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Torraca and Mount OlivellaTime: 4 hoursHiking level : EasyIncline. 250 m   The starting point is the parking lot at the town entry.After an opening tour of the [...]

On the slopes of Mount Motola (1700 m), among green hills, lies the town of Sacco. Its name, meaning “sack,bag”, perhaps comes from the inaccessible location [...]

With its ancient origins, Roccaglioriosa is one of the most important medieval settlements of Cilento. The narrow alleys, steep staircases and vaulted passages that characterise the town, suddenly emerge in viewpoints from which you can admire the amazing panorama of the Gulf of Policastro, of Mount Bulgheria and the valleys of the Mingardo and the Bussento. The village is rich in [...]

In the summer of 2013 "Cala Bianca" was elected "the most beautiful beach in Italy." This is not a place for mass tourism; but it is [...]

Pertosa caves (Grotte dell’Angelo)The Caves of Pertosa-Auletta are the result of 35 million years of incessant work of Nature. The site recalls every year  thousands of visitors who choose this place for various reasons, ranging [...]

A few kilometres from the town of Rofrano, surrounded by the thick wood of Quercus cerris and Alder, the Mingardo river has produced, over the millennia, [...]

The Certosa di San Lorenzo (Certosa di Padula) is the largest Charterhouse in Italy. In 1998 has been declared a world heritage site by UNESCO.   The architectural [...]

Illustra i fenomeni del carsismo e l'ambiente delle grotte, la bio-speleologia ed i ritrovamenti archeologici del sito delle Grotte di Pertosa-Auletta che rappresenta il più famoso [...]

Fornace (kiln) del Mingazzini (Velia)Not far from the Velia Archaeological Park you can freely visit, in Vasalìa Street, the kiln discovered in 1927 by Professor Paolino Mingazzini who completed the excavation in 1950.   The place where the kiln was built, probably in the 3rd century BC, is not accidental: in [...]

Shrine of GethsemaniThe shrine of Getsemani in Paestum is one of the earlier religious architectures of Capaccio.   Since 1998 it is owned by Provincia Santa Famiglia degli Oblati di san Giuseppe (www.osjcuria.org), founded by San Giuseppe Marello in 1878. The Getsemani of Paestum is an idea of Prof. Luigi Gedda (President of Catholic [...]

Teggiano – ancient name “Diano”- (637 m s.l.m. and 8,348 inhabitants) is, among the towns of the province of Salerno, the one that has preserved its [...]

Our Lady of Mount Gelbison Shrine The Shrine "Madonna di Novi Velia", is placed on top of Mount Gelbison (in depth), at 1705 m above the sea level. It is the highest shrine in Italy and about its origins, dating back to 1323, there is [...]