9 Outdoor Activities in Castel Gandolfo That You Shouldn't Miss

February 21, 2022 Chanda Heide

Discover the best top things to do in Castel Gandolfo, Italy including Canoa Kayak Academy, Paddle Lab, Le Palme, Lagolandia, Lake Albano, Le Ninfe, Bordo Lago - Area PicNic, GreenTour Experiences, La Pentima Stabilimento.
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1. Canoa Kayak Academy

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5.0 based on 69 reviews

Canoa Kayak Academy

Canoa Kayak Academy is a well-known canoeing school on the lake of Castel Gandolfo, we organize canoe and kayak courses for adults, teens and children, we also offer guided tours and kayak rentals.

2. Paddle Lab

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5.0 based on 8 reviews

Paddle Lab

Paddle Lab organizes canoe and kayak activities. Courses, excursions, nautical camping, training, logistical assistance and technical support, combining fun and adventure with the most important aspects related to the technical and safety procedures in the water. Specialized in the promotion and marketing of equipment and canoe and kayak tourists service, Paddle Lab was born with the aim to promote and spread sea culture, giving value to the cultural and environmental heritage, as well as improving services for the accommodation facilities and the hospitality of the main Italian tourist destinations.

3. Le Palme

Via Spiaggia del Lago 9/B, 00073 Castel Gandolfo Italy
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5.0 based on 14 reviews

Le Palme

4. Lagolandia

Via Spiaggia del Lago 6, 00073 Castel Gandolfo Italy http://www.lagolandiavillage.it
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5.0 based on 1 reviews

Lagolandia

5. Lake Albano

00041 Castel Gandolfo Italy +39 333 418 3703
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4.5 based on 416 reviews

Lake Albano

Reviewed By F12MPpeters - Rome, Italy

Lago Albano, Castel Gandolfo, Lazio Lago Albano is a small volcanic lake 20 km south of Rome; it’s also the most spectacular geological feature in Lazio this close to the city. Take time from your holiday itinerary and delight in the pleasures of a day out – vista/beach/water/forest/restaurant. Like just about everything in life – it’s what you make of it; this thing about appreciating the people, places and times that impact. Sit on a rock next to Lago Albano of an early morning, and listen to the quietness of the trees/forest around you; take your swim togs and, after a comfortable walk around the lake, get into the water and swim 500 m towards the centre of the lake; tread water and take in the steep crater walls around you; put your head under and swim down a couple of metres; wear swim-goggles and you can see the light above you. Imagine that space beneath you (170 m deep). You can see why the ancients delighted in leaving the heat of the city in summer for the hills around them – modern people too. After a catastrophic splurge with water over-flowing the crater wall and flooding the surrounding countryside (around 400 BCE), the Ancient Romans controlled the level of the lake by building 1,200 m tunnel through the surrounding wall (and discharging beneath what is now Castel Gandolfo). It was fed by an over-flow/chute and remains in working order to this day (and this notwithstanding 3-4 m fall in lake level during the past 50 years). You’ll find it easier to get to the lake if you have a car – 40 minutes on the Via Appia Nuova; parking is easy wherever you are, although you pay by the hour if you remain around the beach end of the lake. There’s also that suburban rail line that skirts the lake and climbs up to Castel Gandolfo Town. Catch the train from Roma Termini. That’s what we did en famille just on 30 years back – our first time to the lake. For the past 10 years or so, a small group of us have been walking the trails around the lake once/week – social walking. This thing about the dynamics of life then – once there were a regular four (more sometimes), but this time there were just the two of us. With the mid-30sdegC heat of mid-year we’ve remained largely beneath the trees. We did the much the same last week. Started at around 08.30 close to Villa Giulia below Via delle Spiaggia del Lago. Rain from the previous night had moistened the undergrowth and there were puddles in the depressions. Easy walking then with the air fresh and moist; the sort of conditions in which you quickly develop a rhythm that would enable you to walk to the ends of the Earth (or so we tell ourselves – when starting out; later it’s the prospect of that cold drink/lunch that encourages you on.). Lago Albano has a surface area 6 km2 and it’s completely enveloped by a circular 250 m wall. A loop around the lake is about 10 km – so, about three hours walking. Begin early and catch the sun across the lip of the rim as it impacts the white facade of Castel Gandolfo Town across the lake (the Pope's original summer residence from days long passed). There are others there too – you’ll bump into around 50 people - joggers, ramblers, dog-walkers and trail bikkies - you have to watch the latter - they creep up on you fast and don't tend to give way. Hmmm We've generally walked the lower trails along the lake side given that's where you find the most shade, but if you scale the wall to reach the upper walking trails you’ll get this spectacular view across to Castel Gandolfo and to the recreational end of the lake where there are beaches and more. The rim is also where you’ll find those strategically-placed restaurants that provide an ‘eating table with a world class view’. It’s the beaches that provide all those tourist services, however, with restaurants and more to suit all tastes/budgets. Peter Steele Rome 12 August 2018

6. Le Ninfe

Via Spiaggia del Lago snc, 00073 Castel Gandolfo Italy +39 329 434 4535 https://www.facebook.com/leninfecastelgandolfo/
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4.5 based on 9 reviews

Le Ninfe

7. Bordo Lago - Area PicNic

Via Spiaggia del Lago,47, 00040 Castel Gandolfo Italy +39 320 465 4409 [email protected] http://www.bordolago.it
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4.0 based on 50 reviews

Bordo Lago - Area PicNic

8. GreenTour Experiences

GreenTour Experiences

My name is Gianna Petrucci I offer a tourist information service in the Castelli Romani, I have contacts with a network of tourism professionals. I have contacts with accredited guides, escorts, naturalistic and food and wine guides; with hospitality operators and restaurateurs. I organize experiences in Lazio in Abruzzo and Molise in contact with nature and the wonders of the territories.

9. La Pentima Stabilimento

Excellent
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3.5 based on 3 reviews

La Pentima Stabilimento

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