Passengers in a balloon basket in flight, another balloon beyond In the air

A first flight in a light aeroplane over Rome and the volcanic lakes

Rome

A light aeroplane off Rome Urbe, and at some point the instructor takes his hands off the controls and leaves yours on them. The city first, then the volcanic lakes north of it.

How the day goes

  1. Meet at the field, walk out to the aircraft, briefing before start-up.
  2. Rome's monuments under the wing, then the countryside and the Tiber valley.
  3. The craters of Bracciano and Martignano, the Marmore falls, the coast beyond.
  4. Your turn on the controls, with the instructor watching what you do with them.

A small aeroplane feels everything the air is doing, which is either the appeal or the reason to stay on the ground.

Where it is

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

Rome, and where it is from Rome Rome drawn at its real position relative to Rome. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. Rome Rome

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Urbe airport, Via Salaria 825, Roma (RM), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • In Rome itselfno drive at all
  • 1 honce 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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