A waterfall dropping into a pool Down the river

Rafting under the Marmore Falls

Cascata delle Marmore

Two bases on the same river. The one at Papigno puts boats in under the falls where the water is hardest; the one at Arrone runs the quiet stretch for families and children.

How the day goes

  1. Pick the base according to the day you want: hard water, or flat.
  2. Rafting under the falls, or the calm descent through the river park.
  3. Hydrospeed, tubing, kayaking and canyoning out of the same centre.
  4. A night descent, for anyone who wants the river in the dark.

The two bases are not the same trip and not even the same village, so check which one you are booked at before setting off.

Where it is

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

Cascata delle Marmore, and where it is from Rome Cascata delle Marmore drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 98 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 98 min Rome Cascata delle Marmore

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Via Carlo Neri, 28 - 05037 Papigno (Terni); second base: SS 209 Valnerina 13-24, 05030 Montefranco (TR), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 38drive from the middle of Rome
  • 113 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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