We leave Segni around 9:00 am, or earlier, heading for Anagni, papal seat before that was moved to Avignon, France, we stop there to visit the famous Cathedral dedicated to San Magno and, willingly, the Papal Palace which is now a museum. We can also stroll around its narrow streets enjoying the medieval atmosphere unfortunately contaminated by modern cars. Anagni is in fact one of the most important cities in the area, counting about 20,000 inhabitants. Leaving Anagni, our next stop will be Canterno Lake. Riding on a secondary, but well kept road with practically no traffic at all, after a short stop for pictures we'll continue to Trisulti trying to get there no 

later than 11:30 am because it closes for lunch at 12:00 noon. The Abbey dates back to the 1200's, but it was profoundly renovated in the 1700's. The road by which we reach Trisulti seems to have been designed by a motorcyclist. The climb is not too steep the corners aren't too sharp and the panorama is memorable. Eventually you see cows, horses, sheep and goats grazing in the field between the olive groves and orchards. Time permitting, on the way to Trisulti a short stop can be made at Collepardo, a very small medieval town today known for its fettuccine. Coming back down from the Abbey, we'll stop at Alatri. This town is well known for its Cyclopean Walls.

These walls where built before the foundation of Rome using no mortar, simply stacking up stone block weigh several tons. It's in fact the weight and the size of the blocks that made the people in the middle ages fantasize about the legendary one-eyed giants building them! Finally we'll stop for lunch in Fumone or in its vicinity. Fumone is a splendid uncontaminated (except for a big communication tower) medieval town which appears in front of our eyes just like it did to the medieval pilgrim travel from to Rome to visit the sacred places of Christianity. Fumone is dominated by its millenary castle where the only Pope who ever

resigned, Celestin V, was imprisoned and then killed. The castle can be visited, but the guide doesn't speak English and so I'll have to act as your interpreter. After visiting Fumone we'll travel toward Fiuggi retrace our steps and we'll go by Canterno lake again. Fiuggi is a lovely little town famous for its mineral waters since the 14th century, when they healed  Pope Boniface VIII from his kidney stones. Later, even Italy's most venerated artist, Michelangelo drank Fiuggi's water to get rid of "the only stone he couldn't love". Fiuggi today consists of two different towns: the old medieval town, once called Anticoli Campagna, on the hilltop and the modern town in the valley, which developed to offer hospitality to those who

By the way, just in case you shouldn't find the accommodations in Segni comfortable enough for you, Fiuggi offers lots of good hotels and the most famous of these is the Palazzo della Fonte, an incredibly luxurious 5-star hotel with all the possible comforts, including a golf course!