In 1957, while widening the coast road, workers and archaeologists found in Tiberius's grotto the fragments of colossal sculpture groups: the blinding of Polyphemus, Scylla, a marble Odyssey the emperor wanted in his seaside villa. Sperlonga's museum recomposes them beside the grotto: unique in the world.
Above, the white village climbs its spur with lanes, arches and stairways of Tyrrhenian Greece: among Italy's most beautiful, its beaches collecting Blue Flags below. Rome and Naples are equidistant: the perfect escape of those in the know.
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Next up: Saint Leo the Great and Saint Roch, patrons of the town born from Tiberius's grotto, Sunday 5 September
Nearest airport: Napoli Capodichino, 83 km away
Sperlonga is part of 🏘️ Villages 🏖️ Seaside
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📅 Every year, in the days before and after the first Sunday of September
Sperlonga celebrates Saint Leo the Great and Saint Roch in the days around the first Sunday of September, with Saint Roch's evening procession to the sea; the town's name comes from the grotto (spelunca) built into Emperor Tiberius's villa.
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Outside Sperlonga, but an easy day trip away.
