Castellabate

Located between Paestum and Velia, the Municipality of Castellabate is territorially extensive, in fact it includes five inhabited areas: Castellabate, the capital, Santa Maria, San Marco, Ogliastro Marina and Lago, together with which it is one of the most important seaside resorts of the Cilento Coast, besides to be a center of considerable historical and cultural interest in the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park. Long golden beaches, interspersed with cliff points, make Santa Maria, San Marco and Lago the real poles of national and international tourist attraction. To complete the evocative picture of the municipal territory concur the Bay of Ogliastro Marina and the island of Licosa, both surrounded by a luxuriant Mediterranean scrub and surrounded by a clear and enchanted sea (European Blue Flag), which make it a true stronghold for Italian environmentalist history. A land of ancient traditions, Castellabate reserves the opportunity for excursions, knowledge and fun for the art lover, the nature scholar, the passionate sportsman and the curious tourist. In the past Castellabate has been a crossroads of different cultures: Greeks, Romans, Normans, Saracens, Byzantines, Spaniards and French, all have left traces of their stay.
Castellabate Capital, an ancient medieval village, it is suggestive for its narrow streets, the stairs, the shops, the well preserved arches, while from the golden beaches of the Lake Fraction the visitor can pass to the nature trails on the Tresino promontory, where the vegetation is unspoiled; traces of Greek settlements and suggestive architectural structures of ancient memory, indicate its historical and cultural richness. S. Marco, a charming town a few km from S. Maria, is home to a receptive tourist port adjacent to the remains of the ancient Greek Roman port.
The history, the mild climate, the colors of nature between the sea and verdant expanses, the industriousness of the inhabitants, the courtesy of the operators, the flavors and tastes of the Cilento cuisine are, therefore, the essential ingredients to choose Castellabate as an ideal holiday resort and Relax.

Located between Paestum and Velia, the Municipality of Castellabate is territorially extensive, in fact it includes five inhabited areas: Castellabate, the capital, Santa Maria, San Marco, Ogliastro Marina and Lago, together with which it is one of the most important seaside resorts of the Cilento Coast, besides to be a center of considerable historical and cultural interest in the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park. Long golden beaches, interspersed with cliff points, make Santa Maria, San Marco and Lago the real poles of national and international tourist attraction. To complete the evocative picture of the municipal territory concur the Bay of Ogliastro Marina and the island of Licosa, both surrounded by a luxuriant Mediterranean scrub and surrounded by a clear and enchanted sea (European Blue Flag), which make it a true stronghold for Italian environmentalist history. A land of ancient traditions, Castellabate reserves the opportunity for excursions, knowledge and fun for the art lover, the nature scholar, the passionate sportsman and the curious tourist. In the past Castellabate has been a crossroads of different cultures: Greeks, Romans, Normans, Saracens, Byzantines, Spaniards and French, all have left traces of their stay.
Castellabate Capital, an ancient medieval village, it is suggestive for its narrow streets, the stairs, the shops, the well preserved arches, while from the golden beaches of the Lake Fraction the visitor can pass to the nature trails on the Tresino promontory, where the vegetation is unspoiled; traces of Greek settlements and suggestive architectural structures of ancient memory, indicate its historical and cultural richness. S. Marco, a charming town a few km from S. Maria, is home to a receptive tourist port adjacent to the remains of the ancient Greek Roman port.
The history, the mild climate, the colors of nature between the sea and verdant expanses, the industriousness of the inhabitants, the courtesy of the operators, the flavors and tastes of the Cilento cuisine are, therefore, the essential ingredients to choose Castellabate as an ideal holiday resort and Relax.