The Path of the Gods is a hiking trail that runs along the Lattari Mountains, winding between the Amalfi coast and the Sorrento coast, in the Campania region. About 7.8 km long, it connects the town of Agerola with the town of Positano, crossing several coastal villages and is considered among the most beautiful hiking trails in the world.
About the Path of the Gods
The name derives from the legend according to which it was the road that the Greek divinities took to save Ulysses from the sirens who were on the island of Li Galli.
The Path of the Gods is a nature trail approximately 9 kilometers long, ideal for hiking and trekking. The walk immersed in the most uncontaminated nature which lasts approximately 5 hours. This site is entirely dedicated to the route, here you will find all the tourist information, history and advice to best tackle the excursion.
The Path of the Gods has become famous in recent years thanks to its skyline, one of the most evocative and famous in the world, which crosses the Amalfi coast rich in Mediterranean scrub where the vines dominate and grow along the ridge of the Lattari mountains which they dive into the blue sea of the coast from which it is possible to see the island of Capri.
Greek myths on the place
According to the myths, the Greek divinities passed through here to save Ulysses from the sirens who were on the island of Li Galli. Even the writer Italo Calvino described this path as “That road suspended over the magical gulf of the “Sirens” still crossed today by memory and myth“.
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