cilento

The Guardian has a good article about hiking along the Cilento Coast, south of the more famous, and crowded, Amalfi Coast. We’ve stayed in this area and did a few good hikes. It is a good alternative to the Amalfi area. Hiking in southern Italy: myths, mountains and wild boar in Cilento South...

Unseasonably cold weather for late May.

Seafood pasta.

The perfect plate of pasta.

The start of the hiking trail to Punta Tresino.

Some of the movie “Benvenuti al Sud” was filmed here.

Round holes left from where stone was cut to make columns 2000+ years ago.

Early evening.

Early evening.

Hemingway stayed here and liked this cafe.

We had lunch at a restaurant on the beach.

Such a beautiful beach town.

For us some hikes in Italy get cut short when we come to the pack of barking dogs blocking the road.

Il Vecchio Mulino.

Lunch menu. Look at those prices! €6 for a plate of pasta.

Check out the USA pizza. Pizza with French fries.

Lagane e Ceci, pasta with chickpeas, a local dish.

Hilltop village above Agropoli.

The castle sits above the town and the sea.

Long staircase to historic center and castle. Photo taken from part way up the stairs looking back to modern part of town.