The province of Salerno will surprise you in every corner. The wonderful rocky coasts full of caves and ravines, white beaches, Mediterranean scrub and a sea of a thousand shades, for a coastline that extends from Agropoli to Sapri along the Cilento coast. The Apennine mountains frame this spectacular nature, the small bays and inlets, the pristine coasts, and are rich in green woods.
Magna Graecia emerges from the ruins of Paestum, an ancient city once called Poseidonia. Its extension can still be recognized today, collected within its Greek walls, subsequently modified in the Lucanian and Roman times. Here there is an interesting archaeological museum that preserves some finds from the Greek era, such as furnishings and urns. It is located in the province of Salerno, about 30 km south of the city, and is a fraction of the municipality of Capaccio. Besides being a place of great historical interest, it is also famous for its magnificent beaches. It extends in the Piana del Sele, near the coast, north of the Cilento National Park, Vallo di Diano and Alburni.
At the western gates of the Cilento National Park, there is an important center of Cilento: Agropoli. A very characteristic town, it is divided in part "high", hilly, and part "low", with beaches, lidos and an enchanting promenade. Located at the southern end of the Gulf of Salerno, it is located on the Sele plain.
Acciaroli is a seaside village of tourist interest, belonging to the Municipality of Pollica and remembered for the numerous stays of Ernest Hemingway. Overlooking the sea stands the church of the Annunziata, built in 1187, while nearby are the remains of an ancient Angevin defense tower, with a square base. The town of Pollica, the municipal seat, is located in a very panoramic place: here the medieval castle of 1290 and the chapel of S. Pietro of 1524 are remarkable. Just outside the town stands the convent of Maria SS. delle Grazie, of the friars minor, of 1611.
Velia / Elea is an important archaeological site in Cilento, founded around 540 BC by settlers from the mountains. At the time of the Greeks it was called Elea, while the Romans renamed it Velia as Pliny wrote in the Naturalis Historia. The city, formerly a colony of Marseille, remained a tenacious guardian of Hellenism, continuing to use the Greek language even in the imperial age; he was also famous for the Eleatic philosophical school. Today the excavations of the ancient city can be observed, begun by Amedeo Maiuri in 1921 and then continued in the fifties and sixties. Among other things, the remains of the city gates (Porta Rosa and Porta Marina), of a thermal building, the acropolis, the agora and the sanctuary of Poseidon Asphaleios can be observed.
Porto Infreschi is considered the marine jewel of the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park. Still miraculously immune to human settlements, the natural harbor of the Infreschi is one of the most suggestive sites of the entire coastal Cilento, already used by Roman ships. A corner of paradise at the center of which opens a natural landing, the destination of many yachtsmen during the summer season, protected by rocky banks against which the foaming waves of the sea break. In the waters of this bay, dolphins have often been spotted, attracted by the extraordinary abundance of fish.