A paraglider above green hills In the air

Tandem paragliding over the Rieti plain from Poggio Bustone

Poggio Bustone

The pilots call Poggio Bustone the best place in Lazio to fly for the first time: a clean take-off, a wide plain to come down on, and the Rieti lakes lying flat below you.

How the day goes

  1. Meet at the take-off above the valley, harness fitted, briefing on the run.
  2. Off the slope, and the plain opens up with Monte Rosato across from you.
  3. Over the Lungo and Ripasottile lakes, Apennine ridges standing behind them.

Easy site or not, you still leave the hill on your own legs, with a wing already flying above your head.

Where it is

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

Poggio Bustone, and where it is from Rome Poggio Bustone drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 97 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 97 min Rome Poggio Bustone

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Poggio Bustone — 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 37drive from the middle of Rome
  • 95 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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Also around Poggio Bustone

Poggio Bustone On the trail

Birdwatching hides on Lago Lungo

The visitor centre of the Laghi Lungo e Ripasottile reserve is the trailhead for the path to Lago Lungo, where hides let visitors watch and hear water birds.

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More in the air

A paraglider above green hills In the air

Tandem paragliding over Norma

Fifteen minutes in the air over Norma strapped to a pilot, or ninety if you want.

A sports club — you join them for the day

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A hot air balloon inflated and rising over open countryside In the air

Tandem paragliding over the Pontine plain

Tandem paragliding flight from the take-off site at Norma, on the edge of the Lepini mountains, over the Pontine plain and towards the sea.

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