"Formia as a destination" Formia by unravelau
Formia Travel Guide: 19 reviews and 67 photos
On the Appian way are a number of towns that gently show their history while getting about their business.
Formia is a thriving city of industrious and happy people content to include tourists in their everyday lives in a friendly way. It is another place that has some reminders of a few very famous people who either lived here semi permanently or holidayed here regularly, as a break from their duties in Rome. Cicero (Cicerone) was one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formia ..... is one google result for Formia's history.
Formia is situated on the Appian Way and has its full share of ancient Roman Sites to boast of its past. It is a pretty unassuming place really and only recently did it start advertising its wares (as it were). It is a holiday area but the tourists always seem to blend into the Formian way of life. It travels at medium speed i.e. not as fast as Rome but not as slow as Coffs Harbour (although there are similarities between the two). They have a wonderful passagiata (unsure of spelling forgive me), and a great array of shops spread over a number of city blocks in both directions. I guess the most popular icon to identify Formia would be what they call the Mola, and it is on the lower section of the town, next to the sea.
Formia has lots of history to investigate, a museum with some interesting statues and coins of a past era, and it also provides a connection (by sea) to Ponza, Ventotene and other islands nearby.
- Pros:Its friendly and unassuming nature
- Cons:Don't know of any
- In a nutshell:It is the focal point of mid Lazio. All trains (well most anyway), stop at Formia. Busses go to lots of different places from Formia, and it has the sea links to Ponza and other islands. No, no airport that I know of.
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The Mola of Formia and Mt Redentore standing to attention and heralding the entry to Formia. more travel advice
Sweet words of endearment.
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It hasn't outlived its usefullness, but still the original message might be interesting to translate. more travel advice
If dependent upon bus for return home...
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a festival, be sure to check the time of the last bus and indeed where it might leave from, because they often by pass... more travel advice
Missed the boat -- no doing a bit of...
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He seems to be saying -- ah well next time, maybe. more travel advice
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thanks for the tips!
I learn so much from everyone's travels. Lovely page! I enjoyed the tour!
Thank you so much for the pics of Formia. I visited Italy but never got the chance to see where my family were born!
I can imagine that Oz is still in your heart, its so beautiful. egypt was lovely however, I still want to visit the Luxor area also now. Thank you for coming over to visit me, I hope we can meet often on here.
I've never been to this part of Lazio before, Carole...I'll be back to check the other tips. Thanks, thanks, thanks for the birthday greetings too. You're really one of the sweetest. =)
i must now add this to the list of places i want to go. nice stuff
a interesting page & lovely pics, Carole ! Isn't it amazing that the Romans left so many architectural traces !
Hi Carole, Some of these pictures reminds me of Cape Town! It looks like you really enjoyed Formia. Hoping you have a great day!
Good page w/ nice photos!
Wow! you've been travelling around Italy quite a lot!!! Nice pages!!!