What to do · Sperlonga and Gaeta
Archaeological Museum and Villa of Tiberius in Sperlonga
Information
- Price
- 5
- Duration
- 1 h 30
- Season
- All year, Tuesday to Sunday
- Who it's for
- All ages; €2 reduced rate for ages 18 to 25
What it is
In 1957, when the Via Flacca was being cut, the villa of Tiberius appeared in a grotto by the sea, and inside it thousands of fragments of marble. Reassembled, they are the great sculptural groups of the Odyssey that now fill the museum: the blinding of Polyphemus, Scylla attacking Ulysses' ship and the theft of the Palladium. From the museum you go out to the archaeological area: the rooms of the villa, the fish ponds and the mouth of the grotto, at beach level.
Opening times and tickets
The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 8:30 to 19:30; the ticket office closes at 19:00. The archaeological area closes earlier depending on the month: in November and December at 16:00, with last entry at 15:00; from April to September, at 19:00. Ticket, €5; reduced, €2. There is a joint ticket with the archaeological museum of Formia for €10, valid for 30 days. Buy at the ticket office or on the Musei Italiani app.
What you need to know
The grotto is temporarily closed for maintenance work, with no published reopening date: you see it from outside. The museum is on the Via Flacca, km 16.3, on the way out of Sperlonga towards Gaeta, and is entered from the Via Valle Corsara. It is closed on Mondays, 1 January and 25 December.
Tips
- Go to the museum first You understand the grotto and the villa much better if you have first seen the sculptures that came out of them.
- Combine it with the beach The archaeological area gives onto Levante beach: leave the museum with your swimsuit on.
As a familyWith teenagers
