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

Coastal boat trip from Sperlonga with the skipper telling the story

Sperlonga

Sperlonga sits white on its rock with a Roman emperor's cave villa at the foot of it. The boat is run by a local skipper, so the coast arrives with the story of what you are looking at.

How the day goes

  1. Out from Sperlonga with the town shrinking behind you.
  2. The skipper naming the caves, the coves and the villa below the old town.
  3. Back in with the afternoon left for the stepped lanes above the beach.

The same people run guided walks in the old town and the archaeological park, if a day on the water is not what you came for.

Where it is

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

Sperlonga, and where it is from Rome Sperlonga drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 131 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 131 min Rome Sperlonga

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Sperlonga — the town, not the meeting point. Check with the operator where exactly to turn up: their own page is linked further up.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 2 h 11drive from the middle of Rome
  • 144 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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