A scuba diver underwater in a wetsuit with tanks and mask On the water

Sailing and windsurfing lessons on Lake Bracciano

Bracciano

Lake Bracciano fills an old volcanic crater north of Rome: flat water, no tide, a far shore you can see from the near one. It is where the children get their first dinghy or their first board, on a weekday, while you keep the beach.

How the day goes

  1. Drive up from Rome to the water at Bracciano, where the centre is.
  2. Kit, a briefing on shore, then out on the lake — sail or board, whichever they picked.
  3. The youngest are finished before lunch; the full day runs on into the late afternoon.
  4. Back down to Rome the same evening, or stay and eat in the town above the lake.

It is built around children's courses and it runs on weekdays. An adult who wants a lesson of their own should ask them what is on offer, or take the introductory sail off Ostia instead.

Where it is

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

Bracciano, and where it is from Rome Bracciano drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 58 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 58 min Rome Bracciano

Open it where the roads are

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

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 58 mindrive from the middle of Rome
  • 40 kmeach way
  • 3 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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Dive in a volcanic lake at Bracciano

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Kayak, SUP and boat rental on Lake Bracciano

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Sailing and windsurf camps for children and adults

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€45 per person

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One thing we have not resolved: Almost everything they publish is for children aged 6 to 16, Monday to Friday 9:30-18:00. Adult courses and private lessons are named but come with no price, no duration and no calendar, so ask them. They state their FIV/CONI affiliation; what the membership costs is not published.

Checked 2026-08-18 · centrosurfbracciano.it/corsi/scuola-vela

Photograph by Team3LIUCGloria, Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0. Not this place: it shows what the day looks like, and will be replaced with the operator's own photograph or ours from the field.

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