Isola Del Giglio In the old stones

The walls of Giglio Castello

Isola del Giglio

Where it is

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

Isola del Giglio, and where it is from Rome Isola del Giglio drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 202 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 202 min Rome Isola del Giglio

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Isola del Giglio itself. The place is signposted from there — we point at the town because that is the position we hold, and we would rather say so than pretend to a pin we have not checked.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 3 h 22drive from the middle of Rome
  • 177 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 Isola del Giglio

A sailing boat under white sails on open water On the water

A full day by boat to Giglio or Giannutri

A full-day boat trip from Porto Santo Stefano, choosing between the island of Giglio, the island of Giannutri or a full circuit of the Argentario.

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More in the old stones

Arpino In the old stones

The pointed arch at Civitavecchia, Arpino

Megalithic walls above Arpino, and a corbelled pointed arch cut through them that has no equal anywhere else in the Mediterranean.

Free — nothing to pay

Just turn up — open air, any hour

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Alatri In the old stones

The cyclopean walls of Alatri

Polygonal blocks fitted without mortar, standing in the middle of the old town, and a gate whose single lintel stone weighs about as much as a locomotive.

Free — nothing to pay

Just turn up — open air, any hour

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Castro Dei Volsci In the old stones

The Mamma Ciociara monument, Castro dei Volsci

A Carrara marble figure on the old rock of San Pietro, raised in 1964 to the women of this valley who were assaulted here at the end of the war.

Free — nothing to pay

Just turn up — open air, any hour

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Albano Laziale In the old stones

The cathedral of San Pancrazio

A Baroque cathedral at Albano Laziale, from the eighteenth century.

Free — nothing to pay

Just turn up

See the day

Checked 2026-08-23 · it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mura_di_Giglio_Castello

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