Amatrice

This mountain town gave its name to amatriciana, the pasta sauce now cooked all over Italy. Amatrice stands at 955 metres in a high basin of the upper Tronto valley, beneath the Monti della Laga, and the earthquake of 24 August 2016 destroyed most of its historic centre. Around it, inside a national park, beech woods and high meadows climb towards waterfalls and Lazio's highest peak.

Highlights

• Bucatini or spaghetti all'amatriciana, the dish named after the town
• Monte Gorzano, 2,458 m, the highest summit in Lazio
• Waterfalls in the Laga valleys, fullest at the spring snowmelt
• Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park: beech woods and high meadows
• Lago di Scandarello, a reservoir in the south-west of the basin

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