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Camerota
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The story
An inland borgo (old village) at two hundred and sixty metres, in a valley of pisciottana olive trees that yields a prized oil, with the mills still running among the stone houses.
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- Free beaches
Spiaggia del Pozzallo
Camerota
A cove of white pebbles squeezed between dark cliffs and the clearest of seas, reached on foot along a path or by boat from Marina di Camerota.
- Free beaches
Piscina naturale degli Iscolelli
Camerota (SA)
Pools carved into the rock with a tongue of white pebbles, reachable only after twenty minutes of path from the headland: still water, crystal clear, with not a single sign to point the way.
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Camerota
The old town gathered beneath Monte Bulgheria, far from the sea, with its white alleys and terracotta workshops carrying on an ancient Cilento craft.
- Free beaches
Cala Bianca
Camerota (SA)
Set among walls of white rock and Mediterranean scrub, reachable on foot or by sea, Cala Bianca offers pale pebbles and crystal-clear water in the wild heart of the Cilento.
- Views & panoramas
Torre degli Infreschi
Camerota (SA)
Reachable only by sea or on foot, the tower watches over a bay near Camerota where freshwater springs surface among the rocks and the coves stay wild.
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