Friulian hills area and San Daniele del Friuli

Friuli Collinare is the perfect slow tourism destination: some of the most beautiful castles and hamlets in Italy, beautiful landscapes among the moraine hills as well as history, culture and events. Trips by bicycle or horse, gold, fishing and bird watching can easily be alternated with cultural visits to museums devoted to history and the area, to frescoed churches and to historic villas.

Situated on one of these hills, San Daniele del Friuli is a centre of impressive beauty, globally known for the production of unparalleled prosciutto, the product of a thousand-year-old tradition and a unique microclimate. But San Daniele is not only destination not to be missed for those who want to give in to the sin of greed. The town, a Medieval municipality and open public market since 1139, also houses one of the most famous historic libraries in Italy, as well as the oldest in Friuli Venezia Giulia: the Biblioteca Guarneriana that has precious illuminated manuscripts.

Not far away across the hills is the hamlet of Fagagna, one of the most beautiful in Italy, as well as Tarcento, with its Liberty style villas. To the west is the great Tagliamento river, a spectacle in itself, especially in Ragogna, where there are also several paths that take visitors through the story of the Great War.