When I was visiting Gaeta for a week, I always
wondered if this small city had any historical mysteries. As I did my research
I found out about Grotta del Turco or “Montagna Spaccata” as Italians call it.
It’s a mountain split in half located right beside the church.
My best friend and I were at the beach and we decided to ask
people around where it was located. When we asked a man who worked at the
beach, he had no idea what we were talking about. I tried to explain somehow in
English since I do not speak Italian and their English isn’t perfect. Few
minutes later, his friend jumped into the conversation and surprisingly said:
“Si, si! Montagna Spaccata!” He showed us where it was. And guess what? It was
right beside our beach!!! We found out about it two days before we had to
leave. Even though it was really hot, we got some gelatos and started our
little trip. As we got there, we saw a very pretty church. We had to pay €1 each to get to the Grotta del Turco. Luckily, few guys who were walking ahead paid for us.
How nice of them though! :)
As we
entered the gates, we had to go down the stairs. I counted about 276 steps… I
think. When we got there, the view was amazingly beautiful! I took couple of
pictures of course, but photos are different than reality.
There were a lot of people, you could totally see the sea and people on the
shipping just swimming by. It was a very precious view. I definitely recommend
this to anyone who ever visits Gaeta. Hands down you’ll love the view!!!
There is also a photo of how la Grotta del Turco
looks from the seaside.
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