Lake Bracciano
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Get in
The towns of Anguillara and Bracciano can be reached by train from Ostiense railway station in Rome. By car, take Rome’s ring road (the GRA) to the Cassia bis exit and follow the signs to the lake. Alternatively, you can take the coastal A12 Autostrada or the Via Aurelia in the direction of Civitavecchia, leaving it at Cerveteri or Furbara-Sasso and following signs to Bracciano.
Get around
Regional buses called COTRAL are operated by the region of Lazio and call hourly at Canale Monterrano, Manziana, Bracciano and Anguillara then descend to Rome along the via Clodia terminating at the Saxa Rubra bus garage close to the RAI television Studios on the via Flaminia. Approximately one bus every two hours from Bracciano passes Trevignano Romano in each direction, and one bus every two hours also reaches Bracciano Hospital.
The local municipalities of Manziana, Bracciano and Anguillara also provide small orange mini-busses which connect their outlying communities at certain times of the day.
In the summer months, a tourist boat connects Bracciano's Lakeside beach area with piers in the centre of Anguillara and Trevignano. The boat makes three complete tours of the lake in a day in a triangular route missing out most of the west side of the lake.
See
- Bracciano is a small town mainly famous for a well-preserved 15th Century castle (Castello Odescalchi)
- Anguillara Sabazia is built on a small cape that sticks out into the lake. Three kilometres east of the town lies the small Lake Martignano. This is not accessible by car and requires a short walk from the parking area. Unlike Lake Bracciano it is very undeveloped.
- Trevignano Romano is on the north side of the lake. It has some pleasant lakeside walks and is the lake’s main sailing center.
- The picturesque town of Manziana is on the west side of the lake, with great views of the whole lake, beautiful boutique shops along the main shopping street and the region's finest cuisine, at Il Sorcetto restaurant.
- Monterano the ghost-town is 15 minutes west of Manziana destroyed by Napoleon's armies in 1790.
Do
- Explore the conduit and sources of the ancient Aqua Traiana, Trajan's Aqueduct which circumnavigated the lake and had sources all around its volcanic foothills, from Pisciarelli, and Santa Fiora, to Vicarello and Bassano in the North and also East of Trevignano Romano. Trajan's Aqueduct was partly rebuilt by Pope Paul V in 1612 and named the Acqua Paola and much of the Acqua Paola remains in working order today.
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address: Vigna di ValleA superb collection of planes housed in the hangars of Italy's first seaplane base. Exhibits range from the pioneers of flight and WWI fighters up to Italian military planes of the present day. This is one of the largest collections of its type in the world and is really well displayed.
Buy
- Fedeli department store in central Bracciano (via Principe di Napoli) offers fine jewelery and fine clothing to wealthy widows and elegant ladies with large alimony cheques.
- Bracciano Due on the far side of the via Braccianese from the town centre has a small Mall-style shopping centre with a reasonably sized CONAD hypermarket, a Euronics Consumer Electronics store, a Feltrinelli Bookstore, a nail bar and beauty-treatments shop, and various other boutiques (mostly focused on female vanity), a pizzeria and a coffee-shop. There are no clothing stores for men or children.
- Kesp outdoor commercial centre on the boundary of Manziana, arriving from Bracciano, has a Carrefour supermarket, a large Electronics superstore called Medimax, a large but understocked shoeshop, and a pricey DIY store.
Eat
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phone: +39 06 9968229address: Viale R. Belloni, 28/29 - AnguillaraBeautiful setting right on the lake with great views of Anguillara. Has been used as a set by several directors, including Fellini. Good wine list
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phone: +39 339 530 2389address: Via Della Collegiata 26Mediterranean, Fast food, for vegetarians
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Pane e Olio
phone: +39 06 9980 3433address: piazza Mazzini, 11Traditional food and products at km 0 -
phone: +39 06 3105 3012address: piazza Roma, 8The cuisine is Italian
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phone: +39 06 9980 2430address: Piazza delle Magnolie, 1Italian, Seafood, Soups
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Ai due Leoni
phone: +39 06 998 7167address: Via di Castel Giuliano, 13Italian, Pizza -
phone: +39 06 998 7064address: Via Panzanata, 2Italian,Room staff, parking, parking validated, accessible wheelchair, serves liquor, wine and beer, Reservations, tables outside, Seats
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Al Castello
phone: +39 347 915 4001address: Via della Collegiata, 1Wood oven -
phone: +39 06 998 8353address: Via Olmata Tre Cancelli, 22Italian, Mediterranean
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phone: +39 346 374 6978address: Via Giulio Volpi 9
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Agriturismo "Tra Lago e Cielo"
phone: +39 392 939 3290address: Via della Lobbra, 1/Bfor families -
Garibaldi
phone: +39 06 998 6595address: Via Giuseppe Garibaldi 6Italian -
phone: +39 06 9980 3182address: Via Della Arazzaria 5,Italian, Fish
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phone: +39 06 9980 2615address: Piazza Roma, 18Italian, Seafood, Mediterranean
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phone: +39 331 508 1892address: Lungolago Giuseppe Argenti, 39italian
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phone: +39 06 998 7685address: Piazza Don Cesolini, 32/33Pizzas sourdough served on platters in a room with colorful furniture and play area for children.
