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Not far from the Shah there is the splendid Seaside Village of Conca dei Marini: The village of Conca dei Marini, is very suggestive and of an incomparable natural beauty. A few minutes from Shah, The Marina di Conca is a small bay surrounded by numerous small white houses and is the main seaside resort in the country, as well as the port where the boats of local fishermen still dock. Furthermore, the Marina di Conca has become famous between the sixties and the seventies for having hosted many famous people, including Gianni Agnelli, Princess Margaret of England and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

In front of The Shah you can admire The Tower of the Capo di Conca, also called Torre Saracena or Torre Bianca.It is an ancient sixteenth-century watch tower that rises on the promontory called Capo di Conca overlooking the sea. The path that leads to the Tower is among the best known and most admired of the Coast. We recommend this walk, because it allows you to discover inlets and natural rocks that are worth seeing. Then Monastero Santarosa the convent is a Dominican monastery founded in 1681 and located on a promontory overlooking the sea, no longer in use since 1912, when it donated all its assets to the municipality. The sweet Santa Rosa was invented here, the classic Neapolitan pastry filled with exquisite cream around the early 70/0s, in honor of the holy founder of the rule they practiced.

Ravello is a beautiful town on the Amalfi Coast, where you can enjoy a fairytale atmosphere and a breathtaking view. You can visit the various beautiful villas that there are (Villa Cimbrone, Villa Rufolo, etc.). You can sip a drink in one of the historic and beautiful hotels such as the Hotel Caruso, Palazzo Avino. Unfortunately, the concert season is over but it can be an opportunity to return. Amalfi, one of the Maritime Republics, is about 5 km from the Shah, you can visit the Cloister of Paradise, the Cathedral, the Paper Museum for which Amalfi is famous. There is also a beautiful trekking route, very easy to follow: La Valle delle Ferriere.

Visiting Naples means immersing yourself in a surprising reality, full of contradictions and charm. There are a thousand places to visit, from the Sansevero Chapel, the National Archaeological Museum, the Monumental Complex of Santa Chiara, San Martino, the Royal Palace, the San Carlo Theater, the Capodimonte Museum, Palazzo Zevallos, Maschio Angioino, the Cathedral and the Museum of Treasure of San Gennaro, the Castel dell’Ovo, the Via dei Presepi, underground Naples

Trekking routes: The Path of the Gods takes us back in time, to the glories of ancient Greece. Destination every year of thousands of tourists, for an optimal excursion it is advisable to carry out the route starting from the top down: in particular the long walk starts from Agerola, from the hamlet of Bomerano, located at 650 meters above sea level, then it crosses the locality of Nocelle, and continues through the ancient route of the Hellenic colonists once dominated by temples up to Positano. The place still retains all its charm and has inspired poets and writers. Italo Calvino described the Path of the Gods as “that road suspended over the magical gulf of the” Sirens “still plowed today by memory and myth”, and it is precisely with this phrase imprinted on a ceramic plate that the path that represents a boast begins. for the entire Amalfi Coast.

The Valle delle Ferriere is a unique place in the world. It can be easily reached on foot from Amalfi, with about 1 hour of walking. The environment of the reserve is very suggestive, full of waterfalls and waterways that create the ideal conditions for the proliferation of fauna and flora and make the environment very cool even in the height of summer. Here you can easily see the Woodwardia radicans, an endemic species of fern, and with a bit of luck you can come across small and rare amphibians such as the Apennine newt.