A horse in a misty field at first light On horseback

Rides through the Sabine hills from a farm stay near Rieti

Tarano

The lower Sabina is quiet hill country between Rieti and the top edge of Rome, and from this farm stay you ride out into it instead of driving past it.

How the day goes

  1. Meet at the farm at Tarano and get put on a horse that suits you.
  2. Out into the Sabine hills at a walk, with the ranch's own guides alongside.
  3. Longer excursions are arranged in advance, with the stops planned along the way.
  4. Lessons too, if someone in the party would rather learn than follow.

It is a farm stay first and a stable second, so the rides fit around the house: ring ahead rather than turning up.

Where it is

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

Tarano, and where it is from Rome Tarano drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 61 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 61 min Rome Tarano

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Contrada Benedetti 101, 02040 Tarano (RI), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 01drive from the middle of Rome
  • 65 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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