COSTIERA AMALFITANA E GROTTA DELLO SMERALDO

Amalfi Coast

The Amalfi Coast is the coastline of the Campania coast, located south of the Sorrento Peninsula, overlooking the Gulf of Salerno; is delimited to the west by Positano and east from Vietri sul Mare. It is a world-famous stretch of coastline for its natural beauty, home to major tourist resorts. Considered UNESCO World Heritage Site, it takes its name from the city of Amalfi, the central core of the Coast not only geographically but historically. The Amalfi Coast is known for its heterogeneity: each of the countries of the coast has its own character and traditions. The Amalfi Coast is also known for some typical products such as limoncello, liqueur obtained from lemons in the area, fish soups and canned fish produced in Cetara, and hand-crafted and handmade ceramics in Vietri

Emerald Grotto

The Emerald Grotto is a karst cavity partially invaded by the sea in the territory of the municipality of Conca dei Marini. It was discovered by the fisherman Luigi Buonocore in 1932. It measures about 45 x 32 meters and is about 24 meters high, and owes its name to emerald shades that takes water due to filtered sunlight through an undersea cracking that connects it to the sea open. In very remote times, it was placed above the sea level, and in its interior, over time, numerous stalactites and stalagmites were created, which in some parts unite to form powerful columns over ten meters high; Only after a phenomenon of bradysmism the cave soil has lowered, causing it to sink underwater. There is a rare species of celendat, Anemonactis mazely, that lives in places where there is no light.