What is Camerota known for?

Marina di Camerota cave system with Neanderthal and early modern human stratigraphy from the late Middle Palaeolithic to the Chalcolithic. Protected marine area with freshwater springs feeding cold pools into the Tyrrhenian, accessible by foot or by boat from the Marina. Blue Flag water quality at Marina di Camerota, with sandy and pebbled coves inside the Cilento national park boundary.

Camerota is a comune in the province of Salerno, Campania region of Italy, about 158 kilometers from Salerno.

Campania · Salerno

Camerota

A Cilento hill of 422 meters above the Costa degli Infreschi, with prehistoric caves documenting Neanderthal occupation along the southern Tyrrhenian.

158 km / 98 mi

Nearest hub (Salerno)

6,875

Population

May–Sep

Best time to visit

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Why come

Camerota sitsin the southern Cilento, six kilometres above its better-known marina, with three other hamlets, Lentiscosa, Licusati and Marina di Camerota, scattered between the hilltop and the sea. The name probably comes from the Greek kamaròtos, curved, after the limestone arches along the coast. The Marina is a Bandiera Blu fishing village inside the Costa degli Infreschi e della Masseta protected marine area, with a series of caves cut into the cliffs by sea and rivers. Excavations since the 1950s in Grotta della Cala, Grotta di San Biagio and others have documented Neanderthal and early modern human occupation from the late Middle Palaeolithic to the Chalcolithic, one of the longest stratigraphic sequences on the Tyrrhenian. The hilltown above keeps its medieval centro storico almost empty in winter and full in August, alongside Cilento DOP olive oil from the slopes.

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Known for

Grotte di Marina di Camerota
Coastal cave system including Grotta della Cala and Grotta di San Biagio, with continuous archaeological sequences from Neanderthal occupation to the Chalcolithic.
Costa degli Infreschi e della Masseta
Protected marine area between Marina di Camerota and Scario, freshwater springs feeding cold pools into the sea, accessible by foot or boat.
Castello Marchesale di Camerota
Medieval castle on the highest point of the hilltown, of Norman origin and remodelled under the Marchesi, with views over the Gulf of Policastro.
Centro storico di Camerota
Hilltop old town at 422 meters with stone alleys around the castle, the eighteenth-century mother church and the four-hamlet civic structure.
Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni National Park
UNESCO Mediterranean Diet biosphere reserve, with the Bulgheria massif behind the town and the protected marine area along the coast.

When to visit

Best months · May–Sep

Best
Hot or crowded
Quiet
Mostly closed

May through September is the open Cilento beach season, with Marina di Camerota filling between late June and August and the boat trips to Cala Bianca and the Infreschi springs running daily. Mid-summer touches the high thirties; the hilltown at 422 meters stays a few degrees cooler and the cave temperature holds at sixteen all year. April and October are quiet and dry, the right window to walk the Bulgheria slopes and visit Grotta della Cala without queues. November through March is winter on the southern Tyrrhenian: rough sea, half the Marina rentals closed, and the rural hamlets reverting to their off-season silence.