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Kayak rental on Lake Albano at Castel Gandolfo

Castel Gandolfo

You take the boat out yourself here, so you go when you want and stop where you want. Albano is a flooded crater: once you are off the shore the walls close the world down to water and trees.

How the day goes

  1. Pick a single or a double at the base, paddle and buoyancy aid with it.
  2. Along the shore first, then out into the middle where the water goes dark.
  3. Back in whenever you have had enough — nobody is holding a clock.

Nobody paddles with you unless you ask for a guide, so it suits people who are happy on the water on their own.

Where it is

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

Castel Gandolfo, and where it is from Rome Castel Gandolfo drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 37 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 37 min Rome Castel Gandolfo

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Via Spiaggia del Lago 17b, 00073 Castel Gandolfo (RM), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 37 mindrive from the middle of Rome
  • 25 kmeach way
  • 1 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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