Not even half an hour from Sperlonga or, if you prefer more precise directions, halfway between Rome and Naples is another example of one beautiful village that happily married the sea and the past. It is Terracina, the city located at the foot of the Ausoni mountains that dominate the city with Mount Sant'Angelo.

Terracina is traditionally divided into a high city, an old part of the city dating back to the Middle Ages. developed in the hilly part, and in a low, modern and seaside city that winds along the Via Appia offering a large promenade and cozy squares.

The heart of the old Terracina is Piazza Municipio where the history of the city is also concentrated. Here you will find traces dating back to the Roman period thanks to the ruins of the Capitoline Temple, medieval traces represented by the Cathedral, Palazzo Venditti, from the Torre dei Rosa and the Frangipane Castle.

From the Town Hall Square you can also see two symbols of the city: the sea and the Temple of Jupiter Anxur, part of a complex monumental that constituted the Acropolis, located on top of Monte Sant'Angelo. From a series of arches of the temple extends a spectacular view of the Tyrrhenian Sea.

If you find a peaceful day you will also be able to see Circeo and beyond. Fragments of Terracina's history are scattered also in the new part, developed around the eighteenth-century Borgo Pio, but also contain traces of Roman times.

The port of Trajan, the Severian Forum, the cut of the great rock called Pesco Montano, made by Trajan himself to allow the passage of the Appian to the sea live in in harmony with parks, modern accommodation facilities, beach clubs and the colorful harbor — channel where, next to yachts and tourist boats, fishing boats dock of the fishermen of Terracina.