A short Sunday in the Treja valley, waterfalls, a village above the river and lunch on the farm.

The classic Treja valley route is seven kilometres and three and a half hours along the riverbank: too much for many children. This Sunday splits it into short stretches, by car: the Monte Gelato waterfalls in the morning, the village of Mazzano Romano, lunch on an organic farm in the hills of Civita Castellana and, in the afternoon, the short descent from Calcata to the suspension bridge and a stroll round the village on the rock.

The day, hour by hour

8:45 · Leave Rome. About an hour along the Cassia bis or the Flaminia to Monte Gelato, in the municipality of Mazzano Romano. There is parking beside the waterfalls.

9:45 · Monte Gelato waterfalls. The wide falls of the Treja beside the ruins of a mill. When it is hot, children dip their feet in the pools below.

11:00 · Mazzano Romano. The village, perched above the river, with its wash-house and the way down to the Treja.

12:45 · Lunch at Le Forre del Treja. The farm opens its restaurant only on Saturday and Sunday at lunchtime; the kitchen closes at 14:00. They make their own pasta with ancient wheats and raise the livestock for the meat. All around are fields and animals. Book by WhatsApp on +39 393 880 9511.

15:15 · The temple of Monte Li Santi and the suspension bridge. Park in Calcata Nuova and go down the park path to the Faliscan temple and the bridge over the river: an hour and a half there and back.

17:00 · Calcata Vecchia. The double gate beneath the Anguillara palace, the square, the Porta Segreta and the craftsmen's workshops.

18:00 · Return. About an hour to Rome.

If you want something more

If you are a couple or have older children, swap lunch for the farm's pasta workshop: three hours kneading and shaping pasta, with lunch and wine at the end, €95 per person or €170 for the couple. Ask for a date when booking.