Beach, seafood lunch, sunset aperitivo and dinner by the water, all in one spot a short train ride from Rome.

Rome doesn’t let go of summer easily. Well into September the sea stays warm and the light holds, so an easy escape from Rome for a day by the sea still makes complete sense. Marechiaro Ostia is a good place to spend one: beach club, seafood restaurant, bar and Roman-style pizzeria in a single spot, which means you can arrive in the morning and stay through to dinner without moving.

It’s one of the historic establishments on the Ostia seafront, and it reopened in July 2026 under new management. The space between the promenade and the beach has been opened up, and this is its first full season under the new team, so it’s a good moment to catch it.

Getting there is simple and fast. Take the Metromare (the old Roma-Lido line) from Piramide to Lido Centro, around 35 to 40 minutes, then it’s about an eight-minute walk to the beach. There’s also a cycle path running right past the entrance. One thing worth knowing: on weekdays the last evening trains are often replaced by buses while track works continue, so if you’re staying for dinner, check the return times.

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The day here can start early, with breakfast served by the sea from 9am. I arrived later and headed straight for the beach, which was calm and rarely overcrowded. The sand is kept clean, and the umbrellas and sunbeds are set well apart, so you have room to yourself instead of being packed in next to strangers. It’s an easy place to spend a few hours swimming, reading or doing nothing at all. Private cabins are available for €70, including one umbrella and two sunbeds.

Lunch runs from midday to 4pm and leans on seafood, with pizza and Italian classics alongside. I had the spaghetti with lupini (small clams), the seafood salad, which stood out, and a classic Margherita. The kitchen also does paccheri with tuna puttanesca, fried calamari and prawns, and tuna tartare, so there’s plenty to come back for.

As the afternoon slides into evening the mood shifts. From 6pm aperitivo is served right on the sand, and you can choose a cocktail with the house fried starters or one with a board of cheeses and cured meats, easily enough for two. Sunset is the high point, with tourists, families and locals out for birthdays all sharing the same unhurried setting.

The service is worth a mention too. The owner was on the floor through the day, checking in with guests and making sure everyone was comfortable.

Dinner starts at 7pm, with a fuller seafood menu: fried baby octopus, red prawns with pacchero, scampi risotto, grilled swordfish and roasted octopus, plus the Roman pizzeria for anyone who wants something simpler. Some tables are set directly on the sand, which is the reason to stay on past sunset. It gets busy in the evening, so book ahead. The team also handles private events, from birthdays to group dinners.

For anyone flying out of Rome, Marechiaro sits about 15 minutes by car from Fiumicino airport, which makes it an easy last stop before a flight. The menu is available in English and staff can help in English over WhatsApp, so it’s straightforward for international visitors.

Quiet beach day, sunset aperitivo or dinner by the water: Marechiaro is a simple way to spend more time by the sea without going far from Rome.

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Where to Go to the Beach From Rome (in order of distance)

Looking for the best beaches near Rome? Summer in the Eternal City can be hot and intense, but luckily there are plenty of seaside escapes within easy reach of the capital. From Ostia, the closest beach to Rome, to Santa Marinella, Santa Severa, Anzio, Sabaudia and Sperlonga, many beaches can be reached by train or public transportation, making them perfect for a day trip from Rome.

Whether you’re looking for beach clubs, clear waters, family-friendly shores or a quick swim outside the city, here are the best beaches near Rome to beat the summer heat.

@romeing_magazine When you visit Rome in summer you’ll quickly realize something: it’s unbelievably hot! But here’s what most people don’t know: you can reach beautiful beaches and sea near Rome in under an hour just by train. Whether it's Anzio, Santa Marinella, Ladispoli, Santa Severa or Ostia all of them are perfect for a quick escape from the city heat Save this for your next summer day trip from Rome Tap the link in bio to read more about the beaches near Rome #rome #italy #traveltips #romeguide #summerinitaly #beachesnearrome #thingstodoinrome ♬ suono originale – Romeing Magazine

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Ostia Beach

How to get to Ostia Beach:  take the Metro to the station “Piramide” (line B), go to Roma Porta San Paolo train station and take a train to Ostia Lido (half hour train journey, Rome-Lido railway)

On summer weekends, Rome empties out as locals head to Ostia, the closest beach to the city, for a day by the sea. The central stretch is lined with beach clubs where you can rent sunbeds and umbrellas, while the area known as I Cancelli feels wilder and more natural, with dunes, open beaches and generally cleaner water. At night, bars and beach clubs along the lungomare come alive with aperitivi, music and DJ sets, making Ostia one of the easiest seaside escapes from Rome.

