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Horse trekking on the Tirino with a tasting

Bussi sul Tirino

Bussi sits where the Tirino runs into the Pescara, and the valley behind it is spring water, watercress beds and very little noise. The ride goes up it, and the food comes after.

How the day goes

  1. Meet the guides who also run the canoes down here, and swap the boat for a horse.
  2. Up the Tirino valley at a walk, the water never far from the track.
  3. Down again for a tasting of what is made around here before the road back.

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
  • 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 — so you can actually drink

    Our pick for this one

    There is wine at the end of this one. Somebody else driving is not a luxury here.

    • Picked up where you are staying, dropped back there
    • No parking to find and no ZTL to worry about
    • Nobody has to stay off the wine

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