Borgo Nettuno beach sea, acient walls and traces of the past

We are in a seaside resort on the Lazio coast. 

Nettuno is a small town near Rome, young, cheerful, full of bars and restaurants that are concentrated both in the ancient port and on the seafront, but also in the central streets and in the medieval village.

This is perhaps the greatest attraction that is populated in the evening when the scents of Mediterranean cuisine come from the numerous restaurants within the walls. For readers there is a bookshop open even in the evening hours, fresh drinks and icecreams are available on the road during your walk in the old part of teh town. 

There are two main stairways that lead to the port, one from the main square on which one of the two towers stands out, and another more internal one that passes through the old fountain illuminated by plays of light and can be visited with tours of the underground aqueduct on request.

The marina welcomes dozens of boats and includes the sanctuary of Our Lady of Grace and Santa Maria Goretti in the background.

Neptune comes alive in the summer months with numerous organized events, admiring the fireworks on the beach, walking among stalls of clothes, books and objects or attending the procession of the Madonna on the sea waters on August 15th.

In addition to seaside tourism, there are important places of commemoration in honor of the fallen of the Second World War (American cemetery) and religious sites.

The tourist bulwark of the town is Forte San Gallo built between 1501 and 1503 by Antonio da Sangallo for defensive purposes, inside it houses the landing museum and the Antiquarium museum with the paleontological and Roman section open and open to visitors.

Those who love picnics in the countryside will be able to feel at ease moving just beyond Nettuno towards the extensive area of the Granieri lake and Bosco Foglino or on the beach of Torre Astura, reopened to the public a few years ago, which offers spectacular views at sunset with the tower of the same name from the 1200s, owned by several Roman noble families.