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Fregene

How to get to Fregene Beach: Take the Metro A to the Cornelia stop (direction Battistini), then take the Cotral bus to Fregene.

During the ‘dolce vita’ days, the seaside town Fregene, famous for its grandeur villas, was once the hot spot for Rome’s fashionable Via Veneto crowd like Federico Fellini & Pier Paolo Pasolini. Although over the years Fregene has lost a little bit of its glitz and glamour, it still attracts the likes of Italian celebrities, footballers and hipsters looking for a cooler alternative to Ostia.

By night, much like Ostia, Fregene turns into a lively seaside playground for partygoers. Popular spots include Gilda on the Beach (Lungomare di Ponente, 11), Blu Fregene (Lungomare di Ponente) and Singita (Villaggio dei Pescatori), known for its chic sunset aperitivo.

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Santa Severa

How to get to Santa Severa Beach: 1 hour train journey from Termini or Roma San Pietro Station. The beach is a 20 minute walk from the station.

Another popular beach near Rome is Santa Severa. While hipsters head off to Ostia and Fregene for a little fun in the sun, local families and couples looking for a quieter spot to soak in some rays head over to the seaside town Santa Severa. You can get to Santa Severa from either Termini train station and it’ll take you an hour or from San Pietro train station in just 40 minutes. Here, the beach is a golden brown and the water tends to be a lot cleaner. You’ll find windsurfers and plenty of families riding their bikes along the lungomare where a beautiful castle dating back to Etruscan times dominates the panorama.

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Anzio

How to get to Anzio: Anzio can be easily reached by train from Termini (1.10 hour). A 15-minute walk down hill and you are at the beach.

Anzio, birthplace of Emperor Nero, is not only famous for its blue flag beaches but also for having been the landing spot for the Allies in the Second World War. It is the perfect place to explore some history and top up your tan. It offers a mix of private and free beaches, golden sands and a quite big coastline. There are many restaurants by the sea where you can enjoy fresh seafood, as well as a cute port from which you can catch ferries to the Ponza and Ventotene islands. Besides the bay, also the imperial Villa of Nerone, the War Cemetery and the Tor Caldara nature reserve are worth a visit. If you want to stop by for a delicious seafood lunch, head to Da Alceste al Buon Gusto or Da Romolo al Porto, you won’t be disappointed!

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Santa Marinella

How to get to Santa Marinella Beach: Train from Termini or Roma San Pietro Station (1 hour). The beach is just ten minute walk from the station.

If you’re looking for more of a relaxing day the beach far away from all of the hubbub and crowds, then the seaside town of Santa Marinella is definitely your spot. Just after you’ve hopped off the train (which takes about 40 minutes from San Pietro Station), the beach is only a five-minute walk from the station. Like Santa Severa, the beaches are golden brown and the water is great for swimming. Santa Marinella also has its own castle, Castello Odescalchi located near the touristic port where a nice passeggiata at sunset is definitely a must! For those looking for a little music and dancing, Bar Maiorca is the place to be.

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Sabaudia (Circeo)

How to get to Sabaudia: From Termini take the train to Priverno-Fossanova and then a Cotral bus to Sabaudia. All in all the journey will take around 1 hour 15 minutes.

Famously a blue flag area, this spacious and stunning coastline is predominantly made up of free beaches at which you simply pay for beach chairs and umbrellas. Despite having the odd restaurant here and there, the shores rarely gets crowded thanks to its vast stretches of sand. Also a keen spot for history buffs, the beach of Sabaudia offers views of a grand defensive tower, the Torre Paola. A lake at the centre of the town sees many rowing teams from around the world flock to the area for training.

