A kitesurfer riding across the water with a power kite overhead On the water

Paddling the coastal lake of Paola at Sabaudia

Sabaudia

The lago di Paola lies behind the dune at Sabaudia: a long brackish lagoon inside the national park, with the Circeo standing at one end of it and reeds along the banks. No engines, no waves, herons.

How the day goes

  1. Pick up a kayak at the water and hear where they suggest you go.
  2. Out into the lagoon on your own, dune on one side, park on the other.
  3. Paddling towards the Circeo, which sits at the end of the water the whole way.
  4. Back to the landing whenever you have had enough.

Nobody comes with you, so the pace and the limits are yours to set; the boat trips around the Circeo take you along instead.

Where it is

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

Sabaudia, and where it is from Rome Sabaudia drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 101 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 101 min Rome Sabaudia

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Sabaudia — 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 41drive from the middle of Rome
  • 98 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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Also around Sabaudia

Sabaudia On the trail

The free sea and coast museum of Sabaudia

Four rooms in the centre of Sabaudia holding palaeontological, prehistoric and Roman finds together with marine organisms, an aquarium and a virtual dive.

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More on the water

Two kayakers on a calm blue lake On the water

Kayak on Lake Albano

Three hours paddling across Lake Albano, gear included, children from six up.

€42.40 per person

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A rider on a hydrofoil board far out on the water On the water

Learn to wing foil on Lake Bracciano

A course of four lessons on the lake, board and wing included, with the club that runs them.

€400 per booking

Books on Sporting Club Sabazia

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A sailing boat on open blue sea On the water

Introductory sailing lesson off Ostia

Forty-five minutes from Piramide by train, then you take the helm off Ostia.

€45 per person

Books on barcadicarta.it

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