- Rieti is the geographic centre of Italy
- Narni also considers itself the geographic centre of Italy.
- The Velino river is the cleanest in Italy
- Greccio is the town that invented the nativity scene in 1223. Each year during the Christmas holidays a living nativity scene takes place.
- Labro: home of the “mangialonga” or gluttonous walks.
- Magliano Sabina: the Archeological Museum in Via Cavour is the principal Italian museum dedicated to Sabine culture.
- Fara Sabina: in the Canneto area you can find the largest and oldest European olive tree, two thousand years old!
- Ascrea: the town of brigands, home to the festival of the “chiatte” or old maids.
- Colle di Tora: here a curious festival is held, the Carneval of the Cops. Young men dressed as gendarmes arrest farmers who pay their ransom with cookies, wine and other delicacies.
- Petrella del Salto: known for the Rock of Beatrice Cenci. Beatrice Cenci killed her father and was put to death in Rome’s Sant’Angelo bridge. Authors like Dumas, Stendhal, and Shelley depicted her as a heroine who rebelled against her tyrant father.
- Amatrice: pleasant town in the midst of the Sibillini and Laga mountains. Known for being the birthplace of spaghetti all’amatriciana.
- Tarano: here you can taste the water of the miraculous fountain that is deemed the healthiest in Italy.