Stories, tips and insights from the real Cilento
Acciaroli is a small fishing village made famous by two things: Ernest Hemingway spent summers here, and the residents live to an extraordinary age. Scientists have studied this. We ate our way through it.
Mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP – that sounds like supermarket fare, but it is one of Italy's most complex and aromatic cheese specialities. We visited the buffalo farms around Paestum and understood why this mozzarella is incomparable.
While tourist buses queue in traffic on the Amalfi Coast and hotel rooms cost 500 euros a night, 30 kilometres to the south lies a world yet to be discovered. A declaration of love for Cilento.