Blue Lake Camper

Those views enticing you into a day in/on the lake? A couple of watersports centres are five minutes’ walk away for windsurfing, canoeing, paddleboarding and courses of lessons in how one should approach handling all such equipment. If you’d rather stay on the side of the scenery, there are plenty of pretty views over in Trevignano Romano (15 minutes’ walk), especially if you climb up a little for elevated lake views. Head a bit further into the hills for hikes around the Monte Gelato waterfalls (25 minutes’ drive and sadly not actually formed of ice cream), or see the big birds take to the air at I Falchi di Rocca Romana bird park (five minutes). Back down by the water’s edge are the stunning Renaissance pile Castello Orsini-Odescalchi (15 minutes) and the excellent Italian Air Force Museum (20 minutes). If your Italian trip isn’t complete without a tipple or few, there are a couple of wineries a few minutes’ drive away by the lake, or it’s an hour-long drive to the Frascati area for fans of light whites.