On The Path of Gods, in Amalfi Coast with wineyards and Neapolitan Goats

A walk on the Path of the Gods, used in accordance with the ancient legends from immortals people to reach the sea of ​​Positano and save Odysseus by the sirens, it is a dream  for millions of Germans, British, French tourists, and not only that, contrary to what one might think, are not on the Amalfi Coast and Sorrento only for the charm of the villages and beaches most popular and trendy, but also to be able to tread the path (the path below) which from Agerola Bomerano leads toNocelle, “high”part of Positano, Furore and also winding Vettica Praiano. Going there you will come across a large number of foreigners from countries where trekking is one of the usual ways to live tourism, a journey that now, thanks to the excellent maintenance and signages at the hands of the Regional Park of Mons Lactarius, more and more Italians are re-discovering. The path of gods is in the tales of the great writers  of the Grand Tour during the world of nineteenth-century literature, and their description of the path of DH Lawrence, the great English writer at the turn of nineteenth and twentieth century, along with that of Italo Calvino, dominates the start of the 6km journey that, with some asperity easy, grows to a height of 250 km. The path of the Gods is crossed in both directions but that Bomerano-Nocelle is definitely the most scenic and breathtaking scenery as well as, between the Sorrento peninsula and Amalfi, framed by the sea, you will discover a world of “flora” and “fauna” that  tell the wealth of the land of this beautiful corner of Campania. We are nestled among olive trees, oaks, rosemary, heather, myrtle and arbustus, but it hits the mini human activity that gives rise to terraced vineyards, the type that would be called in Irpinia in Tennecchia (in ancient dialect means tent, pergola), which yield wines that were once above the “pere’ e palummo” … now incorporated into the wine of the Amalfi Coast Furore Doc. Wine culture is also seen in a few dilapidated houses formerly used (but still some) as a shelter for the tenants and their gear, in one of them, infact, we find new  tanks …. The terraces are the element in which they proliferate even in piennolo tomatoes, full of iodine, and lemon, infact, right at the end of the path, towards Nocelle, we meet the “Kiosk of the Gods,” which  gives us the chance to try a lemonade and the famous Amalfi sfusato. But the path of the gods is also the location of choice for the herds of goat , the capra napoletana a black type (called Twist Black by shepherds) particularly valuable that provides a ‘good Caciotta be enjoyed in the shop Agerola and Positano, checking for yourself how, in addition to good Provolone del Monaco DOP and the Fior di latte agerolese, the area is very rich and varied in terms of dairy. It is not uncommon during the trek, run into the herd and having to go through, we have to say without even notifying the characteristic stink that usually flocks of goats they bring with them, in fact there are hardly goats so shiny, almost domestic, as the goats of the Neapolitan Lattari Mountains. The  Napoletana goat in the path of the gods is still endangered and to buy the products also means increasing herds and helping to reduce the risk. Have a Good path of the gods then, and if the stunning panorama allows, also dwell on the flora and fauna of this place still legendary, internationally famous and well managed.