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Six-hour tour around Ponza with pasta cooked on board

Ponza

Chiaia di Luna is a curve of sand under a sheer wall of yellow tuff, and the water is the way to see it. This run takes that in along with most of the rest of the island's coast.

How the day goes

  1. Away from Le Forna in the morning and down the coast.
  2. Past the Grotte di Pilato, Capo Bianco, Lucia Rosa and Cala Feola.
  3. Swimming stops through the day, with masks handed out on board.
  4. Pasta cooked on board at anchor, drinks included.
  5. Back in the late afternoon, salt-dried and finished.

The stops are for swimming and there are several of them; if being in the sea is not the appeal, a short run around the island keeps you dry.

Where it is

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

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

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Via Punta Incenso snc, Le Forna, 04027 Ponza (LT), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable 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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