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Sperlonga

How to get to Sperlonga: Train from Termini to the Fondi-Sperlonga station and then a bus to Sperlonga (around 2 hours).

Sperlonga is a dream seaside town south of Rome, with a sea as tranquil and blue as you will find in the Lazio area, a long stretch of white sandy beach and a picturesque whitewash hilltop town. With many fish restaurants and little antiquarian shops and unforgettable views of the cliff edged bay, it is a favourite I return to again and again.

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Argentario

How to get to Argentario: We suggest to rent a car (around 2 hours car journey) or to take a train from Roma Termini to Orbetello and then a bus

Monte Argentario is a peninsula with gleaming turquoise waters, outstanding natural beauty and a mix of sandy beaches and secluded rocky coves, an idyllic retreat on the Tuscan coast. It is connected to the mainland by three sand spits 6km in length creating two lagoons and miles of enchanting beaches. The two main fortified port villages are Porto Santo Stefano and Porto Ercole (death place of Caravaggio). A panoramic coastal road links these two towns and winds along the coast with fantastic views of the Tuscan Archipelago chain of islands.

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Ponza

How to get to Ponza: From Termini take a train to Anzio, Terracina or Formia and then a ferry to Ponza.

For a little island fun and emerald blue-green waters, it’s worth taking the trip down to Ponza. It’s the largest of six islands in the Pontine Archipelago, just 23 miles off the coast of Lazio. To get there, you’ll need to take a train from Termini or Formia to Anzio and then a hydrofoil to Ponza, making the total trip a little over three hours. Once on the island, rent a little boat or hook on with a boat tour to uncover the hidden coves with excellent swimming spots. Watch the sun set over an aperitivo at Le Terrazze (Via Chiaia di Luna) and then kick off your sandals and dance the night away at Mamafè (Via Campo Inglese).

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Day trip from Rome to the enchanting Garden of Ninfa

If the gods created anything purely to see how symbiotically colorful and peaceful they could make it, then surely the Garden of Ninfa is that something. The garden is home to plants and flowers of every shape, size and shade which have been carefully integrated around ruins of the lost medieval town of Ninfa. Ninfa is located about 80 km south-east of Rome, near Sermoneta, at the foot of the Lepini mountains.

The garden is fed by various sources of water, one of the reasons why plants and trees grow three times as fast as normal. Often referred to as the most “romantic” garden in the world, the atmosphere is made all the more charming by a number of stone bridges delicately arched over crystalline streams. The Garden of Ninfa feels like a technicolor refuge for nature – like a fairytale land where you could come stumble upon a secret portal to another world.

Inside the 8-hectare garden you can admire over 1300 species of plants including 19 varieties of magnolia, birch trees, aquatic irises and Japanese maples. In spring, ornamental cherry trees bloom creating a fairytale atmosphere.

The Garden was created in the early 1920s by the Caetani family and is currently maintained by the Fondazione Roffredo Caetani di Sermoneta. The Giardino di Ninfa is only open on a limited number of weekends each year to protect the delicate ecosystem – try to go in late spring when the garden is in its full bloom and glory!

The ticket comes at a price of €15.75. If you’re planning a visit to Rome and have time for a day trip or weekend getaway, definitely put the Garden of Ninfa on your list of to-dos!

It will be also possible to visit the Castello Caetani at Sermoneta, located 7 km from the garden: tickets for this site (€8.25) are available on the official website of the Giardino di Ninfa.

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How To Get To Giardino di Ninfa

The easiest way to get there, by far, is by car. If that isn’t an option, take the train to the Latina Scalo station. From there, there is a taxi service that will take you the remaining ten or so minutes, reachable at 0773632292.

Open Days and Times

The Giardino di Ninfa is open every Saturday and Sunday from 21 March until 8 November (special openings also on 25 April, 1 May, and 15 August).

