A snorkeler floating face down in clear shallow water On the water

Day boat trip around Ponza leaving from Anzio

Anzio

Ponza is near enough to do from Anzio and far enough that the mainland stops mattering — yellow cliffs, water that turns turquoise over sand, and coves you can only reach from a boat.

How the day goes

  1. The fast ferry across from Anzio in the morning.
  2. Onto the boat at Ponza and round the island, stopping to swim where the water asks.
  3. Past the Grotte di Pilato and in under the cliff at Chiaia di Luna.
  4. Pasta cooked on board, then the slow way back into the port.

It is a long day on open water with swimming stops all through it, so it suits people who came for the sea rather than for the town.

Where it is

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

Anzio, and where it is from Rome Anzio drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 74 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 74 min Rome Anzio

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Meeting point at Piazzale Sant'Antonio, to the left of the Laziomar ticket office, 00042 Anzio (RM), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 14drive from the middle of Rome
  • 60 kmeach way
  • 6 honce you are there
  • 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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