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At least one festival, while in Italy
unravelau Says: This festival, I have seen in Formia on both trips to Italy.............it is absolutely amazing. The whole town turns out and its party from the moment S Giovanni emerges from his church, until after the huge fireworks display at midnight.iandsmith just asked the 'when'...
The tomb of Cicerone (Cicero to the west)
unravelau Says: Cicero was a pretty famous person back in the days of Caeser. He caused quite a stir then, and 2000 years later we're still stirring him. Will he ever rest is the question.This picture is of Cicero's tomb, and the reason that he still might be wriggling around is because the...
Formia's ancient Roman Fishery.
unravelau Says: A series of rooms under "the villa" in Formia that houses the old fishery production rooms. It is quite spooky inside and has quite a history according to the custodian of the day.......It is only open one Sunday per month (if I remember correctly), but a lot of information...
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unravelau Says: Well, I haven't stayed at this hotel but have had many enquiries about accommodation in Formia, so I thought that I would search the name of the one that I noticed that I liked the look of when I stayed at Formia. Hotel Ariston is great because of its location. It is a hop...
Agenzia Immobiliare LA ROCCA / La Rocca Agency: Self Catering Holiday Villas and Apartments
NonnaLou Says: We rented a Self Catering Holiday Villa, through the La Rocca Agency / Agenzia Immobiliare La Rocca for the summer of 2005. The villa was set in the peace and quiet of the beautiful countryside on the outskirts of Itri. Yet it was just a short drive down to Formia and...
Ristorante Roncesare: Best pizza ever!
sharon11 Says: A lovely family run restuarant that a friend seggested to us. We actually ate there every evening of our holiday as the food was so good. The pizza was really light and cooked in a wood fired oven. The seafood was amazing, we had a local fish called pezzogna. Considering we...
Meet friendly Erasmo: My favourite coffee shop in Formia
unravelau Says: A truly wonderful, modern, clean and tidy restaurant, directly opposite Formia's Post Office. I am told that the food is good but I only ever had coffee and cake here. So I guess the bau bau (have no idea of the spelling), but its a beautiful light cake steeped in a honey...
Getting around the water and getting to Formia
unravelau Says: On the last couple of days of my stay in 2001, I took a series of photo's of the foreshores from a position on a jetty jutting into the Gulfo di Gaeta (at Formia). So as I was standing in the water (so to speak), I had an ideal opportunity to observe the vehicles coming and...
unravelau Says: Formia is like a starting point to many places in Lazio -- Gaeta, Itri, Fondi, Minturno, Maranola, Castellenorato, and Scauri to name a few. Further afield can be Sperlonga, Terracina, and Campodiemele etc., but these busses are usually blue, and a different bus line. So,...
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Much has been done to make this arcade of shops appealing to the general public but by far its main attraction is the way that it is built and decorated. In this photo you can see the painting on the wall and the emphasis on coloured glass in the floor. Further along the arcade and indeed right into the landing where there are stairs up (and out) or down to some old rocks which can be seen straight through the flooring..............a bit scary to walk on really. I have a feeling that the old rocks may be part of the illusive ampiteatro said to be around this area of Formia.
What to buy: Postcards, trinkets and knick knacks are my special purchases.
What to pay: I would limit myself to 20 Euro per purchase, excepting if buying some of that beautiful rose gold jewellery.
Written Mar 5, 2003
Address: Via Vitruvio, Formia, Lazio.
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Every township that I went into had a monument to their war dead in a fairly prominent place. Formia is no different. This is to be found in a park alongside the main road through Formia ........Via Vitruvio, just about opposite the National Museum.
Updated Mar 23, 2003
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a festival, be sure to check the time of the last bus and indeed where it might leave from, because they often by pass the main road (via Vitruvio) in favour of the back streets to avoid crowds and side shows etc.
I got a sickening feeling in my stomach when the prescribed time for last bus came and went and I was facing a 12 kms uphill climb at midnight.
Written Apr 22, 2003
The Pathway to Formia from Rome is well used
unravelau Says: but the southern route is not so busy. Just out of town on the main road towards Scauri - Minturno and then Campania, you will see this structure, and probably wonder about it like me. Mind you the photo was taken out of a moving bus and therefore may not be as clear as if I...
NonnaLou Says: Venture a little inland to discover some lovely medieval hill top towns, such as Itri and Campodimele, and to explore the Aurunci National Park. .............................................................................. Please also take time to visit my Itri Travel...
unravelau Says: It hasn't outlived its usefullness, but still the original message might be interesting to translate.
unravelau Says: The Chiesa di S Maria di Castagneto, is said to be the oldest church in Formia. To see it, you can catch a bus from Formia marked Trivio, Castellenorato and ask to be let off at the end of the street of the church. On Thursday mornings the bus actually goes right past the...
You've heard of Vittorio Emanuel 11?
unravelau Says: The wonderful monument to V Emanuel 11 which takes up so much space in Rome? Well, in Formia, there is a monument to Vittorio Emanuel the first (so I was told)..........was this his Dad?.................... Not anywhere near as grand a monument although it appears to be the...
unravelau Says: Previous photo looking toward Mount Redentore from Formia..........this one from Mt. Redentore looking toward Naples. There is stacks of history to be had here...........not only beautiful scenery. Formia is a town right on the Appian Way.
From the same park..........a view of Formia
unravelau Says: It would be hard for me to put my finger on the one thing that makes Formia interesting to me, because I enjoyed it all.I really liked that as a stranger, I was treated as a member of their community and was therefore allowed to blend into the...
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Formia and its surrounding townships seem to be celebrating a festival of some kind just about every week. The only night time festival that I attended was one for S Giovanni, which would have been......
Formia is situated half way between Rome and Naples, on the spectacular Gulf of Gaeta. Its name comes from the Greek word "Hormiai" which translates as "good anchorage". Today Formia has a...
The ancient name of Formia was Hormiai, means dock. Formia is a town on the coast of southern Lazio on the Via Appia, between Rome and Naples. I spent there three summer holidays some years ago.
CASTELLONORATO, A SUBURB OF FORMIA
Though I was born in Formia, to be exact Castellonorato, a medieval castle on a hill overlooking th elower lazio region, I have been living in the Boston area since 1966. I suppose that makes me an......
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