Acciaroli is an Italian hamlet ('' frazione''), the most populous in the ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' of Pollica, Province of Salerno, in the

Campania Campania is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy located in Southern Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian Peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islan ...

Region.

Geography

Acciaroli is a port on the

Cilento Cilento () is an Italian mountain range (part of the Lucan Apennines), which gives its name to a geographical region of Campania in the central and southern part of the province of Salerno. Is an important tourist area of southern Italy. ...

coast on the Tyrrhenian Sea. The largest township in its ''comune'', followed by the hamlet of Pioppi, it is six kilometers from Pollica, 20 from Santa Maria di Castellabate, 17 from Velia, 30 from Agropoli, and 70 from Salerno.

Tourism

The town is a part of " Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park", whose natural environment is made up of the " maquis shrubland" typical of the

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region. It is a major tourist destination, especially during summer, because it has grown famous nationally for its water quality, having earned the " Blue Flag beach" title and the "Five Sails" of '' Legambiente'', an Italian environmentalist association, for several years.

Culture

After

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chose Acciaroli as a place to stay during trips to Italy.

Cuisine

In and around the area of Acciaroli, a very pungent variety of rosemary is cultivated, and is consumed regularly in the local cuisine. It is claimed to smell ten times stronger than the average rosemary. Due to the vast health benefits from consuming rosemary, as well as the other various ingredients regularly consumed in the local diet, it is claimed that this has aided the unusually high number of centenarians in the area live as long as they have.

Centenarians

In 2016, scientists studied the town because of its unusually high number of centenarians, some 300, with 20 percent of those reaching the age of 110. This longevity occurs despite the fact that many of the elderly in Acciaroli smoke or are overweight. The centenarians of Acciaroli are also known to have very low rates of heart disease and of Alzheimer's disease.

Gallery

File:Torre la punta.JPG, Remains of the coastal tower "Torre La Punta". File:Torre La Punta, vista da Nord.jpg, The beach of "Torre La Punta", on the natural reserve "Oasi Blu La Punta".Oasi Blu La Punta
on WWF website

References

External links

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Comune of Pollica

{{authority control Frazioni of the Province of Salerno Localities of Cilento