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Beach·Easy·Scenic·Popular· Blue Flag

Sperlonga

Lazio

Sperlonga's whitewashed old town, Moorish-looking with its stepped white lanes, sits on a headland dividing two curved sandy bays. At the southern end, Emperor Tiberius built a villa around a natural sea grotto — now an archaeological site holding some of the finest Hellenistic-style sculpture found in Italy, discovered when the grotto partially collapsed in 1957.

Duration
2 hours
Distance
3 km
Elevation
+20 m
Best season
May – September

Parking · Paid

Paid parking above the town; steps down to the beach.

Water

Fountains in the old town.

Highlights

  • Twin sandy bays either side of the old town
  • Emperor Tiberius's grotto-villa archaeological site
  • Whitewashed, Moorish-looking hill town

With your dog

Leashed dogs welcome on the free beach stretches below the town.

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