A kitesurfer riding across the water with a power kite overhead On the water

Canadian canoe outing on Lake Turano

Castel di Tora

A Canadian canoe carries the whole group sitting up high, and this one goes out with a guide. It is the version of the lake where nobody has to be an athlete, small children included.

How the day goes

  1. Meet at the lakeside, take a seat and get the paddle sorted out.
  2. Into the arms of the valley the road never reaches, where the water goes still.
  3. Back the way you came, arms tired only if you wanted them to be.

If you came for speed or for solitude, a single kayak off the same shore does that far better.

Where it is

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

Castel di Tora, and where it is from Rome Castel di Tora drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 74 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 74 min Rome Castel di Tora

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Castel di Tora — 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 14drive from the middle of Rome
  • 85 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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Also around Castel di Tora

Castel Di Tora On the water

Kayaking on Lake Turano

Single and double kayaks on Lake Turano at Castel di Tora, supplied with paddles and buoyancy aids.

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Castel Di Tora On the trail

Guided visit to the abandoned village of Antuni

A guided visit to Borgo Antuni, the abandoned medieval hamlet on the promontory in Lake Turano, run by the local operator that also manages the lake activities.

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Castel Di Tora On the trail

Guided hikes in the Navegna e Cervia reserve

Guided walks in the Monte Navegna e Monte Cervia regional nature reserve, the mountains that enclose Lake Turano and Lake Salto, offered by the same operator that runs the lake …

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More on the water

Two kayakers on a calm blue lake On the water

Kayak on Lake Albano

Three hours paddling across Lake Albano, gear included, children from six up.

€42.40 per person

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Learn to wing foil on Lake Bracciano

A course of four lessons on the lake, board and wing included, with the club that runs them.

€400 per booking

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A sailing boat on open blue sea On the water

Introductory sailing lesson off Ostia

Forty-five minutes from Piramide by train, then you take the helm off Ostia.

€45 per person

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