A hot air balloon being inflated, crew holding the basket In the air

Adventure tandem paragliding at Norma, 30-40 minutes

Norma

The long flight from Norma, where the pilot hands you the brake lines partway through and lets you turn the wing yourself, then takes them back for the manoeuvres.

How the day goes

  1. A lesson on the weather first: why the air does what it does over this ridge.
  2. Take-off, then a long stay up over the plain rather than a glide down.
  3. Your turn on the controls, then the pilot's, and the wing starts banking hard.
  4. Photos and video handed over down at the landing field.

The aerobatic part is the point, and it is also the part that turns stomachs; the short flight from the same ridge goes straight down.

Where it is

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

Norma, and where it is from Rome Norma drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 91 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 91 min Rome Norma

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Norma — 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 31drive from the middle of Rome
  • 77 kmeach way
  • 35 minonce 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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Also around Norma

A paraglider above green hills In the air

Tandem paragliding over Norma

Fifteen minutes in the air over Norma strapped to a pilot, or ninety if you want.

A sports club — you join them for the day

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Norma On the trail

Ancient Norba archaeological park and Norma museum

Guided route through the archaeological park of Norba, the old centre of Norma and the civic archaeological museum, run by the cultural association that manages both sites.

A sports club — you join them for the day

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Norma On the trail

Norba at sunset

Evening guided route that starts in the civic museum at 17.30 and continues into the archaeological park at 19.00, timed so the walk through the polygonal walls happens at sunse…

A sports club — you join them for the day

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More in the air

A hot air balloon inflated and rising over open countryside In the air

Tandem paragliding over the Pontine plain

Tandem paragliding flight from the take-off site at Norma, on the edge of the Lepini mountains, over the Pontine plain and towards the sea.

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Skydivers leaving the aircraft in tandem In the air

Zipline over the Lepini mountains

A 2,225-metre steel cable strung between two pylons above Rocca Massima, up to 310 metres off the ground, with a 350-metre drop.

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