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Sit-on-top canoes on the Tirino with Abruzzo Wild

Bussi sul Tirino

These are sit-on-top boats, meaning you sit on the deck rather than down inside a hull, and on a river this flat and this clear it lets somebody who has never paddled simply set off.

How the day goes

  1. A safety briefing at the water before anyone gets into a boat.
  2. Onto the river near Bussi, inside the Gran Sasso national park.
  3. Downstream at the pace of the current, the bottom visible the whole way.

They run it through the year and the river changes with rain and season, so the day gets agreed with them; the water is cold whatever the month.

Where it is

Bussi sul Tirino at its real position from Rome, with everywhere else we list behind it — so you can see how far out this one is.

Bussi sul Tirino, and where it is from Rome Bussi sul Tirino drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 113 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 113 min Rome Bussi sul Tirino

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Bussi sul Tirino — the town, not the meeting point. Ask them where exactly to turn up; the number is on this page.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 53drive from the middle of Rome
  • 168 kmeach way
  • 1 h 30once you are there
  • Rent a car for the day

    The day stays yours: you leave when you want, stop where you want, and come back when the light goes.

    • You pick it up in Rome and drop it back in Rome
    • No timetable to build the day around
    • The stops on the way are the good part, and they need a car

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  • Have a driver take you, door to door

    No parking to find, no wrong turns, and you leave when the day is done.

    • Picked up where you are staying, dropped back there
    • No parking to find and no ZTL to worry about
    • Nobody spends the day driving

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