Ferry to Formia

How to reach the port of Formia
The port of Formia, from where you can embark for Ponza and Ventotene, near Formia train station.
The railway station is about 10 minutes from the port and you can easily reach on foot unless you have a heavy luggage or taxi. Arrival by car coming by motorway (A1), will have to exit at cassino and take the E45 for 46 km. you reach the via Appia follow it until you reach a roundabout which leads into Promenade Republic. The port will be on your left.
Nestled right in the middle of the Gulf of Gaeta, Formia (from Greek hormiai-landing) has origins that are lost in myth and relate to the legend of Troy and the wanderings of Odysseus on his way back. All the mythical tradition recalls this area as land of the Laestrygonians, rough and primitive peoples, and these giant cannibals we landed the ships of Ulysses and from which only her managed to escape.