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The sea at its warmest, beaches finally uncrowded, and music in the town centre…
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All the evening events in Gaeta from today until the end of August: Ferragosto…
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Our blog now speaks English: the stories behind the town, what to eat, the…
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The September weekend schedule in Gaeta: Frammenti MArteLive, Gaeta Buskers Festival, free concerts by…
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Enea now knows the stops and timetables for Cotral Gaeta–Formia buses and urban lines,…
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The new paper guide «La Perla del Tirreno» was presented in the Council Chamber…
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From August 7 to 9 at Villa delle Sirene: 14 stalls featuring local excellence…
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Join the Kalua event on August 8, 2026, at Selene Beach Club in Gaeta…
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From Gaeta the islands are half a morning away, but the departure port is…
Read the articleFrom block parties to big concerts, here you will find all the events that make our city come alive, many of them proposed directly by you.
Admission €15 with a complimentary drink. Ferragosto DJ set on Serapo Beach, from 19:00…
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On Saturday, August 15 from 7:30 PM, the Aperol Summer Tour comes to Aeneas'…
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Admission 15 € with a complimentary drink. Fiorella in the DJ booth on Serapo…
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Entry €15 with free drink included. Andrea Saggiomo at the DJ booth on Serapo…
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80s and 90s party with DJ Ciccio Merola, from 20:30 to midnight. Info and…
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Entry €15 with a complimentary drink. Andrea Saggiomo at the DJ booth on Serapo…
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Admission €15 with free drink included. Coolkid b2b Dec DJing on Serapo beach, from…
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Entry 15 € with free drink. Bicio b2b Adriano Pistoia on the decks on…
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End of summer party with Alberto Laurenti and I Rumba de Mar. Reservation required…
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Entry €15 with a complimentary drink. Closing SZN on the decks at Serapo Beach,…
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Gaeta is a seaside town in southern Lazio, in the province of Latina, facing the gulf that carries its name, halfway between Rome and Naples. It has two souls living a few hundred metres apart: the medieval old town clinging to the promontory of Sant'Erasmo, made of alleys, stairways and Norman churches, and the modern town stretching along Serapo beach and the Lungomare Caboto.
For centuries it was a military stronghold — the last capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, besieged in 1861 — and you can still read that history in the forts, walls and gun batteries scattered across the headland. Today it is a seaside destination that stays alive all year round, with around twenty thousand residents and twenty-two kilometres of coast.
The symbol of the town is the Montagna Spaccata and the Grotta del Turco, a hundred-metre cleft in the rock running down to the sea inside Monte Orlando park. In the old town you can visit the Angevin-Aragonese Castle, the cathedral of Sant'Erasmo and the Golden Chapel. If you only have one day, this is the itinerary we suggest.
There are seven, and each one is different. Serapo is the town beach, sandy and fully serviced, a short walk from the centre; Sant'Agostino is the longest, breezy and loved by surfers; Fontania is a small bay where you swim above the remains of a Roman villa; the Arenauta is reached by walking down three hundred steps. The complete guide compares them one by one.
High season runs from June to September, peaking between mid-July and the Ferragosto holiday on 15 August: warm sea, busy town, top prices. June and September are the best months for the sea without the crowds. Gaeta does not shut down in winter: from November to January there are the Luminarie light displays, and the medieval old town remains one of the loveliest in Lazio out of season too. The up-to-date calendar is on the events page.
By car, leave the A1 motorway at Cassino or Frosinone, or follow the Flacca coast road from Terracina. By train the station is Formia, on the Rome-Naples line, connected to Gaeta by the Cotral buses. The sore point is parking: the old town is a restricted traffic zone, so it is worth reading the guide to Gaeta Medievale's ZTL before you drive in. In summer there is also a free shuttle to the beaches. For food, our selection is in where to eat in Gaeta.
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