Lake Nemi

Nemi is famous for its strawberries which are known as Fragoline di Bosco, which literally means wild strawberries. These strawberries are smaller in size than the regular strawberries and are very sweet. Every year in May the strawberries are harvested and Sagra Delle Fragola is the strawberry festival which is organized in Nemi then. During the festival visitors can get a chance to taste these strawberries and eat as many as they like. On the first Sunday of June, local girls wear traditional costumes and distribute free strawberries to the passer bys. This has been a long standing festival in Nemi. Since the end of the First World War, Nemi has been celebrating the strawberry festival and girls have been distributing them free to guests. Visitors who are travelling to Rome should definitely visit Nemi in the first week of June to participate in this well known festival. Tourists can not only eat as many strawberries as they like but they can also purchase fresh strawberries during the festival which have been harvested from the woods from the areas surrounding Nemi.