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Finding serenity on a new walking tour in southern Italy

Finding serenity on a new walking tour in southern Italy

Solitude, stunning scenery and a slower pace of life await on a multi-day trek through the Cilento National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The view from a room at Antico Convento in Rocca Cilento. Ryan Stuart

″Here we say ‘Cilento lento’. Lento in Italian, it means slow,” says my B&B host Mino D’Agostino, gesturing at the meal before me. “You have to take the time to enjoy a dish of pasta or a wine, time to see a sunset… Cilento is not very developed, we don’t have much money because we prefer to do things slowly. But for us, that’s better.”

His father-in-law, Paolo Ferraro, who established the Antico Convento B&B with his wife, Concetta, taps me on the shoulder and motions to my plate: “Mangia, mangia!

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Ryan StuartPhotographerRyan Stuart is photographer with The Australian Financial Review.

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