Santa Maria di Castellabate Apartments & Villas (Cilento)
Once Santa Maria di Castellabate served its hill top sister village Castellabate as a port for trade ships and fishing boats. After the end of the siege by the Saracens, more and more Castellaners moved to the seaside for reasons of convenience. So the former harbour became first a little and then an ever larger village, that today forms the centre of the community.
Holiday accommodation in and around the town of Santa Maria di Castellabate is available for rent and you can choose from a typical Italian villa or modern self catering apartments to suit all your needs. This area of Cilento area is one of the most picturesque regions of Italy to spend your vacation with views across the Gulf of salerno to the Amalfi Coast and Capri.
The particularly picturesque antique centre of S. Maria with its Saracen?s tower, the Palazzo Belmonte and the little harbour promenade is a lovely place to spend a holiday within walking distance of all facilities and the small central protected beach. There is are also the long sandy beaches of Pozzillo and Lungomare to the west and east respectively.
The 'Porta delle gatte' is especially romantic. This is a former stores with arcades directly at the sea where once, as well as today, fishermen patch their nets. The literal translation ?The Cat?s Gate? is explained because this place naturally exerted a magic attraction on cats. In the dusk, this area becomes the meeting place for young and old particularly at weekends when the 'passeggiata' takes place to ?see and be seen?. During the day on the other hand, life concentrates on the Piazza, that main square with little bars and views over the sea. This seems to have the function of a living room for the villagers. In the following Corso, the pedestrian area, one finds numerous little shops with various offerings. For a rest, the beautiful garden of the villa Matarazzo is ideal.
The beaches to the east and west are bordered by the picturesque peninsulas Licosa and Tresino. S. Maria is a year round, small but lively centre that receives travellers with genuine hospitality and offers all the conveniences of a modern spa town. Authentic Italy offers holiday accommodation in the village of Santa Maria di Castellabate, and in the Cilento countryside. Chose from a variety of cilento apartments, cilento villas or country cottages for your self catering holiday requirements.
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