Gaeta
A headland split by a crack in the rock, with the best swimming on the southern coast on either side of it.
15 days outthe nearest is a 2 h 22 drive from Rome
The drive is long by the standards of this site and the reason people make it is the water. Gaeta sits on a promontory with beaches on both flanks, a walled old town at the tip, and a mountain behind it that is sliced through by a fissure with a sanctuary built inside.
Boats go out from the port to the caves and the coves you cannot walk to, and the coastal path over Monte Orlando gives you the whole gulf in one afternoon.
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On the waterCast off at 9:30 for the Blue Grotto of the Dolls, snorkel kit on board.
€60 per person
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On the waterHalf-day boat trip along the Riviera di Ulisse between Gaeta and Sperlonga.
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On the waterA boat leaves from Gaeta and runs along the headland.
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On the waterBoat trip along the Gaeta coast with a stop for swimming.
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On the waterI Viaggi di Kilroy is a licensed travel agency with an office in the centre of Gaeta that sells its own excursions, sea and land, under the Visit Gaeta name.
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On the trailThe Angevin castle above Gaeta served as the country's military prison within living memory, and the guided visit is about that as much as about the Middle Ages.
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On the trailThe Sanctuary of the Santissima Trinità sits on Monte Orlando, on the ruins of the Roman villa of Munatius Plancus, and takes its name from three great fissures split into the c…
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On the trailThe diocesan museum occupies the first three floors of Cardinal Tommaso De Vio's house on the square that carries his name.
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On the trailThe Pro Loco of Gaeta arranges guided walks through the medieval old town, working with the town's Centro Guide Turistiche.
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On the trailA shuttle run by the Pro Loco carries visitors up the Monte Orlando headland to the Roman mausoleum of Lucius Munatius Plancus and around the natural park at the top, so you can…
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Under the groundTo the left of the sanctuary church a stairway drops into the Grotta del Turco, the third and largest fissure of the split mountain: a pointed arch of rock open to the sea, wher…
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In the old stonesA cathedral at Gaeta, from the twentieth century.
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In the old stonesA Gothic church at Gaeta, from the fourteenth century.
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In the old stonesA church at Gaeta.
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In the old stonesA church at Gaeta, from the nineteenth century.
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