Choose your own pumpkin for Halloween in Rome.

Living in Rome and looking for the perfect pumpkin for Halloween?

Look no further than the Fattoria della Zucca, a pumpkin field in Sacrofano, about 40 km north of Rome.

After its success last year, the American-style Pumpkin Patch returns this autumn and is open from 09.30 to 17.30 (last entry 15.30) on Saturdays and Sundays until 3 November.

It is also open on Thursday 31 October, the day of Halloween, and Friday 1 November, a public holiday in Italy for All Saints' Day.

From 27 October the opening hours are 09.30 to 16.30, with last entry at 14.30.

Visits, which must be booked online, offer children the chance to run around among the pumpkins and meet farm animals, while adults can select a pumpkin to carve as a jack-o'-lantern or to use as a table centrepiece.

There are also nature trails, workshops and street food. For full ticket information and visiting details see website.