One location kept being recommended by locals as a worthy nearby beach trip: Santa Severa. Only one stop shy of Santa Marinella where we visited a few weeks ago, the city was again easily accessible by regional train from Rome.
Santa Severa is popular as a beach because of the Castello that sits at the beginning of the length of this stretch of sand, making for picture perfect views, particularly early or late in the day.
It was a bit of a windy day which hampered getting too far into the water and we ran up against the classic Italian challenge of restaurants having strict opening and closing hours and us being hungry (starving) outside of those hours. But soon after getting settled into our beach chairs, the restaurant opened and Dalia scored one of the best pistacchio seafood pastas of our lives!
Our day trip also marked Aleksander’s 10th birth-month celebration. The castle, sun and sea made for another magical background to mark his growth and development and a great memento to share with him in future.
We spent a handful of hours absorbing our vitamin D and meandered back to the train station for the quick ride back to Rome. Our first summer of Roman exploration is almost at an end but the list of cities, towns, villages, beaches and restaurants to visits remains healthy and long.
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