WORK IN PROGRESS THE SMUGGLER'S TRAIL
accompanied by a particularly pleasant climate, by examples of good agricultural management which give life to productions of extraordinary quality. Among the spontaneous bota- nical characteristics, the various species of wild orchids that can be admired stand out, and a landscape that alone justifies the excursion. *CAI 300 path"Alta via dei Monti Lattari (from Santa Maria del Castello to the crossroads with the CAI path 333a) path 333 "le Tese di Positano" well hidden between the rocky walls and path 333 to "Capo d'Acqua path" where the ancient Torre della Dogana was located (today a ruin)
The circuit crosses the ancient com- munication paths between the village of Santa Maria del Castello (Vico Equense) and the "Corvo" locality of Positano. We are on the ancient state border between the Duchy of Amalfi and those of Naples and Sorrento, guarded by a fortified place (the Castle), of which only the internal chapel remains today, hence the toponym "Santa Maria del Castello". Following the natural paths trodden over the centuries by peasants, wayfa- rers, Longobards, Turkish pirates, brigands and smugglers, one enters an environment of high naturalistic value,
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