Ventotene is an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the coast of Campania, Italy. It is the remains of an ancient volcano, and is part of the Pontine Islands. In Roman times it was known as Pandataria and Pandateria. It is also a commune belonging to the province of Latina(Lazio).
Ventotene and the Pontine Islands.
The island is elongated, with a length of 3 kilometres and a maximum width of about 800 metres. Santo Stefano is located 2 kilometres to the east, and Ponza is 40 kilometres to the west.
The commune with the same name has 708 permanent residents as of 2008. It includes the island of St. Stefano, which is the site of a massive prison, now closed.
The island is connected by ferry and hydrofoil service to Formia and Anzio; this is supplemented by summer services from and to Ischia.
This is where a large group of us will be heading for the weekend. We look forward to putting at least three new divers into the water as they work their way through the PADI Open Water SCUBA course. There will also be several divers certifying PADI Advanced Open Water and possibly even a Nitrox/Enriched Air dive happening somewhere in the “mix” (pun intended!).
So come back and see how this trip went and give a shoutout to all the hopefuls that will be completing their various certifications and eating some of the best food in the world!
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Hey everyone! This trip was awesome! I haven't seen water that blue since Hawaii. I'm putting together my comments for the feedback post on this dive site so that we can build a bio of all the areas we dive at.
ReplyDeleteCiao!