Monticchio

10km/6mi west of Rionero are the two small lakes of Monticchio (in the double crater of an extinct volcano; 650m/2,145ft; 35-38m/116-125ft deep); on the smaller lake are the former Capuchin monastery of San Michele and a hydro-electric station. Between the two lakes are the ruins of the abbey of San Ippolito (12th century). 7km/4.5mi away, on the western slopes of the Monte Valtura, is the little spa of Monticchio Bagni (540m/1,782ft).