Palmarola is a craggy uninhabited island in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the west coast of Italy. It is the second largest of the Pontine Islands and located about 10 kilometres west from Ponza. Download high resolution version (1000x617, 148 KB)A map of the Pontine Islands off the west coast of Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Download high resolution version (1000x617, 148 KB)A map of the Pontine Islands off the west coast of Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... The Tyrrhenian Sea is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy. ... The most popular beach at Ponza, Chiaia di Luna Ponza (Isola Di Ponza) is the largest of the Italian Pontine islands archipelago, located 33 km south of Cape Circeo in the Tyrrhenian Sea. ...
Palmarola has an extremely craggy coast dotted with natural grottos, bays, cliffs and crags. The island is primarily a nature reserve but there are a handful of ports where boats can land and several restaurants that cater to tourists during the summer season. A Grotto is a small cave, usually near water and often flooded or liable to flood at high tide. ...
Pope Silverius was exiled to and died on Palmarola. Silverius was later cannonised as a Saint Silverius and is the patron saint of the island of Ponza. Silverius, pope (536 - 537), was a legitimate son of Pope Hormisdas, born before his father entered the priesthood. ... ... The most popular beach at Ponza, Chiaia di Luna Ponza (Isola Di Ponza) is the largest of the Italian Pontine islands archipelago, located 33 km south of Cape Circeo in the Tyrrhenian Sea. ...
External links
Italian Tourist Board (http://www.italiantourism.com/island4.html), information of the Pontine Islands
Palmarola è un piccola e meravigliosa isola, che dista sessanta miglia dalla grande città di Roma; dal porto di Ponza è distante otto miglia e si raggiunge con imbarcazioni a noleggio.
Palmarola ha caratteristiche naturali, è costituita da un piccolo ma grazioso territorio di un chilometro quadrato e il punto più alto dellisola è il monte Guarniere che è alto 249m.
Essa ancora oggi conserva con se le sue rocce vulcaniche multicolori, le sue acque trasparenti e profonde, le quali sono bellissimi da esplorare e scoprire.
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