Sperlonga Travel Guide

Do take the time to visit the "Grotta di Tiberio" and Sperlonga's Archaeological Museum, "Il Museo Archeologico Nazionale", located on the Via Flacca. In the grotto were found fragments of huge sculptures which once adorned the man-made fishponds at the cave mouth. These marble statues, dating from the 2nd century BC, depicted scenes from ...

The museum of Sperlonga is a dedication to the trials of Oddyseus. Housed in what was a villa built for the Emperor Tiberius, there are sculptures found in the Villa and the nearby grotto.

Sperlonga is a beautiful little town built on a cliff face overlooking the Meditteranean. The whole town is whitewashed with narrow alleyways that climb and fall the cliffface. Its like being in North Africa. Amongst the tiny houses are lots of great little restaurants.

Sperlonga is beach, beach and more beach. This is a resort for serious sun worshippers.Beautiful golden sands and gentle tides make Sperlonga the ideal resort for just chilling out.At one end of the beach there are mild natural hot springs that bubble up through the sandand the town above seems more Arabic than Italian.

My 5 year old grandson is an "ice cream connoisseur". He says the best ice cream in Italy is fromFiorelli's .Flavours: Apple, Melon, Strawberry, Fruits of the Forest, Cherry, Chocolate, Coffee, Lemon and Limoncello to name but a few.They have some truely scrumptious cakes too. Go on - You're on holiday !!! - just forget your waistline !!!

The museum at Sperlonga, houses most of the statues and artifacts discovered in the neighbouring cave of Tiberius. Some pretty interesting bits and pieces are to be found here and when I was there, they were running a video on the discovery and recovery of some of these pieces. If I understood correctly the people of the area banded together to...

Superb market at FONDI every Sunday morning. Huge range of stalls and bargains to be found: fashionable clothes, handbags and leather goods, jewellery, shoes, textiles, to name just a few !!!The market is now situated near to Fondi Market, and there is parking round the back.We go nearly every Sunday morning.More about...

Itri Olive OilA superior quality oil, with an good flavour, and fruity and slightly peppery after taste.Derived solely from the Itrana variety of olives, exceptionally low in acidity, in fact far below the1% international standard.

An arcade becomes much like a department store, in that you can find just about everything that you need or would like to collect in one of a number of stores. Nick nacks are my speciality. Usually no more that 20 euro (would this be around 40,000 lira?)

July La Madonna della Civita , the “Madonna of the Old City” is the patron of nearby Itri, whose annual feast day falls on July 21st. People from all over southern Lazio come to make a sacred pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of La Madonna della Civita, near Itri, and in Itri there is a week of various local festivities.Do visit my Itri and Home Page at...

February - “Sabato Grasso” (Fat Saturday) Held at the beginning of Lent - Carnival in the Square“Venerdì Santo” - (Good Friday) - Procession “Lunedì dell'Angelo” - (Easter Monday) Pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of La Madonna della Capanna

In June the feast of Corpus Domini attracts many visitors to Itri, to view the colourful, decorative carpet of flowers, over which the traditional Corpus Domini procession passes. The designs depict scenes from the bible and messages of peace and brotherhood, and are painstakingly composed of thousands of individual flower petals. It is well worth...

put an obstacle in your path so that you fall flat on your face like I did. I then had cause to sit and reflect here, while watching my knee swell to twice its normal size and I generally felt sorry for myself.

My Italian friend reckons that there is only one dangerous snake in Italy.......he assured me that this isn't it. But what I want to know is, did the snake know that it wasn't supposed to be dangerous..............it scared me.

I was moving in to get a close up of the ancient rock work in Tiberius' cave and clicked at the precise moment that I caught this movement out of the corner of my eye.......I am surprised that the photo is in focus. So it might pay to survey the field before you put your camera up to your eye.........I must have jumped a good 3 feet, but I took...

The infamous highway, the Via Appia , is a testament to the remarkable organisational and engineering ability of the Romans. Construction of this, the first and most famous of the ancient Roman roads, was commenced in 312 AD by the Appius Claudius Caecus. It was called the "Queen of Roads" (Regina Viarum) and was to be the main means of...

Venture away from the coast and take the SP 105 road signposted "Itri". You will travel up a meandering road through spectacular mountain scenery until you will eventually arrive at the sweet little town of Itri , nestling in the foothills of the Aurunci Mountains.Explore the Medieval Town with its magnificent castle and ancient churches.For more...

Near to the Grotta di Tiberio there is a Nature Reserve called the Blu Oasis.Here the marine waters are so clean that Poseidon seaweed grows freely. These waters have been awarded the European Blue Flag award for cleanliness for several years now.

Wandering through the meandering streets of "Old Sperlonga" and sitting in the Piazza della Republica sipping a cappucino and just watching the world go by. We visited the Food Festival "Sapore di Mare", which is held each year towards the beginning of June.We were able to sample many of the truely mouth watering traditional fish dishes.

The Beach is great. European Blue Flag standing. Beautiful old village set into a rock promontory, over looking the sea. Mainly populated by Italians, giving you a taste of pure Italian Beach life. The water was warm. Some days very surfy, others calm as a millpond. Clear and sandy. Lots of sun beds and umbrellas owned by hotels and a fair bit of...

Grotto of Tiberius Visiting the Grotto at 8am and having it all to myself. This includied the museum! Only 2 euros entry fee.