Has anyone been here? Looking to stay around 5 nights in early May, without a car. Interested in culture, architecture, photos, wine, and food. Not into shopping.
Thank you
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San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
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It’s a pretty area and an upscale town. I don’t know what people mean by “interested in culture” and which places would not qualify for having a culture, but for sure there is architecture, food and wine, like most places in Italy. For the photos you will need to bring your own camera or phone. Not having a car, however, will severely limit the places you can visit nearby, since bus service may be infrequent. There are buses and even a railway line connecting the town to Roma Termini station, so you are only 30 min from the center of Rome.
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OP
Niceville, FL /Highlands, NC
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Is it very walkable, not a lot of steep hills?
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San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
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It’s walkable. There are uphill walks but not as steep as other villages nearby. That area is called “Colli Albani” (Alban Hills), so there are hills.
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OP
Niceville, FL /Highlands, NC
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Thank you!
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Washington, D.C.
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We were there a couple or so weeks ago. It was a delightful change from the hustle and bustle of Rome. Five days might be a little too much time, but for our overnighter and a couple days, it was nice ... and quiet. We did the half-day classic Frascati wine tour - https://oldfrascati.com/ - it was reasonably priced and we had a nice group lunch. What I thought was special was the skyline view of Rome as night fell and the lights came up. We had a good perch to watch from - https://garagesanrocco.it/ - and they make a good cocktail.
Train tix from Termini were about $4.50 for two one-way and under 30 minutes from the station platform.
We found town very walkable and the porchetta sandwich at the stand in the town square was a great snack.
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I will second the opinion that five nights in Frascati would be far too much time.
However, we visited this past summer (as a day-trip from Rome) that coincided with a Sunday and/or holiday. The town was pretty well shut-down, except for a wedding reception at a restaurant, and one or two sandwich shops in the main square selling the aforementioned porchetta. Some of the grounds surrounding the Villa Aldobrandini were accessible and made for a short uphill stroll. We walked a circuit of the main part of the town in perhaps forty-five minutes, and were back in Rome early.