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Things to Visit in Terracina

The beaches of Sperlonga, Terracina, Sabaudia and San Felice Circeo are called "The Riviera of Ulysses." You can find long fine white sandy beaches, rocky beaches as small unexplored to reach by boat. Pontine Islands (or Ponziane) are located in the province of Latina and are part of the remains of ancient volcanoes. The archipelago consists of two groups of islands, distant from each other slightly more than twenty miles. The group is in the north west is formed by small islands of Ponza and satellites Palmarola, Gavi and Zannone.


The other group, located in south-easterly direction, including Ventotene and S. Stephen. Their location has made them rich in history. Be reached by regular ferry lines. Ponza is for a regular season from Terracina, Formia, Anzio, Naples and San Felice Circeo Via Ventotene and Ischia. There is also a seasonal service of hydrofoils from Fiumicino. Nor too far from Terracina you will find beautiful lakes born on mouths become inactive volcanoes such as Nemi and Sabaudia.

The fascinating encounter between coastal lakes, which are along the coastline bordered by chains of dunes, channels and covered with rushes and reeds that whisper caressed by the wind take you in the Circeo National Park.
The park was stablished in 1934, not to protect a single species but a rich set of biomes.

 
For excursions to historical, you are spoiled for choice: the museum of Sperlonga, the Castle of Itri, the beautiful city of Tivoli Villa Adriana ... all between 20 minutes and an hour and a half from Terracina. Still, the abbey Fossanova, where he filmed "The Name of the Rose" with Sean Connery and in which the monks living selling their genuine products (wine, honey, olive oil, olives ...).
Terracina is also surrounded by numerous medieval towns worth a visit.



Since Terracina one resort, you can choose different types of nightlife, if you're not a type pub, you can visit one of the many establishments in the evening organize bonfires and live music at the beach, generally without price of entry. Terracina still has a numerous amount of restaurants, pizzerias, pubs, nightclubs and cinemas.
Well, hard not to find what works for you.



Famous are the wines: Moscato di Terracina wine to Typical Geographic Indication (IGP), the Casanese and Aleatico wine fresh, fruity, vines grown on these fertile lands, is the agent most honorable in the famous Muscat dry Oppidum "Terracina. Gustatene dry and full bodied flavor, the awe of clear straw-yellow, let yourself be carried away by his intense and determined, almost unexpected.
Moscato di Terracina really leaves the sign!

 
Deserves a space all its own Queen of Agro, the specialty pontine par excellence: the buffalo mozzarella. First, has excellent references: buffalo mozzarella Pontine is a product "Protected Designation of Origin" (PDO). And how blame her? And then, with its round form, the surface soft and shiny white ... how to resist such seduction?
When you cut, you'll find the soft and mushy and the taste is truly unique!

  
A typical dish is the exquisite seaside Tiella of Gaeta, a rustic pizza surrounding the intense flavor of seafood, the famous and the pungent black olives in two layers of flour, overlapped and closed by compression.
The traditional expected to be baked inside special circular trays.

Who does not know the famous olives of Gaeta? That actually come from Itri. Who, in his life, has not cooked the banal "Spaghetti alla puttanesca" or "Sliced sailor" without adding the olives tastiest of Italy?


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