# The Montagna Spaccata and the Grotta del Turco, in Gaeta

What to do en Sperlonga and Gaeta · Sperlonga and Gaeta

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/sperlonga-gaeta/things-to-do/montagna-spaccata-grotta-del-turco · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Duración: 1 h 30
- Temporada: All year
- Para quién: From age 6; many steps, no pushchairs

Visit · 1 h 30 · The cleft in the rock with a chapel above the sea and the staircase down to the Turk's cave

What it is
At the tip of Monte Orlando, above the sea, stands the sanctuary of the Santissima Trinità, from the 11th century. Beside the church, a staircase goes down a vertical and very narrow cleft in the rock: tradition says the mountain split at the earthquake of Christ's death. At the bottom, a chapel of the Crucifix built over the water. Another staircase, outside, goes down between rock walls to the Grotta del Turco, a cave open to the sea where, according to legend, pirates hid.
How to visit
The sanctuary is at Via Santissima Trinità, 3, on the outskirts of Gaeta, with parking next to it. The hours change with the season and there are closing slots at midday: check them on the sanctuary's website before you go. Allow an hour and a half for the cleft, the chapel and the descent to the cave.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 41.2058, 13.5614

## Cerca de aquí

- [Monte Orlando Park and the Mausoleum of Munatius Plancus](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/sperlonga-gaeta/things-to-do/monte-orlando-park), a 703 m
- [Serapo Beach, in Gaeta](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/sperlonga-gaeta/things-to-do/serapo-beach), a 754 m
- [Hotel Serapo](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/sperlonga-gaeta/where-to-stay/hotel-serapo), a 890 m
- [Dolia](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/sperlonga-gaeta/where-to-eat/dolia), a 1.0 km
- [The medieval quarter of Gaeta and the castle](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/sperlonga-gaeta/things-to-do/gaeta-medieval-quarter), a 1.3 km
- [Villa Irlanda Grand Hotel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/sperlonga-gaeta/where-to-stay/villa-irlanda-grand-hotel), a 2.8 km
- [Archaeological Museum and Villa of Tiberius in Sperlonga](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/sperlonga-gaeta/things-to-do/tiberius-villa-museum), a 10.3 km
- [The Levante and Ponente beaches of Sperlonga](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/sperlonga-gaeta/things-to-do/sperlonga-beaches), a 11.6 km

## Consejos

### Go in shoes with grip
Both staircases are narrow and the one to the cave has many steps.

### See it from the sea too
The boat trips from Sperlonga and Gaeta pass beneath the cleft and the cave.

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