Castello di Petrata
 

TOURIST ROUTES



Lake Trasimeno is 54 km from Petrata Castle

From Petrata Castle you descend into the valley and then follow the directions for Perugia. Take the SS75 in the direction of Perugia and then for Florence. After about 20 km you get to the lake and take the Passignano exit. Lake Trasimeno, originates from a rift-valley and covers a surface of 128 square km with a circumference of almost 45 km. Its average depth is around 0.6 metres and the maximum depth is no greater than 6 metres. In the lake there are three islands: Maggiore island (inhabited), Minore island ( also called the little island) and Polvese island ( the largest).

The Marmore Cascades and the Fountains of Clitunno are 86 and 42 km from Petrata Castle.
You descend into the valley and follow the signs for Folighno. Take the SS75 in the Foligno Spoleto direction. Then get onto the ss3 and follow the Flaminia road in the direction of Terni. From Terni take the SS Valnerina and after only 7km you will get to the Marmore Waterfalls.

To get to the Fountains of Clitunno, go back along the SS3, and exit at Campello sul Clitunno.
The Marmore Waterfalls is an artificial hydraulics system of Roman origin; the river Velino, in fact , spread out in a large area of marsh, which was swampy and unhealthy. So in order to make these waters flow, the Romans had a canal dug, bringing the water to the Marmore cliff, from which it was allowed to fall, from a total height of 165 metres, to the underlying Nero river. The water of the falls have been used for over 50 years in the hydroelectrical station of Galleto. On the return journey we advise you to visit another wonder of Umbrian nature, the Fountains of Clitunno, the ideal place to spend some time in peace with oneself and nature. Poplars and weeping willows are reflected in the clear water of the pools.

The Caves of Frasassi are 95 km from Petrata Castle.
From Petrata Castle you go down into the valley and follow the signs for Foligno. Take the SS75 in the direction of Foligno, get onto the SS3 and go through Nocera Umbra and Gualdo Tadino. From Gualdo Tadino take the Ancona road, and just after Fabriano, on the motorway you will find the exit for Genga- Grotte di Frasassi.
One of the biggest caves in Europe, it is 120 m wide, 180 metres long and over 200 metres high. An amazing spectacle that will take your breath away, these stallectites and stallegmites were formed over the years from chalky sedimentations.
Don’t miss the Cristalized Lake, on the bottom of which calcite crystal has been formed, which emerging, has formed amazing little banks. It’s possible to follow tourist routes or speliological routes organised by the Frasassi Consortium.

The “Fiorita” or flowering in Castelluccio di Norcia.
Castelluccio is 86 km from Petrata Castle. You have to go down into the valley and follow the signs for Foligno. Take the SS75 in the Foligno direction, the Norcia, exiting at Cascia-Norcia.The high plain of Castelluccio, between the end of May and the beginning of July, is the stage of a wonderful event- the flowering. A multidude of colours in varying tones, from yellow ochre to red, invades the plain, giving life to a unique spectacle.