Piscina naturale degli Iscolelli
Camerota (SA)
Hidden gemFree beaches
The story
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.
Access
by sea
More gems in Camerota
- 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.
VillagesCamerota borgo
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.
VillagesLicusati
Camerota
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.
- 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.
More gems: Free beaches
Free beachesIsola
Posillipo
The "cursed" island: owners struck by suicides and misfortune (Agnelli, Getty); a marine protected area with submerged ruins; guided snorkelling with CSI Gaiola ~€20, glass-bottom boat ~€12; 150 steps.
Free beachesParco Sommerso della Gaiola
Posillipo
Two islets of tufo (volcanic tuff) joined by a fragile arch, a marine protected area: you swim above submerged Roman ruins while the legend speaks of a cursed island.
- Free beaches
Lido delle Monache / spiaggia libera di Posillipo e Riva Fiorita
Posillipo
Tiny coves among the rocks, once the bathing place of the nuns of a convent above the sea: almost secret free beaches, reachable mostly from the water.
- Free beaches
Baia di Trentaremi
Posillipo
A bay closed in by high cliffs of yellow tufo (volcanic tuff), with caves cut by the Romans: no road reaches it, only the sea and the kayaks slip in among the rocks.
- Free beaches
Capo Miseno e porticciolo di Acquamorta
Bacoli/Monte di Procida
The headland that closes the gulf and, at its foot, the little harbour of Acquamorta with the boats hauled ashore and the water shallow and clear.
Free beachesBaia di Ieranto
Nerano
The bay protected by the FAI that looks across at the Faraglioni of Capri, reachable only on foot among olive trees and scrub, with the clear water of an old quarry.