6 MUST-SEE DESTINATIONS IN CETARA!

The Marina of Cetara is the beating heart of the village: delimited on one side by the Viceregal Tower, it hosts a sand and pebble beach, among the most popular on the Coast, and the small port. All around there are clubs, bars and restaurants; enjoy a dinner or an aperitivo in front of the sea, you will feel at peace with the world!

The church dedicated to St. Francis D'Assisi has a very simple façade, embellished, however, with a large window at the top and a niche carved in the tuff where the Immaculate Conception with Saints Francis and Anthony is depicted. The interior has a single nave, with a barrel vault enriched with frescoes from the 1600s.

Dating back to the Angevin age, thus to the 14th century, the Viceregal Tower originally had a defensive function. Restored in the 1990s, it houses the Museo Civico, where you can visit the exhibition on the Costaioli painters and the special section dedicated to Fishing and to the famous Colatura di Alici (anchovy sauce).

Lannio Beach is a sandy beach that can only be reached on foot via a flight of steps from the Vicereale Tower. The name, meaning “lament,” comes from a legend that some monks were killed there by Saracens.

No article about Cetara can end without mentioning the village's most famous and representative product! I am, of course, talking about the very famous Colatura di Alici DOP, the symbol of Cetara in the whole world. The Colatura, obtained from the maceration of salted anchovies, is an amber-colored sauce with an intense flavor, which is added to pasta - usually spaghetti - creating one of the most beloved and renowned dishes of the coastal and Campanian cultural tradition. You cannot leave Cetara without tasting a dish of it! Enjoy it in one of the village restaurants, perhaps accompanying it with a glass of white wine. It is one of life's pleasures!