There are many beaches of Marina di Camerota for the holidays. They are called Cala d'Archon, Calanca, Cala del Cefalo, La Vela, Mingardo, the Marina, boats, Lentiscelle, Pozzallo, Bay Infreschi, very different and all beautiful, deserving the name of the locality Perla del Cilento. Many say that the name derives from that of Kamaratòn Camerota, a beautiful woman loved in vain to Palinuro and turned into rock by Aphrodite. pure invention, however, shows that since ancient times as the people associated with this land beauty on some of the sea, but also of the hills, olive groves that the ridges of Mount Moon extends to the coastline, the timeless grace of gray stone villages. To help make the landscape even special towers, five centuries old, which in Agropoli then follow up the coast Marina di Camerota and twelve are spread over every hill.
Another feature of the area are the caves , if under water are ideal for divers, there emerged among the important paleontological sites, as the Cave of the Cove and the nearby burial caves, where they were found human remains dating to more than half a million years ago. Cala Fortuna there are also a Blue Grotto, not to be confused with those of Palinuro and Capri, and the spectacular Cave of the Cyclops which marks the border between Camerota and Centola.
Until a few decades ago, Marina di Camerota was a fishing village, but today is a popular destination for beach holidays the most popular Southern Italy; many things have changed, but the vessels in the port are still plenty of the European Blue Flag and continues to reward time every year the quality of the environment and services.
The interior has many pleasant surprises, such as Mingardo river gorges, forests of Aleppo pines of Mount Anthony, the ancient olive trees as big as oaks Licusati. Without of course forgetting the villages of High and Lentiscosa Camerota, custodians of the oldest traditions of the "land" Cilento, crafts of pottery and popular cuisine. Visit is also an opportunity to buy meals and expertly decorated earthenware jars (a Camerota still exists a small neighborhood of potters), or enjoy typical dishes such as ciambotta (a kind of ratatouille of fresh vegetables), buttoned aubergines (stuffed with herbs and tomatoes), stuffed with anchovies, figs married with walnuts, sweet or savory donuts. In some restaurants Lentiscosa of the Neapolitan pizza dough is made with five different types of flour and it still serves the maracucciata, namely maracuoccio soup, a tasty little as legume that is grown exclusively in this area, just to remember that Cilento at the table is a realm of biodiversity.
After a seaside holiday Camerota montagna.Solo would not make sense to give up a few kilometers from the hilly villages between Camerota San Giovanni a Piro and Bulgheria cells, whose name refers both to the chapels of the Basilian monks (the cells were actually caves) that a Bulgarian community, which would be allocated in this area before the sixth century, spreading cult still live in Santa Sofia. The country is the best base for hiking Mount Bulgheria, the limestone massif that divides the Valle del Mingardo that of Bussento. From the top view of Capo Palinuro and the Gulf of Policastro is magnificent, and urges them to continue the journey.
