Santa Marinella flows peacefully along the coast north of Rome, squeezed between the railway, the Via Aurelia and the sea. It has the typical rhythm of holiday resorts born in the last century: tree-lined avenues, early 20th-century villas with gardens overlooking the rocks, and a salty air that you can feel as soon as you get off the train.
The center revolves around the small port and Odescalchi Castle, a medieval fortress built on ancient Roman ruins that marks the most sheltered part of the coast. Here the coast alternates between small bays of sand and patches of dark rock, where in winter surfers are often seen waiting for the waves offshore and in summer local families take shelter under umbrellas.
In the twentieth century, it was a destination chosen by scientists like Marconi and by film personalities seeking peace far from the capital. Today it remains a linear and simple seaside town, lived all year round but linked above all to its summer season, the return of commuters in the evening and the profile of the sea that accompanies it along its entire length.