The name comes from a tragic 19th-century love story: Lucia Rosa, a young local girl, threw herself off the cliff after her father forbade her to marry the boy she loved, a simple farmer. The stacks in front of the cove bear her name in memory of this legend.
Lucia Rosa Beach, located on the western coast of the island of Ponza, is one of the most evocative and fascinating coves of the Pontine archipelago. It is an inlet characterized by spectacular cliffs with multi-colored colors, imposing stacks and numerous caves with small pebble beaches inside them.
Off shore is the “Secca dei Mattoni”, where in 1985 a Roman wreck was found with amphorae dating back to the 1st century BC.
Punta di Capo Bianco is located between the beach of Chiaia di Luna and the Faraglioni di Lucia Rosa, also on the western side of the island. It is a spectacular rock face of a surreal white that plunges sheer into a turquoise sea. The area is famous for the purity of the cliff color and for the presence of numerous caves, which can only be visited by small boats.
The peregrine falcon nests on the rocks, which can be observed during canoe or rowboat excursions.
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