Le Mortine Oasis
(3 km from Venafro)
A wetland protected thanks to WWF, which managed it until 2008. Extensive riverside woods, among the best preserved in Italy, are crossed by the Volturno, which forms lush river islands frequented by various species of heron.
(https://lnx.oasilemortine.it/)
The Historical Memory Park of San Pietro Infine
(8 km from Venafro)
An evocative village behind Venafro
where time stood still at the tragic events of the Second World War. The Battle of San Pietro was made famous by John Huston, the great American film director.
(www.comune.sanpietroinfine.ce.it)
The Matese Regional Park
(3–20 km from Venafro)
The outlying parts of this Campanian park reach as far as the Venafro Plain, also including a stretch of the Volturno.
(www.parks.it/matese; www.parcoregionaledelmatese.it)
The former Bourbon reserve of Torcino
(8 km from Venafro)
Famous for the extensive forests frequented by the Bourbon royal family, the area still preserves evocative landscapes today.
The Fontegreca cypress wood
(15 km from Venafro)
This is a natural cypress wood of about 70 hectares, which has existed in the area since at least the 1500s.
It is one of the most interesting natural cypress woods in the Mediterranean basin and, because of its rarity, attracts botanical researchers
(www.parks.it/matese; www.parcoregionaledelmatese.it).
Conca Casale
(11 km from Venafro)
A charming village bordering the Regional Olive Park, clustered on a plateau at 700 m above sea level. Here ends the old mule track that, until the 1950s, was the only link between Venafro and Conca Casale.
The Roccamonfina Regional Park
(18 km from Venafro)
A volcanic area with lush chestnut woods, rich in centuries-old trees.
Of great interest is the palaeontological site of Tora e Piccilli, where the oldest human footprints known to date, going back at least 400,000 years, are imprinted in a lava flow. (www.parcodiroccamonfina.it)
The Mainarde and the Upper Volturno
(15–35 km from Venafro)
The Upper Volturno and the Mainarde are areas of great natural and scenic interest.
The forests included since 1990 in the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park are home to the Marsican brown bear, with one of the largest populations in Italy.
