Frasassi Caves: Italy's most spectacular underground caves will be home to Gormiti in upcoming Rai series

The Frasassi Caves are the most spectacular underground caves of Italy, discovered in 1971 by a group of young speleologists and opened to the public since the 1st September 1974. Since then, every year thousands of enthusiastic tourists and speleology lovers enjoy these caves where the nature has been working since 1.400.000 years. The Frasassi Complex, with an average temperature of 14 degrees throughout the year, is composed of different halls, chambers and caves covered by hundreds of stalactices and stalagmites, which formed over thousands of years by the combined action of water and rocks. 

The most wonderful and breathtaking caves visitable in the Frasassi Complex are the Abyss Ancona, the 200 Hall, the Gran Canyon, the Ursa Hall and the Neverending Hall. These masterpieces of nature have been chosen to be one of the set for the Gormiti - The New Era - a live action series produced by Rainbow and Giochi Preziosi to be released on October 28, 2024 on RAI 2. The fans of Carter, Glen, Skye and Zane, the 4 teenagers who fight in the series against the wicked Lord Graven to save the kingdom of Gorm, can try the tourist pathway of Frasassi cave complex to explore some of the places of the real magic world of the Gormiti.

The touristic visit, made always with an expert tour guide, takes place on an equipped pathway 1,5 kilometers long and visitable by everyone, kids and adults. In addition, there are two more pathways for passionate amateur speleologists which give the opportunity to visit some parts of the Frasassi complex otherwise not accessible. The blue pathway has a medium-law difficulty, lasts 2 hours and is accessible from the age of 12, the red pathway has a medium difficulty, is 3 hours long and is suggested to those who have already done the bluepathway

Finally, not only the caves but all the territory of Frasassi is a hidden treasure of history, art, culture and spirituality, with many activities to carry out and attractions to discover. The most important attractions are the Madonna di Frasassi Sanctuary, better known as the Temple of Valadier, and the Hermitage of Santa Maria Infra Saxa, about 1 km from the Frasassi Caves.

The Madonna di Frasassi Sanctuary stands at about 300 meters high, in the center of the Grotto of the Blessed Virgin. Realized in neoclassical style, it was commissioned in 1819 by Cardinal Annibale della Genga, the future Pope Leo XII and inaugurated in 1828. It is also called the Temple of Valadier since, for its stylistic forms, it is traditionally attributed to the architect Giuseppe Valadier. Next to the Temple, there is the hermitage-oratory of Santa Maria Infra Saxa, built starting from the Early Middle Ages and linked to the phenomenon of female monasticism.

The Frasassi cave complex easily accessible by car with the A14 highway and the SS 77 which connects the city of Ancona with Rome, by train with the Genga station along the railway Ancona Rome, by plane with the close international airport Ancona Falconara - Raffaello Sanzio and by boat with the close port of Ancona.

The Frasassi caves are open all the year, with the exception of the period from 10 to 30 January and the days 4 and 25 December, and in order to visit the complex every season is a good one, in autumn it is possible to enjoy the colors of foliage in the woods surrounding the Frasassi area, in the hot season the natural temperature of 14 degrees inside the caves represents a good reason to discover the complex during the summer time. Whatever the final choice, visiting the spectacular underground Frasassi caves is an incredible experience to live at least once in a life.