Coming from Naples jut after Vico Equense we reach Meta, for visitors a door opening on the peninsula Sorrentina and the Amalfitan coast. From this geographic characteristic  would also derive, according to the most famous local historians, its name, meaning in ancient Greek  “border“. The small centre still preserves  the eighteenth century urban structure between the valley of Rosella and the limestone ridge of punta Scutolo.

THINGS NOT TO MISS
Scutolo Point. Along the main road to Sorrento, from the pinnacle of Scutolo Point, before arriving in the town centre, one can enjoy one of the world’s most famous panoramas, embracing in a single backdrop the whole of the Sorrentine peninsula.
Basilica. Heading down into the historic centre, we find the Basilica della Madonna del Lauro, built on the remains of a villa also containing a pagan temple most probably dedicated to Minerva.
Il Casale. Along the road that leads down to the sandy beach of Alimuri, one crosses the Casale. This rural home preserves a perfect example of 18th century architecture. Here one can admire the courtyards of the portals made of stone from Vesuvius, and wells clad in majolica, or multicoloured tiles. Spiaggia di Alimuri (Alimuri Beach).A popular story tells of a group of Saracens, captained by the pirate Alì, which came ashore onto the beach at Meta, during the second half of the 1500’s, and were heroically confronted by the people of Meta. Over the course of the battle Alì was found dying, “Alìmurì” cried out the citizens of Meta, and the location became known as Alimuri as a result. Moving on from myth to the fact that every summer hundreds of people come to the long sandy beach in attempt to find respite from the heat with a dip in the sea or the shade of an umbrella.