I don't know how you are, but I personally if I have to spend my beach holidays, I try to choose the towns and seaside villages, rich in history, traditions and flavors.

On the other hand, I don't particularly like modern resorts, built in the last fifty years, which are limited only to offering tourists fun. Fortunately, Sperlonga, a town perched on a spur of rock overlooking the sea, despite the transformation into a coveted seaside tourist half, has kept its old appearance intact and charm of the seaside village.

It is obviously the old part of the country: in the Middle Ages it was basically a fishing village, which had to continually defend itself from pirate invasions.

This is how a defensive system was built, consisting of four towers and a maze of narrow and winding alleys, with stairs that go up or down. The walls of the houses are white that contrasts with the bright colors, such as turquoise or green, of the doors.

Sperlonga is a very enchanting village, in which you will be happy to lose yourself, discovering the beauty of the views, marble doors, arches, of the alleys and stairs that lead to the most beautiful and unspoiled sea of Lazio, for which the village has been awarded several times with the Blue Flag.

The fascinating location of the place was appreciated already in ancient times so much so that the Emperor Tiberius built a holiday residence there, the cave of Tiberius. The cave is the most famous monument in Sperlonga.

A good part of the villa is still underground, waiting to be excavated. Meanwhile, you can admire the part already brought to light and numerous works of art that decorated it, exhibited in the National Archaeological Museum.