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Nine Days The Cilento Trail
Start your adventure in the underrated city of Salerno . Its cathedral is widely lauded as
Italy's most beautiful medieval church, and its engrossing multimedia Scuola Medica
Salernitana Museo Virtuale tells the story of the city's medieval medical school, once one
of Europe's most important. Head up to the Castello di Arechi for sweeping views, and to
the revamped waterfront for a late-afternoon passeggiata (stroll). After dark, join the loc-
als in the city's vibrant medieval heart for a little bar-hopping and movida (partying). On
day two, bid Salerno arrivederci and head inland for three days in the rugged beauty of
the Parco Nazionale del Cilento e Vallo di Diano , Italy's second largest national park
and a Unesco World Heritage site. Base yourself at one of the park's agriturismi (farm
stays) and explore the area's famous grottoes, namely the Grotta di Castelcivita and Grotta
dell'Angelo. Make sure to spend a few hours in the medieval town of Postiglione - home
to an 11th-century Norman castle - and a morning or afternoon in Padula , famous for its
mammoth Carthusian monastery, the Certosa di San Lorenzo. Not far from the Certosa is
the fabled Valle delle Orchidee (Valley of the Orchids), whose 70-plus varieties of spring-
time orchids create a spectacular blaze of colour. One of the national park's more curious
sites is Roscigno Vecchia, a veritable ghost town abandoned early last century.
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