Day Trip to Sperlonga: a day at the seaside

Date from: Monday, July 17, 2023

Date to: Friday, August 25, 2023

Date: Friday, September 8th, 2023

Duration: All Day

Participation fee: € 80

Pre-departure mandatory meeting: Tuesday, Sept. 5th from 1:00 pm to 1:25 pm in F.G.4

Mandatory requirement: Students must be 18 years old or older to participate in the activity.

Last day to register and pay: by Tuesday, August 8th

Last day to withdraw from activity and get your refund: by Friday, August 18th

No show/late Cancelation fee: € 80

 

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IMPORTANT NOTICE: please keep in mind that all JCU Student Services sponsored trips and outdoor activities are subject to change according to conditions including, but not limited to, weather.

 

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 descends into the sea, forming wonderful coves, often reachable only by boat. In the territory there are traces of human activity from the late Paleolithic.

 

According to tradition, Sperlonga was built on the former site of the ancient city founded by the Spartans, Amyclae. Numerous villas arose in the territory, the most famous of which is the one belonging to the emperor Tiberius. The villa includes 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 late republican villa, 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?

 

Minimum Number of Participants Required: 10

Maximum Number of Participants: 25

 

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**Per JCU policy, all school sponsored activities are alcohol free.
***This trip may conflict with some EXP one credit courses click here to check

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