View of Monte Gelbison – Acropolis of Velia loop from Marina di Casal Velino
View of Monte Gelbison – Acropolis of Velia loop from Marina di Casal Velino
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View of Monte Gelbison – Acropolis of Velia loop from Marina di Casal Velino
01:58
30.7km
410m
Mountain biking
Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: April 29, 2026
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Parco Nazionale Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni
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Small Waterfall and Cyclamen Forest
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14.5 km
Fountain on Via Pisacane, Ceraso
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And it is not to be excluded that some of them, in search of good wood to feed the shipyard of Velia, stopped, and then held back, on the large river terrace (river Palisco = mountain, today Palistro) at the mouth of which it was the northern port of Velia. A place that appeared to them very charming, seen from the top of the Tempe, rich as it was in cherry trees of the genus prunus. A terrace surrounded by long-standing tall trees.
They certainly stayed there when the locality became an important road junction. In fact, the fluvial road, the road along the Palistro, reached it; a short distance from that place passed the road to the Terre Rosse; from there the easy way started which, by today's Coste delle monache, led to the Alfa pass (Cannalonga) and from there into the Vallo di Diano.
However, it is certain that in the early Middle Ages the inhabited area in the place must have been particularly flourishing if in ancient documents it was indicated to locate nearby settlements.
A parchment dated 6 May 1149 by Pope Eugene III recognizes the monastery of Santa Barbara as “ubi Cerasus dicitur” (where it is called Ceraso) to the abbey of Cava. News confirmed by another of Pope Alexander II a few years later in January 1168.
The inhabited area also expanded due to its happy geographical position, in the center of the towns that were then to build its hamlets in the Napoleonic era, when the town was chosen as the capital of the Municipality. An important agricultural center, due to its very fertile alluvial soils, the town continued to develop gradually, achieving a singular building increase in recent years. This was determined by the improved economic conditions of the population which allowed not only the renovation of the old houses, equipping them with useful modern structures, but also allowed the construction of new housing, especially single-family homes.
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18.4 km
View of Monte Gelbison
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Cool and quiet
Road with little traffic
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27.4 km
Velia Archaeological Site (Ancient Elea)
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27.6 km
Acropolis of Velia
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Sea and culture is the golden combination that every Italian town can offer and that makes a holiday in our country unique. Tourists can immerse themselves in the morning in the crystalline sea of Agropoli, Santa Maria di Castellabate, Acciaroli, Pioppi, Capo Palinuro or Marina di Camerota and in the afternoon they can relive the thrill of walking through the streets or the agora (the forum) of Velia. where certainly also great philosophers of the Eleatic school such as Parmenides, Zeno and Melisso walked. The ancient acropolis of Elea (Velia), where today an interesting medieval fortification stands, hosts very suggestive theatrical performances in the open. One of the highlights of these excavations is the famous Porta Rosa, the only example of a 4th-century Greek arch, a true architectural jewel of the time.
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30.7 km
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Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
27.7 km
1.73 km
1.17 km
< 100 m
Surfaces
15.9 km
14.3 km
453 m
< 100 m
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