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MARECHIARO Excursion Boat

Starting from Marechiaro a small fishing village, the boat trip you can reach the park submerged Gaiola (marine protected area) and continue browsing are the remains of a Roman building called the Palace of the Spirits, which some also call the Villa of Virgil , arguing that from time to time you manifest the spirit of the poet and swore he heard declaiming, by a mysterious voice, his verses. In fact, Virgil really Pousilypon stayed in the villa built to 'extreme promontory of Posillipo by Publius Vedio Pollio, rich man and close friend of the 'emperor Augustus, a huge complex, large and complex, the structures of which lay between Marechiaro and Cala Trentaremi. Soon after we find the Gaiola fronted by three islets of which the greater is the Gaiola. In front of the islet as well as the statue of St. Francis patron saint of the island, on the rocks according to an ancient tradition rooted are the ruins that can be seen on the nearby beach Gaiola are still known as the "School of Virgil." Soon after we find the caves on the coast by the waves, the largest is the Cave of Thunder, named for the noise that occurs between the surf its walls.

A high cave is called the Coral Cave, always navigating to the extreme tip of Cape Posillipo, said the horse, the tuffaceous block opens offering the vision of the great natural amphitheater Trentaremi an impressive vision for the width and height the walls of yellow tuff overlooking the sea. Finally returning to Marechiaro we stop to admire the famous Fenestella Marechiaro, poetry set to music by Salvatore di Giacomo Tosti, commemorated by a plaque in a house near the cliff.