The most beautiful beaches in Castellabate
Discover the beaches of Ogliastro Marina, Santa Maria and San Marco,
very close to the facilities of Bellezza in Cilento
Cilento is famous for its unspoiled nature, incredible historical sites and beautiful beaches on the coast. The National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is characterized by rugged, wild vegetation that faces directly into the expanses of clear blue waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea. The enchanting beaches of Ogliastro Marina, Santa Maria and San Marco di Castellabate are the meeting of sea and land, and still retain a timeless charm and beauty.
Castellabate’s most beautiful beaches are easily accessible from our facilities, sometimes even on foot. The villas, farmhouses and apartments of Bellezza in Cilento are the ideal place to experience a relaxing vacation and spend long days under the Cilento sun.
Ogliastro Marina Beach
Want to get to know a long beach with bathing facilities and a large part of free beach? Ogliastro Marina beach is about 1,300 meters long in the sandy part, with almost 1 kilometer of rocky shore. The bay begins with the Punta di Ogliastro to the north and ends with the Ripe Rosse hill, full of Aleppo Pines to the south. In the sandy beach is occupied by 3 bathing facilities, while the rest is just a long free part.
In 2006 and 2012, sea turtles laid about 90 eggs per brood among the sands of Ogliastro Marina. The phenomenon led to the area being fenced off to protect the brood, thus causing the eggs to hatch without outside intervention or disturbance.
A Spanish watchtower from 1565 is located on the beach. A beautiful path starts from the village square, in front of the 1890 church, and passes overlooking the sea next to the pine forest. For another beautiful walk, it is possible to take another path that starts from the Punta di Ogliastro and crosses the pine forest beside the sea for 6 kilometers to arrive in front of the island of Licosa.
Santa Maria Beach
Do you want to know the longest beach in Castellabate? And see where the columns of the temples of Paestum were mined? Discover Lago beach, about 1,800 meters long, completely sandy, sometimes interrupted with rocky masses of sandstone near the shore.
If you look closely, you can see cuts in the rock, made to remove rocky parts and used to erect the columns of the temples of Paestum: the so-called Rocchi Quarry from the sixth century BC, discovered in 2010. On the beach in the summer period there are almost ten bathing facilities, alternating with the free beach.
To get to the Beach from Santa Maria one crosses the entire Bracale Promenade, enjoying the wonderful 180° panorama from Punta Licosa to Capri and the entire Amalfi Coast. At the end of the beach you can take the uphill path, which skirts the hill, to go on a very scenic trek to Punta Tresino and the ruins of the 12th-century Abbey of San Giovanni.
The beaches of San Marco
The two beaches of San Marco di Castellabate offer beautiful scenery for all tastes. The first beach is next to the Port, about 200 meters long, in a secluded and quiet location with crystal clear waters. It can be reached on foot from the port, taking the pedestrian street, just past the Coast Guard offices. Continuing past the Port beach there is a beautiful pedestrian street, about a kilometer long, that runs above the cliff with a panoramic view of the Gulf of Salerno. There are also a couple of steps down to the sea where you can sunbathe on the rocks. The sea is splendid, transparent, green and blue in color.
Pozzillo beach, after Lago beach, is the second longest beach in Castellabate.
The beach starts from the sea traffic circle in San Marco, at the end of Via del Pozzillo, until it reaches Santa Maria di Castellabate and Punta Perotti. Pozzillo beach has fine, golden sand and a wonderful sea. Here, too, there is a lot of free beach, but there is no shortage of lidos for those who like umbrellas and deck chairs. You can also get there from the state highway, near the junction with the road to Castellabate. On the sea side there are steps that lead directly down, about halfway down the beach.
