Don’t miss a visit to Punta Licosa, peaceful oasis where nature is still uncontaminated, the same nature that the Greek and Roman people saw a long time ago when they founded their Colonies on the Cilento coast. You can easily reach the Licosa Island – the most far away tip of the Stella Mountain promontory – by boat or by walking. The Punta Licosa Natural Sea Park is one of the best preserved areas of the Cilento coast. The charm of this beautiful place is enriched by the myth of the siren Leucosia that, according to the legend, disappeared into the sea. The name of the Licosa Island, in fact, comes from the siren Leucosia who, as Omero described in the Odissey, killed herself disappearing into the sea because she couldn’t bewitch the mighty Ulisse with her canto. Ulisses, in fact, Omero recounts, during his trip back to Itaca knew that in this tiny island were living the Leukotea and Leucosia sirens who, by singing, were used to bewitch and then kill any sailor who tried to get close to the island. He told his sailors to plug up their ears with wax caps and asked them to lashed him to the bigger mast of the ship so, he only, could hear the siren canto. Despite he asked several times in vain to his sailors to be unleashed, with this stratagem the triumphant Greek hero saved his life and the life of his crew. Not being able to win the mythic Ulisses, Leucosia killed herself disappearing in the waters in front of the island.