ponza island

Best way to explore Ponza is to rent a motorboat and find yourself a secluded place to enjoy sun and the sea.It's a shame that a lot of beaches are closed due to falling rocks

Nice place to visit. Rent a boat and go snorkling. Clear water and a lot of small fishes swimming around. Small caves, the most known is Pontus Pilatus. I would recomand to take a ferry from Terrecina. One of them use about one hour, be sure you got the right one.

Great little island just an hour off the main land. Take water taxis to little beaches for 5 euros. Stay all day and rent a chair from the Italian guys. Make sure you know italian if you go here!!! No very touristy unless you're from Italy . You can dive rent boats drink way all kinds of nice stuff to do!!!

The island itself is no biggie to be honest. The fact it's super small and everything is within walking distance is obviously nice, however it's not worth the money you pay to stay there in my opinion. Mostly, compared to other Italian islands like Capri, it's quite dull.The waters whoever leave you speechless: literally crystal clear in any point of the island! Perhaps it would be best enjoyed if on a boat, given how ridiculously expensive hotels and rentals are (and food too..)

My wife, another couple (good friends), & I joined a boat tour around Ponza the morning of Thursday 8/28 that was arranged as part of our Mediterranean cruise. What an unexpected delight on a perfect, hot, sunny day! :)We saw continuously changing, stunning rock formations with a surprisingly large variety of sizes, shapes, textures, & colors - hard to believe they were all part of the same island. The boat often went EXTREMELY close to rocks & surf, adding to our enjoyment with a minimum of anxiety (see the small selection of our photos). Toward the end of our tour, passengers were invited to swim through & around a towering, scenic arch. Both of our wives - virtually mermaids - gladly accepted. They loved it!This was one of the best water tours we've taken anywhere. Highly recommended!

Ponza is absolutely amazing island 2 h drive from Rome plus 2 h by ferry. I went there in June so it was not too crowded, however I have heard it can get busy during the holiday season. In my opinion it doesn’t make sense to take a car but renting a scooter is a good solution to move around. There are many beautiful “calles” I would also recommend to go for a boat tour to Palmarola island. It is worth the visit as the island is much more wild and in my opinion my beautiful than Ponza.

Just spent a day trip on Ponza. Left from Anzio by fast ferry. Took the 1 hour island tour and enjoyed the place

The variety of colours regarding the coast, the sea and the vegetation. The top quality restaurant ' il pescatore' a le forna atFranco s & Pia s.

We sailed into the bay with Saxon Yacht Charters and found a hidden gem crystal clear water and a wonderful island food and people were all beyond expectation

We stayed at friends home here. We had never heard of Ponza before, but she insisted we go, and we were in awe of the pure magic of this place. Off the grid, incredibly beautiful, and worth the trip. Go, go, go, do not miss this place. Rent a boat and explore. Travel to Palmarola-an isalnd off of Ponza, for the best day of your life. Swim through sparkling grottos, and eat some of the best food you will ever experience. The water is an incredible blue color, just magical. I will never forget this place or the time I had here.. I hope to go back someday!

At first visit it seems enough simply to be in Italy,especially in Rome with its dark golden light and terra cotta coloured buildings. Even so, eventually comes over a traveller,a powerful craving for the authentic Italy. Reduced to its essence- a land of classical lines,serenity,timeless ritual and fragrant countryside. in short,that's the time to leave urban civilisation and its discontents for the island of Ponza and its archipelago of islets. 60 km south of Rome, by a one and a half hour scoot via hydrofoil, and while you are still in the region of Lazio,this scattering of craggy Mediterranean specks,largely populated permanently by families from Naples,provides the food,the pastel facades,the fishing culture,and the carefree "ambient"recalling the warmth of their ancestral hometown. The day i arrive on Ponza,an old man on the wharf tending a hand held fishing line roused himself long enough to help tie the hydrofoil,before returning to his indolent search for that evening's meal. I came in early May,before the tourist crush. By any measure spring and autumn are the best seasons to visit. In September,the sea is warm,the weather claer and the beaches blessedly uncrowded. By contrast,July and August,the 3,000 islanders swell to 10,000 day trippers. On week-end so many luxury yachts and runabouts and rubber dinghies squeeze into the port,it would appear,that a nimble- footed pedestrian could skip from deck to deck across the harbour. There's even a helicopter service to fly in the rich from Rome at a cost of $3000 a trip. The crescent-shaped port,with sailboats bobbing in their watery reflections,is picture perfect as is the spill of sugar-cube houses tumbling down towards the water. The attractions are undeniable and impossible to resist. Wildflowers crowd the hillsides ,geraniums crown each window ledge and swags of purple bougainvillaea cloak the walls. All the towns on the island,bunched in valleys or beside bays shielded from the wind,are built on an intimate human scale,and most streets are inaccessible to cars. Sometimes there don't even seem to be any streets,just hallways and staircases leading through an immense rambling palazzo. more than anything it is the sea that draws boaters,swimmers and skin divers to Ponza, remarkable for its clarity,the water has colours that range from blue to azure,turquoise,cerulean and cobalt

Our sallship cruise stopped at this island. We were able to come ashore and take a tour of the whole island. This is a remarkable place. Several hidden harbors only accessible by boat. I would highly recommend a return to Ponza and to rent a boat to stay on so that one can sail to the different coves and swim in these great waters.

To visit Ponza is to feel as if you've stepped back 100 years from today's touristic experience. This spectacular island is a geologic wonder with beautiful swimming spaces all around it. Everything from Bourbon churches to Roman tunnels and aqueducts....We took an inexpensive boat ride that circumnavigated this lovely island wondering at the amazing geology (volcanic) with a few stops for swims in the gorgeous waters. Rivals Capri for swimming. Lovely local restaurants that offer fantastic seafood too. The island of Vulcano is a short ferry ride across the harbor and well worth the trip (either to climb to the caldera of an active volcano or visit the mud baths). Ponza is so close to the mainland, that I'm amazed it's not overrun with tourists - but in the height of the season (when we visited) it wasn't. I'd go back in a flash.

You have to go there !! Breathtaking, we went by boat from Terracina, took one hour. Arriving Ponza we had booked a trip on a boat for the day taking us around the island. The sight is so beautiful and it is only a few tourists. Next time I go I will stay there for a few days. On the way we saw dolphins - highlight !! The sea is very clear and exciting to swim into the grottos. Enjoy - I can´t wait to go back :)

The island of Ponza and Palmarola are very, very beautiful indeed. The rocky, mountainous terrain and incredibly clear warm water make this a perfect place to go if you appreciate these factors. It feels remote, despite being relatively close to Rome and the Italian mainland, and as an English speaking tourist you could quite easily spend a week not bumping into anyone else that speak English.That said the island itself is relatively basic. There are good restaurants but the general feel of the place is simple and rustic - this is not Capri by any stretch of the imagination. If you are looking for glamour and glitz then I would look elsewhere.We rented a speedboat every day and visited the numerous beautiful coves of Ponza and Palmarola, taking lunch with us. We swam, explored the many grottos, snorkelled over minor shipwrecks and generally lazed - and had a wonderful time doing so. For this type of holiday I could not recommend Ponza highly enough - I would just note that this will not be for everyone!