Ostia On horseback

Ride from the pinewood out onto the beach at Ostia, with an aperitivo

Ostia

Pinewood, then forest, then the sand at Ostia. The ride pulls up at a beach bar for a glass of wine while the horses wait beside you.

How the day goes

  1. Collected at Ostia Antica station by the ranch shuttle and taken out to the herd.
  2. Groom your horse, then out through the pinewood towards the coast.
  3. Onto the beach at Ostia, Rome's own stretch of sea, at the pace the guide sets.
  4. An aperitivo and a wine tasting at a beach bar before turning for home.

In the hot months it leaves in the late afternoon, and it is meant for experienced riders: say what you have ridden when you book.

Where it is

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

Ostia, and where it is from Rome Ostia drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 38 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 38 min Rome Ostia

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Ranch in the Riserva Naturale del Litorale, Ostia Antica, Roma, the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 38 mindrive from the middle of Rome
  • 34 kmeach way
  • 3 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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