Sermoneta On the trail

Caetani Castle in Sermoneta

Sermoneta

The Caetani built to last. The keep still stands over the whole Pontine plain, and the halls inside were painted when the family was at the height of its power and expected to stay there.

How the day goes

  1. Up through Sermoneta's stone streets to the gate at the top.
  2. Across the drawbridge into the courts, then the keep itself.
  3. The painted rooms, and the walls looking out over the plain to the sea.
  4. The garden of Ninfa lies down below, run by the same foundation.

Entry is by time slot booked ahead, and the climb from the town is steep with stairs inside on top of it.

Where it is

Sermoneta at its real position from Rome, with everywhere else we list behind it — so you can see how far out this one is.

Sermoneta, and where it is from Rome Sermoneta drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 97 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 97 min Rome Sermoneta

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Via della Fortezza, 04013 Sermoneta (LT), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 37drive from the middle of Rome
  • 87 kmeach way

  • Rent a car for the day

    The day stays yours: you leave when you want, stop where you want, and come back when the light goes.

    • You pick it up in Rome and drop it back in Rome
    • No timetable to build the day around
    • The stops on the way are the good part, and they need a car

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  • Have a driver take you, door to door

    No parking to find, no wrong turns, and you leave when the day is done.

    • Picked up where you are staying, dropped back there
    • No parking to find and no ZTL to worry about
    • Nobody spends the day driving

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Also around Sermoneta

Sermoneta On the trail

Valvisciolo Abbey with a licensed guide

Guided tour of the Cistercian abbey below Sermoneta, including the church, the cloister and the Templar symbolism carved there.

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A wakeboarder skimming across flat water behind a towline On the water

Kayaking the Cavata river under Sermoneta

Paddling trip in modern kayaks on the clear spring-fed Cavata river, which rises at the foot of the Lepini below the medieval town of Sermoneta and the Monticchio tower.

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The deck of a sailing yacht under way, crew along the rail On the water

Canoe on the Cavata river plus tasting

A canoe trip starting at the springs of the Cavata river below the medieval town of Sermoneta, paddling five kilometres along the edge of the Monticchio spring-water nature monu…

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