Cascate del Troncone e della Scorzella
Montella (AV)
Hidden gemIn the water & diving
The story
Waterfalls hidden in the green of the Terminio, where the stream comes down in steps and the light struggles through the beeches.
Access
FREE, on foot
More gems in Montella
Sacred artConvento di San Francesco a Folloni
Montella (AV)
In the woods of Montella they tell of a sack of bread that appeared on the snow without footprints: the relic, dated to the thirteenth century, is still kept in the convent.
- Nature & hiking
Grotta del Caprone
Montella (AV)
The name says what the shepherds believed: that in there lived the devil with his horns. It is one of the karst cavities of the Terminio, and among the most striking.
- Hiking
Piano di Verteglia
Montella (AV)
A plateau at 1,230 metres ringed by beech forest, where you snowshoe in winter and the herds graze in summer: a piece of the Apennines that looks like Norway, an hour from Naples.
Sacred artSantuario del Santissimo Salvatore (Montella)
Montella (AV)
A sanctuary on a knoll that watches over the whole Calore valley: you climb up on foot, and the effort is part of the prayer.
More gems: In the water & diving
In the water & divingParco Sommerso di Baia
Bacoli
A Roman city swallowed by the sea through bradyseism: mosaics, columns and statues visited from a glass-bottomed boat or with a mask.
In the water & divingGrotta Azzurra
Anacapri
You enter lying flat in a small rowing boat through a low cleft, and inside the water lights up in a luminous blue that seems to rise from the depths.
- In the water & diving
Grotta Bianca
Capri
Pale limestone walls in a two-chambered cavity hollowed out by the sea, once a shelter for boats and a hiding place from pirate raids.
In the water & divingVerde
Capri
The water turns emerald green where light filters in through a submerged opening, and at the far end a small pebble beach lies hidden.
- In the water & diving
Meravigliosa
Capri
A stairway carved into the rock leads to a vault thick with stalactites and stalagmites, suspended above the Grotta Bianca and the island's thousand-year-old strata.
- In the water & diving
Punta Pizzaco e Solchiaro (snorkeling)
Procida
On the southern side, between the cliffs of Solchiaro and the walls of Pizzaco, clear water and rocky seabeds invite you to swim with a mask, far from the crowds.