HIKING AND TREKKING ON THE SORRENTO COAST
ROUTES AND TRAILS NEAR MASSA LUBRENSE
IERANTO (45 minutes)
A route that combines trekking with the possibility of bathing in a small, unspoilt cove right in front of Capri.
The path leading to the bay of ‘Ieranto’ starts from Nerano, a village a few kilometres from Marciano.
You walk between sheer cliffs, terraces of olive groves and dry stone walls built by miners (stone used for lime was once quarried here).
At the end of the path, you come to a lovely little beach with a view of the Faraglioni of Capri.
IERANTO (45 minutes)
IERANTO
(45 minutes)
(45 minutes)
A route that combines trekking with the possibility of bathing in a small, unspoilt cove right in front of Capri.
The path leading to the bay of ‘Ieranto’ starts from Nerano, a village a few kilometres from Marciano.
You walk between sheer cliffs, terraces of olive groves and dry stone walls built by miners (stone used for lime was once quarried here).
At the end of the path, you come to a lovely little beach with a view of the Faraglioni of Capri.
PUNTA CAMPANELLA (1 HOUR)
PUNTA CAMPANELLA
(1 HOUR)
(1 HOUR)
The extreme tip of the Sorrento Peninsula: a land of myths, history and legends.
Termini, as its name suggests, is the last inhabited hamlet on the Sorrento peninsula immediately before Punta Campanella, the extreme tip of the coast, which is reached by a path starting from the village’s main square.
Here you can see the remains of an ancient Saracen tower that was used to sight pirates.
The tower in turn was built on the remains of the temple of Minerva built by the Greeks.
FORDO DI CAPROLLA (30 minutes)
A path carved into a narrow cleft in the rock leads down to the sea.
To get to the Fiordo di Crapolla you start from Sant’Agata sui Due Golfi, the path descends between the rocks until you reach a beach lit by the sun only in the early hours of the morning.
There is a small church on the beach: legend has it that St Peter landed here on his way to Rome.
FORDO DI CAPROLLA (30 minutes)
FIORDO DI CAPROLLA
(30 minutes)
(30 minutes)
A path carved into a narrow cleft in the rock leads down to the sea.
To get to the Fiordo di Crapolla you start from Sant’Agata sui Due Golfi, the path descends between the rocks until you reach a beach lit by the sun only in the early hours of the morning.
There is a small church on the beach: legend has it that St Peter landed here on his way to Rome.
