A skydiver under an open canopy against the sky In the air

Tandem hang gliding over the Comino valley

San Donato Val di Comino

A hang glider is a rigid wing you lie under, not a canopy you sit in. This one launches off the mountain above San Donato and crosses the Comino valley.

How the day goes

  1. Meet at the launch and get clipped in beside the pilot, both of you under the bar.
  2. A short run down the ramp, and the wing takes the weight.
  3. Prone over the valley, mountains on both sides, villages small below.
  4. Landing on the field down in the valley; flights run at weekends, on the forecast.

You fly lying on your front with your weight in a harness, which is a strange position the first time, and the date moves when the weather does.

Where it is

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

San Donato Val di Comino, and where it is from Rome San Donato Val di Comino drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 123 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 123 min Rome San Donato Val di Comino

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to San Donato Val di Comino — 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

  • 2 h 03drive from the middle of Rome
  • 159 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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More in the air

A paraglider above green hills In the airTrending

Tandem paragliding over Norma

Fifteen minutes in the air over Norma strapped to a pilot, or ninety if you want.

A sports club — you join them for the day

See the day
A hot air balloon inflated and rising over open countryside In the air

Tandem paragliding over the Pontine plain

Tandem paragliding flight from the take-off site at Norma, on the edge of the Lepini mountains, over the Pontine plain and towards the sea.

See the day

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