Riders on horseback on a trail through open country On horseback

Horseback ride in the Manziana oak woods

Manziana

The oak wood at Manziana is old and dark and flat enough to ride at a walk, with streams cutting across it and rock walls where the ground lifts. The stable is on the spot, inside the Bracciano-Martignano park.

How the day goes

  1. Meet at the stable and get matched to a horse for whatever level you ride at.
  2. Into the oaks, across the streams and along the rock walls, in a small group.
  3. Back to the farm with the afternoon free for Bracciano and the lake.

It goes out as a small group rather than a private lesson, so the pace is whoever else is riding that morning.

Where it is

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

Manziana, and where it is from Rome Manziana drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 69 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 69 min Rome Manziana

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to via degli Scopeti, Manziana (RM), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 09drive from the middle of Rome
  • 47 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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