Today we return to the Sorrento Coast, for a walk that is advisable to do in spring, before the bathing season, or between October and November, on a beautiful autumn day. Let's take a look at the three towns that meet between Vico Equense and Sorrento. These are Meta di Sorrento, Piano di Sorrento, Sant'Agnello; we will especially see their marinas, which have nothing to envy to the marinas of Sorrento. The first one you meet coming from Naples is Meta, with its ancient center, the houses adorned with beautiful portals and its three beaches, two in Marinella and one in Alimuri. Let's take a look from above at the beaches of Marinella, with images taken in June on a not very seaside day:
On the Marinella pier in the summer there are accessible bars from which you can enjoy the view of the Alimuri beach in front:
For some time now, a concrete coastal walk has been created that from Marinella allows you to reach Alimuri even in a wheelchair, while previously Alimuri was only reached via a flight of stairs. Let's see the walk from above and then walk it in a wheelchair on a September day:
The walk allows you to reach the end of Alimuri; along the road there is also a bar with toilets equipped for the disabled.
We take the car back and, continuing on the internal road that connects the three villages, we now move to Piano to visit Villa Fondi de Sangro (*) (https://www.comune.pianodisorrento.na.it/it/page/villa-fondi-de-sangro). Built in 1840 by the prince of Fondi Don Giovanni Andrea de Sangro in neoclassical style, partially collapsed in the 1980 earthquake, it is a beautiful structure with a park overlooking the sea; the villa is completely accessible and offers splendid views over the Gulf of Naples and the underlying Marina di Piano.
Purchased by the municipality of Piano di Sorrento, the villa was practically recovered in its intact parts and rebuilt in the destroyed parts; today it houses the “George Vallet” Territorial Archaeological Museum of the Sorrento Peninsula (MusAPS) (https://cultura.gov.it/luogo/museo-archeologico-territoriale-della-penisola-sorrentina-georges-vallet), which houses finds from the 2nd millennium BC. to the Roman age, recovered in various locations on the peninsula. Particularly important is the mosaic Nymphaeum from the 1st century AD, found in Marina della Lobra:
The other exhibits of the museum are housed on the first floor of the building, accessible by a lift operated by the staff: let's see some of them.
We leave Villa Fondi and continue along the internal roads up to Sant'Agnello; we stop at the belvedere overlooking the Marinella di Sant'Agnello. Contrary to the marinas of Piano and Meta, that of Sant'Agnello cannot be reached by car or with accessible elevators, so let's look at it from above:
Let's talk about lunch: if you want to stay in the area, we suggest a restaurant on the Marinella di Meta beach, open all year round: Lido Marinella (*): Via A. Caruso 1, Meta di Sorrento +39 081 5322030 / 339 3126305 https://www.lidomarinella.it Otherwise you can take the car back and, covering 10-15 km, you will reach a restaurant on Monte Faito already reported in previous posts: Villa Chiara Orto e Cucina (*): Via Pacognano 19, Vico Equense +39 081 8029165 / 3393615726 https://villachiaraortoecucina.it/ (*) symbol indicating the presence of toilets equipped for the disabled
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