A day at the seaside: Sperlonga Day Trip
Date from: Sunday, March 27, 2022
Date to: Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Cultural Experience
DATE: Saturday, July 9th, 2022
TIME: All day
PARTICIPATION FEE: € 70
PRE-DEPARTURE MANDATORY MEETING: Tuesday, July 5th at 12:50 pm in T.G.4
Deadline to sign-up and pay is by 5:00pm on Monday, July 4th
Students must be 18 years old or older to participate to the activity.
By purchasing this activity, you are accepting the terms and conditions.
Sperlonga stands on a rocky spur, the final part of the Monti Aurunci, which extends into the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Gulf of Gaeta merging in Monte San Magno. The beach of fine and golden sand white, alternates to various spurs of rock that is thrown into the sea, forming wonderful coves, often reachable only by boat. In the territory there are traces of human activity from the upper Paleolithic.
According to tradition at Sperlonga stood the city of Amyclae, founded by the Spartans. In the roman age arose in the territory numerous villas, the most famous of which is the one belonging to the emperor Tiberius, comprising a natural cave modified and decorated with sculptures of the cycle of the Homeric hero Ulysses.
The villa of the Roman emperor Tiberio derives from the magnification of a previous villa late republican, with rooms arranged around a portico. A natural cave was arranged as a summer dining room, with water games and extraordinary sculptural groups of the cycle of Ulysses (including the colossal group of Polyphemus), now kept in the National Archaeological Museum of Sperlonga.
We will spend the day exploring the ruins of the magnificent past and enjoying the afternoon at the beach, nourishing the spirit and the body with the powerful beauty of the sea.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
N.B. All sanitary precautions and social distancing rules will be strictly respected
Minimum Number of Participants Required: 10
Maximum Number of Participants: 22
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**Please be reminded that, as stated in the Terms and Conditions, all activities and trips are not refundable.
***Per JCU policy, all school sponsored activities are alcohol free.