NEW ROUTE – Cilento National Park Back to News

Our brand new walking holiday explores the Cilento National Park in Campania – gateway to southern Italy. This is traditional Italy to its core, with unspoilt medieval villages, green vistas, and a pretty coastline dotted with sunset-soaked fishing villages.

And of course there’s fabulous food and wine – the ‘Mediterranean Diet’ was first identified in these quiet hills, and the area has more than its share of centenarians.

Start on coastal paths between the seaside towns of Agropoli and Santa Maria di Castellabate (location, along with Castellabate, for much of the cult Italian film ‘Benvenuti al Sud’) before heading around Punta Licosa, a rocky outlook named after one of the sirens Ulysses met in ‘The Odyssey’. Then climb into the mountains, with fabulous views to Cilento’s glitzier neighbours, the Amalfi Coast and Capri.

Explore Castellabate, one of the “most beautiful villages in Italy”, before a glorious walk to Perdifumo, and onwards to Rocca Cilento, walking the Valley of the Mills the following day. Then the highlight, a steady ascent of Monte Stella, the spiritual heart of ancient Cilento, before a gentle descent through chestnut woods to a welcoming agriturismo at Galdo.

Your final walk to the quiet fishing village of Acciaroli passes through Celso, where the rebellion of 1848 began, and more small, historical villages, each with its own story.

It’s a laid-back experience in every way, with Medium-graded walks (or Easy-Medium with a few shortcuts), plenty of time to enjoy the history and culture, welcoming hotels, and refreshingly quiet trails. This is your chance to really get to the heart of this lovely part of Italy.

Add on: Visit the World Heritage Site of Paestum, a major ancient Greek city with three well-preserved temples, which can be added at either end of the walk.

Use our new app to navigate this route:
Following requests from our clients and our own wish to reduce the amount of paper and plastic used in Walkers’ Packs, we’ve developed a new navigation app, which is now available for you to try on some of our routes.

For this new Cilento route, navigation will be by using the app only. It also includes your itinerary and all other information – ie, we won’t be sending out any printed materials. Are you ready to give it a try?!