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Cilento Coast

Extraordinary nature and pristine waters

Why choose the Cilento Coast?

The Cilento is a land rich in exceptional historical and archaeological evidence, green areas and coasts overlooking one of the cleanest and clearest seas in Italy. 

A coast still wild, made of golden beaches, hidden coves and cliffs in the cobalt blue that take your breath away, characteristic villages nestled between hills and mountains, charming villages and a lush National Park, protected and recognized by UNESCO as a real Nature Sanctuary. 

Among the most famous towns there is undoubtedly Acciaroli, fishing village and famous seaside resort, which can boast one of the cleanest seas in Italy. The Church of the Annunciation (1187) and the remains of the Angevin Tower dominate the small port behind which stretches the old town, small and cozy, with alleys and small squares, where you can still breathe the atmosphere of the ancient seaside village.

A short distance from Acciaroli is Pioppi, pearl of the Cilento coast. The charming village is located along the beach in a small cove sheltered from the hills. Poplar is the cradle of the Mediterranean diet, famous throughout the world to represent the emblem of healthy eating. 

Land of ancient myths and great beauty, Palinuro is also an important tourist center of the Cilento coast. Continuing along the coast of Cilento, we meet Scario, a picturesque port at the entrance of the Gulf of Policastro and Maratea, the typical beauty of small Mediterranean towns, with white houses and narrow streets that are lost in romantic squares on the sea.

Hospitable land of extraordinary beauty

Land rich in exceptional historical evidence and archaeological legacies, surrounded by unspoilt nature areas.
Explore the Cilento by gulet, so you won’t miss a moment, of the experience you will always remember. 

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The areas of navigation.

Acciaroli
Pioppi
Palinuro
Scario
Maratea
Camerota
Paestum
Agropoli

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The legend tells

Legend has it that Palinuro, defeated by the god Sleep and fallen into the sea while leading the fleet to the coast of Italy, was shipwrecked at the mercy of the waves of the sea for three days before landing on the beaches of Cilento.

Here, unfortunately, he did not find his salvation, but a cruel end: mistaken for a sea monster, he was captured and killed by the natives, and his body abandoned. So the request of Neptune, god of the sea, was satisfied that when he had promised Venus his help to lead the fleet of Aeneas to safety on the coast of Campania, he had demanded for himself a victim as a human sacrifice, which would be, in fact, Palinuro.

Once dead, while wandering among the souls of the unborn, Palinurus pleads with Aeneas, who has descended into the Underworld, to bury him, convincing him to look for his body in the waves of the veiled landing places. It will be the priestess Sibylla to reveal to him later that his body will never be found. However, the priestess manages to mitigate the bitterness of Palinuro by predicting that those who murdered him will erect in the future a cenotaph to be dedicated to him, which will honor him forever.

From that moment, that mysterious and enchanted place would forever bear the name of Palinuro.

The Voice of the Writer

It is said that Ernest Hemingway, fascinated by the wonder of the place, and especially by the radiance of the people, stayed several times in Acciaroli around the 50s, and that from these places he drew inspiration for the writing of "The old man and the sea".