A sailing boat under white sails on open water On the water

SUP lesson on Lake Nemi with a herb-farm tasting

Nemi

Nemi is a small round lake at the bottom of a crater, with the town holding on to the rim above it. From a board out on the water you are looking up at wooded walls on every side.

How the day goes

  1. Board and gear at the shore, then a first stretch of flat water with the instructor.
  2. Out towards the middle, where the crater sides rise all round and the noise drops away.
  3. Back in, dry off, and across to the herb farm on the shore.
  4. A tasting at Le Erbe della Luna, among plants grown at the edge of the water.

You are standing on water and you may go in, so be comfortable swimming; the floating aperitivo on the same lake keeps you seated the whole time.

Where it is

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

Nemi, and where it is from Rome Nemi drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 47 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 47 min Rome Nemi

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Nemi — 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

  • 47 mindrive from the middle of Rome
  • 32 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 — so you can actually drink

    Our pick for this one

    There is wine at the end of this one. Somebody else driving is not a luxury here.

    • Picked up where you are staying, dropped back there
    • No parking to find and no ZTL to worry about
    • Nobody has to stay off the wine

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