A paddleboarder on a wide calm lake On the water

SUP or kayak with an instructor, Lake Bracciano

Anguillara Sabazia

Lake Bracciano fills a volcanic crater, and from the middle of it the rim stands all the way round you. An instructor comes along, so a paddleboard is something you learn here rather than something you turn up already knowing.

How the day goes

  1. Meet on the shore at Anguillara: board or kayak, paddle, buoyancy aid, dry bag.
  2. A start in the shallows with the instructor, then out onto open water once you are steady.
  3. Out far enough that the town is a line of roofs behind you and the crater rim closes the horizon.
  4. Back on shore with the day still open, and the station at Anguillara for the train to Rome.

You will get wet and you will be standing on a moving board — if that is not the day you want, the lake reads just as well from a table in Anguillara.

Where it is

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

Anguillara Sabazia, and where it is from Rome Anguillara Sabazia drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 49 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 49 min Rome Anguillara Sabazia

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Anguillara Sabazia — the town, not the meeting point. Check with the operator where exactly to turn up: their own page is linked further up.

Getting there

A car turns this into a whole day instead of an errand

  • 49 mindrive from the middle of Rome
  • 32 kmeach way
  • 1 h 30once 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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Checked 2026-08-08 · sportingclubsabazia.it

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