The main tourist attraction of Conca dei Marini is its stunningly beautiful cave the Grotta dello Smeraldo. This enchanting cave charms visitors with the precious emerald colour of its water. Stalactites reach 24 metres and stalagmites emerge from water and are even 10 metres high. The sight is incredibly beautiful. Yearly on 24th December and 6th January the nativity scene underwater is visited by hundreds of deep divers-pilgrims.
The beautiful Chiesa di Santa Maria di Grado sits in the upper village. The church was erected in the 800s. It was destroyed, rebuilt and modified as centuries elapsed. Among its highlights are its arched vaults, tiled presbitery and its late baroque style, such as its gate sporting religious images. The church features six chapels, three to the right and three to the left. Several places in the church were for the nuns' use only, such as a room with their chairs above a little porch where they used to sit, another room on the side of the entrance was their confessional room and an area which was for their communion. The church deserves a visit for its beauty, baroque style and for the insight it provides into the life of nuns centuries ago.
How to Get to/away
BY BUS: there are regular buses calling at the car park above the Grotta dello Smeraldo. Get off the bus and then descend the stairs or take a lift to take a boat.
BY BOAT: from Amalfi (length: 1 ½ hours for a round trip, services: 2 a day).
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