Punta Campanella is one of the scenic routes of greatest natural, historic and archaeological value of the Sorrento peninsula. Cape Campanella overlooks Salerno’s Gulf and Napoli’s Gulf, and divides one from other.
To achieve, we must start from the square in Termini (fraction of Massalubrense, easily reached by buses departing from the station of Sorrento) From that point you have to walk for about an hour through a path in the countryside where you will enjoy a unique view of the coast, a succession of creeks and ravines created by the wind and the sea, very steep and jagged cliffs with a peak and wall of lush Mediterranean vegetation that gently slope towards the sea.
To achieve, we must start from the square in Termini (fraction of Massalubrense, easily reached by buses departing from the station of Sorrento) From that point you have to walk for about an hour through a path in the countryside where you will enjoy a unique view of the coast, a succession of creeks and ravines created by the wind and the sea, very steep and jagged cliffs with a peak and wall of lush Mediterranean vegetation that gently slope towards the sea.
The path is long but not too hard. We suggest, however, clothes and hiking shoes and prudence for the children. The cape stands out in the ocean and it seems that wants to be reunited with the island of Capri, Sorrento which is only three miles of sea called “Le bocche di Capri” (sounds like the mouths of Capri) that always been feared by sailors and fishermen, because there the currents create whirlpools and eddies, and the rocky coastline overlooking the sea does not offer an easy escape. in these waters, were found the wrecks of Roman ships and Etruscan, and you can admire the famous Li Galli, the rocks on which Ulysses met the Sirens, mythical creatures who attracted sailors by their melodious but deadly singing. The path is long but not too hard. We suggest, however, clothes and hiking shoes and prudence for the children.
The cape stands out in the ocean and it seems that wants to be reunited with the island of Capri, Sorrento which is only three miles of sea called “Le bocche di Capri” (sounds like the mouths of Capri) that always been feared by sailors and fishermen, because there the currents create whirlpools and eddies, and the rocky coastline overlooking the sea does not offer an easy escape. in these waters, were found the wrecks of Roman ships and Etruscan, and you can admire the famous Li Galli, the rocks on which Ulysses met the Sirens, mythical creatures who attracted sailors by their melodious but deadly singing.
On the coast you will find remains of ancient Roman villas and other archaeological remains. up to the temple of the goddess Minerva, then replaced by a sighting tower, built by king Robert d'Anjou during the sixteenth century, for defense Sorrento from raids by Saracen pirates.
From here begins the myth of Cape Campanella. In books of legends on the Sorrento peninsula is said that during one of these raids the Turks had raided the bell of the church of Sant'Antonio, and when the galleys are away, only that which took the bell on board, could not go forward by following the current, but remained motionless at that point as if it were stopped from an underwater obstacle or a supernatural force.
Only, plunging into the sea the large and heavy bell, the ship was able to overcome the cape with such rapidity that it seemed as the strength of the winds wants to drive it away from Sorrento. Since then, legend says it that the bell is still there, and that the day of Sant'Antonino, you can hear its chimes with the sound of waves breaking on the rocks ...
Reaching Punta Campanella is very simple: once you are in Termini, follow the path. Punta Campanella leads until the tip of the Sorrento peninsula.
