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Canoe and stand-up paddle lessons in Rieti

Rieti

Standing up on a paddleboard takes about as long to learn as it takes to fall off one, and the Rieti valley is a forgiving place to do both: flat water, mountains all the way round.

How the day goes

  1. Meet at the centre at Colle San Mauro and go through the basic strokes.
  2. On the water — kneeling on the board first, standing once it stops wobbling.
  3. Back to the centre for dry clothes and the rest of a Sabina afternoon.

The operator asks that you can swim, and with good reason: at some point you go in and the board carries on without you.

Where it is

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

Rieti, and where it is from Rome Rieti drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 83 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 83 min Rome Rieti

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Colle San Mauro, Rieti, the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 23drive from the middle of Rome
  • 81 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, 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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