Campania, Sorrento Peninsula, Sant' Agata
Sant'Agata sui due Golfi enjoys an enviable position on a hill between the Gulf of Naples and the Gulf of Salerno. It is the largest village in the Sorrento Peninsula and boasts a few Michelin starred restaurants (Don Alfonso - Taverna del Capitano) and many other fine restaurants and trattorias in the vicinity. Being half way between Sorrento and Positano, it is a very convenient base from which to explore both the Amalfi and Sorrento Coasts.
About Sant'AgataLocated at 7 klm from Sorrento and at 400 mts above sea level S. Agata sui due Golfi has played an important part in the development of the area. Its Church (XVI century) was visited for its late renaissance structure and its very precious altar attributed to the school of Florence of the XVII century. It is a masterpiece with very fine and elaborate marquetry of motherpearl, lapislazuli, malachite and every type of precious marble. Etruscans, Greeks and Romans, were enchanted by the beauties of the Siren Land and lived in the wooded hills for centuries. This has been confirmed by the wide necropolis existing on the northern side of the hill. Probably on these heights - Montes Sireniani, they used to be called - was a sanctuary of Greek age dedicated to the mermaids. Later it was occupied by the Carmelitani Padri who built a Monastery which they gave the name 'Deserto'. In the Roman age it became the junction of merchant traffic between the two gulfs. S. Agata nowadays derives its name from a Chapel built in the XVI by the Festinese family dedicating it to the young Sicilian Vergin. A brief walk takes one to the nearby village of Torca from which one can descend to the old smugglers cove of Crapolla with its original frescoed dwellings and fishing caves.
Why Sant'Agata + Central location for exploring the Sorrento Peninsula and Amalfi Coast
+ It's altitude ensures a comfortable nights sleep in mid summer
To do in the Sant'Agata locality- Visit the church as described above
- Visit the monastery at il Deserto
- Walk down to the natural spring and public laundry (where you will often find the village people washing their clothes in an age old fashion)
- Join the evening passeggiata, followed by an apperativo in one of the many cafes
- Walk down to the beach at Crapolla
To do further afield- Take a day excursion to Pompei, Herculaneum or Oplontis
- Visit Positano, Amalfi, Sorrento, or Capri (public buses leave from the centre in various directions)
- Walk to the nearby villages of Termini, Schiazzano, Torca, Sant'Agata, Massalubrense
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