Ponza

Ponza (Isola Di Ponza) is the largest of the Italian Pontine islands archipelago, located 33 km south of Cape Circeo in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Other Pontine islands include Gavi, Palmarola, Zannone, Ventotene and Santo Stefano Island. The Pontine Archipelago is at the Southern edge of the Italian Riviera.

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Ponza is the largest in the Pontine Islands, which are the remains of extinct volcanos, with a surface area is 7.3 square kilometers. It is a crescent shaped island with one large beach called Spiaggia di Chiaia di Luna (Half Moon Beach) and a few small beaches and has a mostly rocky coast made of kaolin and tufa rock. It has many odd natural rock formations, one looks like a monk, another looks like a giant pair of pants (Arco Naturale O Spaccapolpi), another looks like a patch of flowers or mushrooms.

Cape Circeo: Cape Circeo is a headland at the northern end of the Gulf of Gaeta on the west coast of Italy. While the headland is quite steep and hilly, the land immediately to the east of it is very low-lying and swampy. Although much of the swamp has been reclaimed for agriculture and urban areas, part of it i...

Gavi: Gavi is a tiny island in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the west coast of Italy. It is part of Pontine Islands and is located a short distance off the north shore of Ponza....

Palmarola: Palmarola is a craggy uninhabited island in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the west coast of Italy. It is the second largest of the Pontine Islands and located about 10 kilometres west from Ponza....

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The Port Of Ponza