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The choice of a summer destination is never an easy one, especially when time is at a premium, be it for a weekend or even just for a quick getaway from the heat that is the city. There is, however, a place not far from Rome that has more to offer to those who are looking for a perfect mix between relaxation, vivacity, authenticity and the breathta...

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Italy has dozens of wonderful, small islands to discover and the Pontine Islands are definitely among the most beautiful and unmissable. Small in size, but with a great cultural and naturalistic heritage, these islands offer a variety of activities and iconic places to visit. Their blue and pristine sea is known for the purity of its waters, while...

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Legend has it that Romans have been vacationing in Ponza since earlier than 300 BCE. They saw it as a secluded place to exile people they didn’t want around the empire — and also exile themselves when they needed a break from imperial life. Despite being a centuries-old holiday spot, it took me three stifling summers stuck within the Aurelian walls...

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An island that couldnʼt be more island. Accessible but not completely, popular and crowded in the summer but also far from everything and the clamor of summer. Ponza is immersed in the Tyrrhenian Sea, small (just 7.5 sq km) yet large, the largest of the Pontine archipelago, which it embraces like the main crater of a great volcanic cone, which in f...

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Rome is the first destination that comes to mind when we think of Italy because it is one of the most famous cities in the world, along with Paris and London. Hidden gems are the lesser-known routes in Italy, including the secret small towns, beautiful villages, and islands that are yet to be discovered by tourists that explore the country every ye...

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It was a warm Saturday in late summer. As I drove across a pancake-flat coastal agrarian landscape, about 50 miles southwest of Rome, a shape materialized out of the haze above the sea. A mountain: greenish-black, sudden, surprising. It gained substance with every bumpy mile my Fiat Panda put behind me, looming over fields stippled with umbrella pi...

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In Italy there are many islands to discover: one of them is Ponza. Here, it is possible to enjoy wonderful beaches and a turquoise sea that will leave the visitor pleasantly surprised. Here you will find out where this island is as a part of the archipelago of Pontine islands and you will know what to do and to see in this place. You will also have...

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THE VOLCANIC ISLAND OF PONZA is blessed with a chromatic richness and no cliff looks the same.  The world-famous crescent-shaped beach of Chiaia di Luna (Half Moon Beach) is dominated by sheer vertical white and yellow tuff cliffs that rise more than 300 feet (100 meters) above the turquoise-colored sea below. Locals claim that on nights when the m...

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Ponza is a popular summer vacation destination for Italians, especially Romans and Neapolitans, as Rome and Naples are only a short drive and ferry ride away. Known by some as “Capri without the tourists,” Ponza is a worthy vacation destination for travelers who want to experience summer the Italian way, basking in the beauty of the Mediterranian....

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