A wakeboarder skimming across flat water behind a towline On the water

Kayak Explorer on Lake Vico

Lago di Vico

An early start on Vico, while the surface is still glass and the mist has not lifted off the reeds. The paddle is a short one and the lesson comes first, so nobody needs to have done this before.

How the day goes

  1. Meet at the Scardenato base on the shore and learn the strokes.
  2. A short paddle out from the bank, taking the crater in from the middle of it.
  3. Off the water before the day heats up, with the Cimini hills still to explore.

It is a taste of the lake rather than an expedition — for longer on the water, the same shore runs outings that go further.

Where it is

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

Lago di Vico, and where it is from Rome Lago di Vico 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 Lago di Vico

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to La Bella Venere, Scardenato, Lake Vico - Caprarola (VT), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 31drive from the middle of Rome
  • 69 kmeach way
  • 2 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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Lago Di Vico On the water

Kayak on Lake Vico with an instructor

A three-hour kayak session on Lake Vico run by the Centro Outdoor & Kayak Alchimia, inside the Lago di Vico nature reserve.

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Canoe and SUP rental on Lake Vico

An association on Lake Vico renting canoes and stand-up paddleboards and running SUP excursions and SUP courses.

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