Drive with our expert Private Driver to Subiaco, where in the 6th century Saint Benedict, disillusioned by a decadent Rome, retreated to a cave. Followers came, and eventually, he built 12 monasteries of which two survive: Santa Scolastica, named for his sister, and San Benedetto – two churches suspended over a deep gorge and incorporating the sacred cave. These are awesome, wondrous, ‘alive’ spaces with spectacular views. Lunch in Subiaco, then drive to Palestrina, a medieval town built over an 8th century BCE temple to Fortuna, once an important oracle. Visit the Museo Nazionale Archeologico, a place of breathtaking discovery occupying a Renaissance palazzo.
*NOTE: Lunch is not included
