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Full-day diving trip to Ponza, Palmarola and Zannone

San Felice Circeo

The islands sit well off the mainland, and the water around them is deeper and clearer than anything on the coast. Reaching them takes the whole day, and the wreck at Punta Papa is why people go.

How the day goes

  1. Early start from the mainland and a long crossing out to the archipelago.
  2. Dives off Ponza, Palmarola or Zannone, depending on the sea.
  3. The wreck at Punta Papa for those diving it.
  4. The crossing back with the afternoon behind you.

A long crossing and serious diving: this is a day for people who already dive regularly, not for a first tank of the holiday.

Where it is

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

San Felice Circeo, and where it is from Rome San Felice Circeo drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 110 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 110 min Rome San Felice Circeo

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Via dei Volsci 87, 04100 Latina (LT); boarding at San Felice Circeo harbour, the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 50drive from the middle of Rome
  • 104 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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