A sailing boat under white sails on open water On the water

Paddling the clearest river in Italy at Bussi

Bussi sul Tirino

The Tirino comes out of the ground already cold and already clear, and it stays that way. From the canoe you watch the weed on the bottom bend in the current for the whole length of the trip.

How the day goes

  1. A briefing at the launch, then into the boats on flat spring water.
  2. Downstream inside the Gran Sasso park, the riverbed in view all the way.
  3. Water so clear the boat looks as if it were hanging above the stones.
  4. Out at the end with a photo of the trip to take home.

The river is flat and gentle by design; anyone wanting water that fights back should look at the paddling lessons on the Aniene instead.

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 Information centre: Via Madonnina 5, 65022 Bussi sul Tirino (PE). Boarding point: SS 153 km V+500, the address the operator publishes.

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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