Kitesurfers riding off a windy beach, kites lined up in the sky On the water

Kitesurf courses on the beaches north and south of Rome

Fiumicino

Kitesurfing starts on the beach with the kite and nothing else; the board only turns up later. Fregene has the space for that, and the sea breeze comes up most summer afternoons.

How the day goes

  1. Kite handling on the sand, learning where the power sits before you feel it.
  2. Into the shallows for body-dragging, towed along by the kite alone.
  3. The board comes last, and the first runs are short ones.

A kite pulls hard and the wind sets the hour, so this is a sport you begin with a lesson and never by borrowing gear off someone on the beach.

Where it is

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

Fiumicino, and where it is from Rome Fiumicino drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 33 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 33 min Rome Fiumicino

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Fiumicino — 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

  • 33 mindrive from the middle of Rome
  • 31 kmeach way

  • 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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