Marina di Puolo

Between Sorrento and the promontory of Capo di Massa Lubrense, the pictoresque Marina di Puolo is enclosed with its rustic village looking on it. Its history flows among the wrinkles of the old fishermen, intents to mend nets and to search the sea, the sea of the Riserva Naturale Marina of Punta Campanella, a protected area of important environmental merit for its biodiversity. During the course of the centuries the village always has been inhabited because it's sure the presence of three churches. The Church of the Virgin Mary Addolorata builded about in 1500 and rebuild in the eighteenth century when the Church of Saint Erasmus, which stood near the stream brook, collapsed. They said that there was the column where Saint Erasmus suffered the martyrdom and that the sand in front of the church was miraculous.The third church is the Chapel of Saint Eustacchio which stood on the Cape of Massa (where there is the inlet called 'o Maciello).
The word "Puolo" derives from the Latin "Pollius", the name of the Roman patrician Pollius Felix, the proprietor of the villa extolled by Stazio in the poems:"Villa Surrentina Pollii Felicis" and "Hercules Surrentinus Pollii Felicis". The villa enclosed the whole bay (from the Cape of Sorrento to the Cape of Massa Lubrense);surrounded by wonderful gardens and vineyards, it was a downright jewel-case of treasure and works of art, adorned with splendid polychrome marbles from Mediterraneo. Many centuries after, the french Jean-Jacques Bouchard, who was in Sorrento in 1632, in his "Journal" wrote: "...there is a gulf, a bay called Polo... where it's possible see that view described by Stazio and where there are the remains of an ancient civilization, the remains of ancient splendour...". Marina di Puolo, located in the heart of the Sea Park of Punta Campanella, is distant about 50 Km from Naples, 3 Km from Sorrento, 2 Km from Massa Lubrense, 4 miles from Capri.
Restaurant in Marina di Puolo
Baia Di Puolo. Via Marina di Puolo, 10 – Tel. +39 0815339796
Sant Rapahel. Via Marina di Puolo, 23 - tel. +39 081 5339814
La Villanella. Via Partenope, 31 - Tel. +39 0818075651
L'Angolo del Mare. Via Marina di Puolo, 14 tel. +39. 081.5338022
Da Rafele. Via Marina di Puolo, 3 - tel. +39. 081.5338020
Tourist sights of the area - Distances and driving times

Sorrento: 3 Km /2 miles/ 5 min.
Amalfi: 33 km / 20 miles / 32 min.
Praiano: 20 km / 12 miles / 22 min.
Positano: 15 km / 11 miles / 22 min.
Ravello: 37 km / 24 miles / 51 min.
Pompeii: 31 km / 19 miles / 39 min.
Naples: 49 km / 30 miles / 53 min.
Caserta: 75 km / 46 miles / 77 min.
Rome: 265 km / 165 miles / 170 min.
Salerno: 58 km / 36 miles / 56 min.
Paestum: 102 km / 63 miles / 96 min.
Castellabate: 121 km / 76 miles / 124 min.
Marina di Camerota: 184 km / 115 miles / 180 min.