Between history and nature, Rocca Santa Maria

On the heights, at 1073 meters above sea level, where Hannibal passed after the battle on Lake Trasimeno to cross the Apennines with his army and his elephants, we speak of Rocca Santa Maria. For those who love long walks in the midst of nature even at low temperatures, this is the ideal place. Among the naturalistic areas, all of high value, the most evocative is undoubtedly the forest of the 'Bosco della Martese', the scene of the first partisan uprising against the Nazi-fascists. We are in the most isolated forest, and therefore the most peculiar, of the Monti della Laga, currently included in the Gran Sasso-Laga National Park. For the explosion of colors, the best times are certainly autumn and spring, but the forest, full of streams that flow into waterfalls, freezes and surrounds visitors with a unique and breathtaking view in the winter. . The territory in fact from numerous sources that before reaching the Castellano River draw a scenography of waterfalls and natural water games.