From July 3 to August 30, enjoy a special sunset visit with two tour options: “The Garden of Ninfa and its Flora” or “The Garden of Ninfa and its Ruins.” The tour has a cost of €20.

Opening hours:

March – April 
9.00 am  – 6.00 pm

May – June 
9.00 am  – 6.30 pm

July – September
9.00 am – 7.30 pm

October – November
9.00 am – 3.30 pm

The tours last one hour and always need to be booked in advance. For tickets visit: giardinodininfa.eu

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The Best Places to Celebrate Carnevale in Italy

We all have that image in our minds, fostered by popular culture, of a beautiful woman standing in the dark, skin lit up by candles, her eyes glimmering behind an ornate mask that gives her added mystery. She is laughing at something a man has said, holding a cocktail in one hand and leaning against a balustrade with the other. Then we get a larger view of where she is standing, the balustrade is part of a bridge, a bridge that curves over a canal. Everyone is wearing masks, dressed to the nines, celebrating an old Italian tradition: Carnevale.

How old, exactly, is this tradition? According to popular myth, it began in Venice a thousand years ago, in honor of a military victory. But like many carnival celebrations around the world (for example, Mardi Gras) it centers around Easter, and is a celebration of the more wild and debaucherous side of life just before the Catholic observance of Lent, when the ritual of fasting begins.

In this list, you’ll learn about the best cities to visit during Carnival. Rome, unfortunately, doesn’t have the best Carnevale scene, but there are plenty of other places that do. Read on, learn which tradition suits you best, and book a train and buy tickets for events to your party place of choice!

Venice

31 January – 17 February 2026

Venice is the first place we think of when we think of Carnevale. Situated in the northeast of Italy, this dreamlike city is made up of 117 islands that are connected by bridges that cross canals. The effect? Moonlight reflecting on the water. Fog rising in the night that gives the streetlights halos. Slip on your mask and into a gown, attend a grand ball, and walk through the ornate streets at night, carousing with strangers and friends.

 Read more: romeing.it/get-out-of-town-venice

 In detail: carnevale.venezia.it

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Viareggio

 1, 7, 12, 15, 17, 21 February 2026

Viareggio is a colourful seaside town, which means that the Carnival celebrations take place right on its shores. Most famous is the parade of papier-mâché floats; but this is just one of the many activities that take place over the course of a month, including night festivals, fireworks displays and cultural, artistic and gastronomic events.

 In detail: viareggio.ilcarnevale.com

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Ivrea

  15 February 2026

For a historical Carnival experience, head to Ivrea, a town near Turin in northern Italy. Don’t miss the Battle of the Oranges, a historically-themed spectacle depicting the liberation of the town’s people from a tyrant king a thousand years ago.  In addition to this spectacle, which any history buff would appreciate, there are historical costumed characters throughout the city and crowds wearing Phrygian caps, representing freedom. Other events are children’s parties and gala balls.

 In detail:  storicocarnevaleivrea.it

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Acireale

31 January – 17 February 2026

The city of Acireale hosts what has been voted the most beautiful carnival in Sicily, and there is a reason for this. Acireale boasts one of the oldest carnival traditions on the island, with papier-mâché floats using a combination of lights, flowers and hydraulic systems. If you want to be amazed by endless beauty, not only of the floats but also of the island itself, this is the place to be. Some events: musical performances, street performers (e.g. magicians and acrobats).

 In detail: carnevaleacireale.eu

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Putignano

1, 7, 15, 17 February 2026

In Putignano (Apulia) the celebrations seem never-ending! Four parades, with not only the typical papier-mâché floats but also masked dancers. The different historical social classes are represented in and protagonists of the festivities: clerics, priests, widowers, young savages, married women and married men… at the end of the celebrations, fake priests run around the city shouting ‘Carnival is dead!’. Some events: visits to wine cellars, readings of poetic satire, art exhibitions.

 In detail: carnevalediputignano.it/

There are endless opportunities for Carnevale in Italy, these being the most famous—but you can also check out celebrations in Milan, Verona, Alto Adige, Fano, and Sciacca. Italy is the place to be for Carnevale—so get out and party!

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