One of the most beautiful villages in Italy lies right in the middle between Rome and Naples and only 120 kilometres from each.
It is very easy to make a little detour along the coast, slow down for a while, make a food and wine experience or take a cooking class, visit local farms, enjoy breathtaking views and a crystal clear sea.
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A sunbed, a book and a clean sea to dive in: the dream of the perfect relax comes true.
Well, in Sperlonga you can do it every day, from April to October. And this is the favorite activity of many tourists.
But if you really want to appreciate the beauty of Sperlonga beaches we suggest you to have a look around and move.
Sperlonga’s old village lies on a strip of Mount San Magno, a hinge between the two main beaches of the country: the East Beach and the West one.
more “The beaches”We are sincere: even just lie down on the beach and take a bath in the crystal clear sea that laps the coast could suffice.
Yet these activities allow to enjoy only a small part of the great beauty of this village, among the most beautiful in Italy, and its territory.
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“The king of the gods once burned with love for Phrygian Ganymede, and to win him Jupiter chose to be something other than he was. Yet he did not deign to transform himself into any other bird, than that eagle, that could carry his lightning bolts. Straightaway, he beat the air with deceitful wings, and stole the Trojan boy, who still handles the mixing cups, and against Juno’s will pours out Jove’s nectar”.
(Ovid, Metamorphosis, X, 155-161)
Amyclae was the name of a very old town set in today ‘south Latium, that mysteriously disappeared three thousands years ago.
We can’t really say exactly where this town was built. However many latin poets tell us that Amyclae lied in a hypothetical triangle among the towns of Sperlonga, Fondi and Terracina.
When you walk through the alleys of the old Sperlonga village you’ll be surprised by a very characteristic “piazzetta” with a tiny old well in the middle.
That’s part of the very first building in the old town. It was the monastery built from the Benedictine monks in the 1100 A.D.
The Cecubo is one of the wines that you’ll taste during your ancient Roman wine tour experience.
So let’s learn something about it!