Le Palme Holiday Village Resort

Touristic itineraries
The management organises periodical trips to different sites.


Velia excavations, km 1
	Velia is the Latin name of the ancient Greek city of Elea, founded around 540 A.D. by a group of focesi that, escaping from the motherland besieged in Asia, found refuge on a promontory located between the mouth of two rivers, close to the present Marina di Ascea.
The cultural magnificence of Elea is given by, in particular, the philosophy school, called exactly Eleatica, that marks indelibly, in depth, the walk of the occidental mind. Its founder was Parmenide, together with Senofane from Colofone; Zenone and Melisso from Samo continued the work.

Palinuro, km 20
	Palinuro is one of the main touristic places of Campania. Its uncontaminated coast gives to the visitor enchanting expanse of beaches and many little inlets, hidden bays and sea caves. The beautiful sea caves represent a big attraction for all the tourists that every summer come to visit it.

Paestum, km 30
	Paestum is an ancient city of Magna Grecia, whose ruins form one of the main archaeological parks in Europe. The city was founded around the beginning of VII century A.D. by Greek settlers coming from Sybaris with the name of Poseidonia. The richness of the city is documented by the construction which took place between VI and V century A.D. of big temples whose ruins are well conserved until today.


Pertosa caves, km 40
	The origin of Pertosa caves (or Angelo's caves), goes back up to 35 milions of years ago, are the most important of South Italy, the only ones to be crossed by an underground river, the Tanagro or Negro, whose run was diverted for energetic use. Doing so the entrance of the caves was flooded, so much to let the access inside, only by little boats.

Padula Carthusian monastery, km 65
	Padula Carthusian monastery, known also as San Lorenzo Carthusian monastery, is among the biggest and most famous Carthusian monasteries existing in Italy and it is located in the Cilento park. The monastery is the second for greatness in Italy after Parma Carthusian monastery. It was founded by Tommaso San Severino in 1306 on the site of an existing cenobio and it was dedicated to San Lorenzo.
Today the Carthusian monastery hosts the archaeological museum of Lucania that gather a collection of finds coming from the excavations of the necropolis of Sala Consilina and Padula's. This museum covers a period that goes from Prehistory to Hellenistic era.

Salerno, km 70
	Salerno is a municipality of 146.324 citizens, capital of the homonym province. It's the second city of Campania for population. It is known for its medical Salernitana school, that was the first and most important medical institution in Europe of Middle Ages (IX century) and as such it was considered by many people the mother of modern universities. The city rises in a picturesque position on the homonym gulf (Tirreno sea) between the Amalfitana coast (on the West) and the Paestum plane (on the South). The built-up area develops along the coast and it extends towards the inside until lapping the hills at the back.

Amalfitana coast, km 76
	Amalfitana coast is the stretch of campana coast, located in the South of Sorrentina peninsula, that overlooks Salerno gulf; it is neighbored on the West by Positano and on the East by Vietri on the sea. It is a stretch of coast famous all around the world for its naturalistic beauty, site of important touristic settlements. It takes the name from the city of Amalfi, central nucleus of the coast not only geographically, but also historically. Amalfitana coast is well known for its diversity: each of the villages of the coast has its own nature and traditions.

Pompei excavations, km 100
	In the area of archaeological excavations of Pompei, it was brought to light the ancient roman city destroyed tragically after one of the eruptions of the close volcano Vesuvius, which took place in 79. Crystallized in the time and in that moment, the ancient Pompei was brought to the surface becoming the second most visited archaeological site in the world.

Napoli, km 120
	The city of Naples is located in a position almost central on the homonym gulf, between Vesuvius and the volcanic area of Campi Flegrei in a scenery considered "among the most celebrated and enchanting in the world". It was born as Greek colony, it was among the main cities of Magna Grecia. In modern age it was for six centuries, capital of a state that comprised southern peninsular Italy and, in some periods, even Sicily; it was one of the main centers of the Mediterranean dominion of Crown of Aragona. At the act of Unity of Italy, it was the most populous city of the new unitary State (about 440.000 inhabitants).
For historical, artistic, political and environmental reasons it was, from Middle Ages until the Unity, a city of primary importance in Europe and among the main centers of cultural reference, equal to the other main capitals of the continent. Today, with Milan and Rome it is among the main Italian metropolis, still preserving its historic vocation of important cultural scientific and university centre at International level. Its territory, in particular the overview of the gulf, and numerous expressions of Naples culture, are included and known among the most classic symbols of Italy in the International collective imaginary.

Capri, Ischia, Procida
	The gulf of Naples is embellished by the presence of different islands that constitute natural extensions. Capri, Ischia and Procida are famous all over the world for its beauties, suggestive overviews and naturalistic and cultural features, unique in the world. While Capri, in the South of Naples, is a rocky spur detached in prehistoric age from the close peninsula sorrentina, both Ischia and Procida owe their genesis to the intense volcanic activity of Campi Flegrei, in the West of the city.

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