmers. On Sunday, gather at 10  at WIKI desk, if you like to share this walk with the other travelers 😉

FOLK FESTS!

Zagarolo offers plenty of folk fests, we really reacommend to enjoy those local community event so to live a really immersive local lifestyle… above all, the amazing Sagra dell’Uva, the Wine Fest held every year the 1st week-end of October! Find out more below.

OLD TOWN

the charming old town with its medieval and reinassance historical centre is located just walking distance from Wiki Hostel. Do not miss to enjoy the charming alleys, discover lovely plaza, the castle and meet the friendly local community while tasting some slice of pizza, suppli, gelato or ciambelle al vino!

LOCAL TASTES

Wine at first, Zagarolo is a “Città del vino” (town of wine), here wine is a local culture and Zagarolo is also an area of production for the Roma DOC wine. But also typical receipts, and the incredible “ciambelle al vino zagarolesi”… pizzerias, restaurants, pastries, bakerys will let you enjoy the local tastes!

view our COMMUNITY VIDEOSPOT for ZAGAROLO!

events…

The summer season is featured by free events and outdoor local community festivals such as “Cover the Top”, the “Notte Bianca” and “San Lorenzo” night, the tasty “Bread Fest”. On 1st week-end of October any year, Zagarolo hosts a real attraction & typical old tradition you can not miss : the famous Wine & Grape Festival (“Sagra dell’Uva“) an incredibile event with historical parades, free wines & many events such as free live music concerts and artshow for people of all ages. Zagarolo leaves traces of its origins unclear alleged Gabinii (people from the pre-roman villageGabii) escaped the massacre or rather it was home of the so-called “Sagarii” (or Zagari) people that with their work adorned the look and dress of the Roman legionaries with the typical capes of red garnet called Sagum. The first historical documents date back to the 970 a.c. but all the areas talks about its roman time. Several time destroyed in the war between the Pope and the Colonna nobles family, the actual historical centre dates back to the middle of the XVI century. The historical centre is so featured by Medieval and Renaissance/Baroque time plus some Roman and pre-Roman elements …

SAVE THE DATE!

WINE & GRAPE
folk fest

sagra dell’uva e dei prodotti tipici

OCTOBER
1st week-end

SAINT LAWRENCE
folk fest

festa patronale di San Lorenzo

August 10th

‘TORDO MATTO’
folk fest

sagra del tordo zagarolese

June

BREAD
folk fest

festa del pane

July

CARNIVAL
parades

carnevale zagarolese

FEBRUARY

events…

The summer season is featured by free events and outdoor local community festivals such as “Cover the Top”, the “Notte Bianca” and “San Lorenzo” night, the tasty “Bread Fest”. On 1st week-end of October any year, Zagarolo hosts a real attraction & typical old tradition you can not miss : the famous Wine & Grape Festival (“Sagra dell’Uva“) an incredibile event with historical parades, free wines & many events such as free live music concerts and artshow for people of all ages. Zagarolo leaves traces of its origins unclear alleged Gabinii (people from the pre-roman villageGabii) escaped the massacre or rather it was home of the so-called “Sagarii” (or Zagari) people that with their work adorned the look and dress of the Roman legionaries with the typical capes of red garnet called Sagum. The first historical documents date back to the 970 a.c. but all the areas talks about its roman time. Several time destroyed in the war between the Pope and the Colonna nobles family, the actual historical centre dates back to the middle of the XVI century. The historical centre is so featured by Medieval and Renaissance/Baroque time plus some Roman and pre-Roman elements …

SAVE THE DATE!

WINE & GRAPE
folk fest

sagra dell’uva e dei prodotti tipici

OCTOBER
1st week-end

SAINT LAWRENCE
folk fest

festa patronale di San Lorenzo

August 10th

‘TORDO MATTO’
folk fest

sagra del tordo zagarolese

June

BREAD
folk fest

festa del pane

July

CARNIVAL
parades

carnevale zagarolese

FEBRUARY

What’s
going on in ZAGAROLO?

since 2012 we activated a web site to promote our charming old town…

find out more

visit TURISMOZAGAROLO.COM

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