A group abseiling beside a waterfall in a canyon Down the river

Canyoning down to the Laghetto di San Benedetto

Subiaco

The Laghetto di San Benedetto is a green pool in a gorge with no path to it. The only way in is down the river itself, on foot and through the water.

How the day goes

  1. Kit on at the top: everything technical comes from the operator.
  2. Into the gorge, on ropes where the rock drops and slides where the water has polished it.
  3. Jumps into the pools, then the laghetto with the walls closing over it.
  4. Out across a rope traverse and a last jump into the moving water.

It asks you to swim in cold moving water and to let go of a rope over a drop; the rafting from the same base keeps you in a boat throughout.

Where it is

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

Subiaco, and where it is from Rome Subiaco drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 68 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 68 min Rome Subiaco

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Largo Martiri di Cicchetti snc, 00028 Subiaco (RM), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 08drive from the middle of Rome
  • 73 kmeach way
  • 3 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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