At the base of the bastion on the eastern side, the Grotta Sulfurea (Sulphur Grotto) or "suffregna" as the locals say, it has a spring of Volcanic water. In times not to remote this water was used for therapeutic purposes, it is an anti-toxic and is mildly laxative and also cures many skin diseases. The water is drinkable, if the smell is off-putting it is not difficult to find a farm-worker who will throw you downa lemon…

We now find the pretty bay of Salicerchie named after its circular shape or maybe the "Plaiaquerqua", an ancient oak that is found there…

Almost joined to it, "Cala Bellavaia"; better known as the beach of " the dead horse",… the savage beauty of the place takes one's breath away, the temptation is to fall asleep lying on the water line…

Resisting the temptation we aim for Capodorso…
Above our heads the imposing Tower "di Badia", and behind the "Catacombs" of S.Maria De' Olearia and the wildest part of the coast; a high rock face, rugged and steep like the promontory of Capodorso, that dives down into a semicircle of sea, the "Secca de Gaetano": named after the sailor from Gaeta who was ship-wrecked there in the XVI century…

In the escalation of gorges, pinnacles and rocks with fantastic profiles: "The head of a bear that gives its name to the place", a flight of steps climb up to the lighthouse…

Rounding the Capo (head= we arrive at the point of the "Tumulo", where in 1528 over a thousand dead of the battle of Capo d'Orso were buried …
One can almost hear the shouts and the shots, the victory cry of Filippino Doria ( newphew of Andrea) , who at the head of the French fleet attacked the Viceroy of Naples, Don Ugo de Moncada who hurrying to Naples besieged by the Angevins …

A little further ahead under the rocks, we find a small green beach that is surrounded by spurs of rock (it was horribly disfigured in the 60's by the extractions of the ILVA) Erchie, with its large sandy beach, the small houses and the large Angevin Tower towards the East…

Behind the tower another small beach, with crystal water, an atmosphere of stillness, ideal place for someone who seeks nature and solitude…