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phone: +39 06 9980 2341address: Piazza Don Cesolini, 4-6Hamburger, pancakes and Tex-Mex menu in a colorful inspiration of USA with bright pictures on the walls.
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La Fontanella
phone: +39 06 9980 4540address: Via Francesco Silla, 1Italian, Pizza, Seafood, Mediterranean -
phone: +39 06 9980 4536address: Via Fioravanti, 46Italiana, Pesce, Mediterranea
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phone: +39 06 6936 9671address: Via del Ponte Medioevale, 1Italian, Seafood, Mediterranean, For Vegetarians
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phone: +39 06 9984 9155address: Via Olmata Tre CancelliItalian, Pizza
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Fantasy Food
phone: +39 06 9887 6640address: Via Principe di Napoliitalian -
phone: +39 349 764 5486address: Via Arazzaria, 33Pub, Italian, Mexican
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phone: +39 06 9980 2932address: Via Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour, 36Italian, Pizza, Mediterranean
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Striscia la Pizza
address: Via Claudia 32italian,pizza -
Trattoria Le Torri
phone: +39 06 998 6187address: Via Claudia, 49italian,Mediterranean -
La Zuccallegra
phone: +39 393 158 8184address: Via Girolamo Tamburri, 9For vegetarians -
phone: +39 06 9980 2208address: Via Claudia, 2Aitalian,pub
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phone: +39 06 9981 5589address: Via Girolamo Tamburriitalian
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phone: +39 06 9980 0007address: Via del Sasso, 4italian
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phone: +39 06 9980 3076address: Via Regina d'Italia, 4italian, Suitable for children
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Ristorante Pizzeria degli Abruzzi
phone: +39 06 998 6599address: Via delle Molare, 2italian, pizza and Mediterranean -
phone: +39 06 9980 5585address: Via della Sposetta Vecchia, 1Italian, Pizza, Seafood, Mediterranean
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phone: +39 06 998 6971address: Via Santa Lucia, 4,Chinese, Japanese, Sushi
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phone: +39 06 9980 4471address: Piazza San Lorenzo, 45 (via pisciarelli)Italian, Pizza, Asian
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phone: +39 06 9980 3224address: Via Principe di Napoli, 164Chinese
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phone: +39 340 341 6551address: Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini
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phone: +39 06 9981 5203address: Piazza Marinai D'italiapizza
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Ristorante Sora Tuta
phone: +39 06 9980 4677address: Via Agostino Faustiitalien -
Un'altra Bottiglia
phone: +39 06 9980 4520address: 27 Via Arazzeriaitalian,Mediterranean -
Number One
phone: +39 06 9980 3237address: Via Principe di Napoli, 85Gastronomy -
phone: +39 06 998 8520address: Via di Valle Foresta, 11italian
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La Porta Rossa
phone: +39 347 766 2586address: Via Gabriele D'Annunzio, 34 -
phone: +39 06 998 6694address: Via Castel GiulianoBreakfast included, for families
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Festina Lente
phone: +39 06 998 7033address: Via Olmata Tre Cancelli, 8italian -
phone: +39 06 3105 9436address: 67, Via ArazzariaItalian, Brasserie
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phone: +39 06 9980 6013address: Lungolago Giuseppe Argenti, 14italian,pizza
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phone: +39 328 92 77 565address: Lungolago Argenti, 49
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phone: +39 06 9724 1161address: Via Raffaello Sanzio 46,Steakhouse, Fast food
Drink
Bracciano has two particularly western-friendly eating and drinking establishments:
- Donnegans is an extensive pub in Bracciano City Centre with a spacious atmosphere, a good quality aperitivo, and a slightly expensive drinks menu. Prices are on a par with drinks in Milan or Trastevere.
- Crazy Bull is a great sports-type bar and a modern Tex-Mex restaurant on a hill above Bracciano Castle and slightly to the periphery of the city centre. However it offers good quality western food, and some variety for those whose constitutions need a break from the relentless (although delicious) pizza and pasta. Crazy Bull is also a great place to sit and drink a beer or a cocktail without travelling into Rome.
Sleep
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phone: +39 0699815284address: via della Cisterna, 6It has 8 nice and confortable rooms and mini apartments that overloook Lake Bracciano, and Bracciano's castle. Both the rooms and the apartments are air conditioned and have private bathrooms.A panoramic swimming pool and a giant chess board (and giant chess pieces are both free to use
Connect
- Historians and Archaeologists may like to contact the Forum Clodii society based in Bracciano, and who run their own museum.
- Those interested in local etruscan archaeology can contact the Manziana Archaeology Group Gruppo Archeologico Romano Sezione Manziana.
- For further information about the conservation area around Lakes Bracciano and Martignano, visitors can contacts the Parks Authority Parco Regionale Naturale Bracciano Martignano.
- Those interested in visiting Lake Bracciano can contact Associazione Turismo Lago di Bracciano or Visit Bracciano.