Discover Gatteo-Sant'angelo

Gatteo-Sant'angelo combines local history, Romagna's musical tradition and events with a distinct local character. In Sant’Angelo di Gatteo, you can plan your stay around a sporting event, experience a festival featuring regional specialities or explore the town's history and its famous figure, Secondo Casadei. These different focal points help you choose a holiday apartment that suits your own travel plans.

Sporting events with different distances

A notable event is the 39th Strapazeda. On Sunday, 25 August, it was a 10 km road race in Sant’Angelo di Gatteo and was included in the national calendar. The Strapazeda also includes a competitive 10 km race as well as recreational 10 km and 3 km runs through the streets of Sant’Angelo and Gatteo. Anyone wishing to combine their stay with a specific sporting occasion will find various running events within the same event.

Another event is the IV Barroccia, a national 5 km road race taking place in Sant'Angelo di Gatteo on 17 September 2026. The date is particularly important for your planning: a stay around this date follows a different rhythm from a trip focused on the town's history or the festival. Families can therefore choose between a sporting event day, a cultural focus and a culinary experience, without having to combine these options into a single type of trip.

Barrocci Festival and Romagna tradition

The Barrocci Festival takes place every year at the end of summer in Sant’Angelo di Gatteo. The programme includes a relay race in which the town's districts compete against one another in speed races with a barroccio. This gives the festival a pronounced competitive character that distinguishes it from the Strapazeda and Barroccia road races.

The Barrocci Festival also features a food stall offering numerous specialities from the Romagna tradition. If you would like to include regional cuisine in your trip, a visit to the festival can therefore be combined with a culinary interest. When choosing accommodation, the intended purpose of the trip is particularly important: you can look for a stay centred around the festival, a date in the race calendar or a trip with a stronger focus on cultural history.

Local history and Secondo Casadei

Sant’Angelo di Gatteo was already mentioned in 1070 under the name “Plebem S.Angeli in Salute”. This early reference gives the town's history its own chronological context. Secondo Casadei is another important figure: he was born in Sant’Angelo di Gatteo on 1 April 1906 and is regarded as the founder of Romagna's Liscio music. Those interested in music history and regional culture can take this aspect into account alongside the events when planning their trip.

A holiday apartment in Gatteo-Sant'angelo thus provides a base for different ways of getting to know the town: through a scheduled race for a sporting experience, through the Barrocci Festival for a traditional experience or through its early historical reference and Secondo Casadei for a cultural and historical perspective.

More local pages for travel planning: Il Monte, Forlimpopoli, Fiumana, Santa Sofia, Campigna, Cagnona, Ronco, Gatteo A Mare.

To the overarching travel overview: Forlì-Cesena.