A sailing boat on open blue sea On the water

Introductory sailing lesson off Ostia

Ostia

Rome has a seaside at the end of a train line, and this is the reason to use it. An introductory lesson on the water off Ostia, where you are handed the tiller and the rope rather than a seat at the back of the boat.

How the day goes

  1. Out from Piramide on the Roma-Lido line, straight to the coast.
  2. Life jackets on and the basics of the boat, then you cast off.
  3. Out into open water, taking turns at the helm while the shore flattens out behind you.
  4. Back ashore with the day still going, and the train into Rome from the station you came from.

The wind decides this one: no breeze, no lesson. If you want a day that runs whatever the sky is doing, the pasta morning at Frascati is indoors.

Where it is

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

Ostia, and where it is from Rome Ostia drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 38 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 38 min Rome Ostia

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Ostia — the town, not the meeting point. Ask them where exactly to turn up; the number is on this page.

Getting there

An easy run out of Rome — make it a comfortable one

  • 38 mindrive from the middle of Rome
  • 34 kmeach way
  • 4 honce you are there
  • 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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Ostia In the old stones

The basilica of Sant'Aurea

A Renaissance cathedral at Lido di Ostia, from the fifteenth century.

Free — nothing to pay

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Ostia In the old stones

Fontana dello Zodiaco

A fountain at Lido di Ostia, from the twentieth century.

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