Nestled in a beautiful garden among olive, lemon and carob trees, set in a panoramic view of striking beauty, Conca dei Marini is a small seaside resort perched on a rocky hill between Capo di Conca and the Emerald Grotto, about 4 km from AmalfiConca dei Marini is an Italian town of 679 inhabitants in the province of Salerno in Campania, part of the Amalfi Coast. It is the fourth smallest Italian municipality in terms of surface area and the least extensive in Campania, after Atrani. It is also called "Conca dei gradini" this small town that invites to romantic promenades, climbing "scalinatelle" that lead to the sky and looking at the sea from above.
The most panoramic walk is the one that from the path "of the five essences" (the vine, the lemon, the olive tree, the carob and the pomegranate) leads to the church of Sant’Antonio, then to the one of the "five essences".
of San Michele and then to a small sacred shrine at the edge of a rock from which you can see the impressive precipices of Furore, which are lost in the shadow of a wild gorge.
The emerald cave nestled in the bay of Conca was discovered in 1932 by a fisherman who, until his death, wore a band with the inscription: "discoverer of the cave". It can be reached from the national road, by lift or stairs, or from the sea. You enter with a raft into this fantastic green temple, pierced by blades of light, populated by stalagmites, figures and rocky bas-reliefs, the work of water dripping from the vaults over the millennia.
