The Pontine, Ponza, Palmarola, Zannone, and Ventotene islands, the 4 pearls of the central Mediterranean, which ideally connect the eternal city by sea to Naples, Naples, and the Flegrean islands, Ischia and Capri, Amalfi, the Sorrento peninsula.
The Pontine islands are among the most distant, among the smaller Italian islands, from the mainland, for this reason in these islands you will find the clearest and most crystalline waters of Italy, and a luxuriant fauna.
Starting from the Marina closest to Rome and closest to the Pontine Islands, you can optimize travel, thanks also to the two international airports of the capital, and its geographical centrality.
Once you reach the first island, Palmarola, you can enjoy from the first landing of a purely naturalistic and deserted island: Cala del Porto (despite the name there is no port) also called Cala del Francese, from the name of the historic restaurant still present and in activity in the Cala, during the summer. On the west side you will find two other interesting bays with good depths, while on the east side you can anchor and take two splendid baths in the Cala dei Gabbiani and Cala brigantina. The visit to the Faraglioni in the South, and the bay that looks to the North, called the "Cathedral" (thanks to the bristling rocks and slits that make it look like a Gothic cathedral), complete the visit of the first Pontina island.
5 miles away is the largest island, Ponza, the most populated center of the archipelago, and the largest in extension. With its typical arched shape, it offers several shelters from all sides, on the two east / west sides, and several beaches of rare beauty; It is recommended to pay attention and respect the prohibitions present on some beaches, where for safety and landslides reasons it is forbidden to disembark. The Rada del Frontone, the closest to the port, Cala del Core (from the name of the heart printed by nature on the rock above the bay, the cove of the natural arch, and on the west side the Spectacular Chiaia di luna, Cala di Lucia Rosa, and Cala Feola, also called "natural pools", for the salt water pools that natural rocks have created in the back of the beach.
Landing in one of the various Marinas of the Port of Ponza, you can also experience the island on land, visiting the recently opened Roman cisterns, typical restaurants, the promenade on the course, local shops, and some clubs to complete the evening with piano bar, cocktails, and a sweet night life in the high season.
The lighthouse of Punta Guardia, on the island of Ponza, visible and powerful at about 20 miles, offers you a safe approach and a night reference point for your navigation.
The island of Zannone, separated from Ponza by a stretch of sea with some shallows and rocks, is a completely uninhabited island, in which there are two lighthouses of less scope, and of almost architectural and historical value. The only landing point of the island, to the south, is accessible only with calm seas.
Sailing towards Ischia, 15 miles southeast of Ponza you will find the small and lively island of Ventotene: In the ancient Roman port, typical of the island and unique in the world, you will notice its features, original of about 2000 years ago, built in work of the Romans, including large stone bollards. The small square in front of the port, and the other two squares above, the colorful houses and the enormous hospitality of the local population, will make you enjoy this landing even in its land characteristics, and will leave you with the certain feeling of wanting to return. A new port completes the island, with other private piers, and some spars in its circumnavigation. The nearby island of Santo Stefano, where the voices of political prisoners echo, whose foundations laid the foundations for the construction of Europe in that prison, is a natural park that cannot be approached by pleasure crafts. A spectacle of nature and history, however, admire it from afar during your navigation.
