San Marco Apartments & Villas (Cilento)
Self catering accommodation is available in the town of San Marco, Cilento, where you can rent modern holiday apartments or nearby country villas to suit all your needs.
When the harbour of Santa Maria became too small for the numerous fishing boats, the smaller town of San Marco which is 2 km away became more popular for living. Due to its favourable location, the ancient Greeks and Romans constructed a harbour, remnants of which can be seen all around the more recent harbour. In the forties, the new harbour was built in a picturesque setting with views over the whole bay and onto the old town of Castellabate. The waters are rich with fish from the gulf of Castellabate which is the first underwater nature protection park of southern Italy. This area secures the livelihood of more than half of the inhabitants as fishermen.
Today San Marco di castellabate is a lovely small Italian fishing town largely unaffected by tourism except during the summer holiday season when mostly Italians visit the area, although most stay in the larger nearby Santa Maria. The town has a small central Piazza with a colourful modern church and an old bell tower. The streets are typically Italian with a mixture of houses and some shops. There are a few good restaurants where you can eat at a reasonable price.
The town has a small beach but it is better to walk or drive (under 1 km) to the 2km adjacent Pozillo beach where you can walk all the way to Santa Maria along the beach. During the second half of July and August there is a direct ferry to the island of Capri from the harbour. At other times you can travel along the coast to Agropoli or Salerno to catch the ferry to the Amalfi coast.
Authentic Italy offers self catering Cilento holiday accommodation in many apartments and villas in villages within the Cilento area which is one of the most picturesque regions of Italy to stay on holiday.
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