It's called Conca dei Marini (seafarer's bay) but a more appropriate name would be conca di Cielo (heaven's basin). In other words, there is a touch of the divine in this village. Its houses are not amassed, but scattered here and there, and they are all surrounded by greenery; they are neither tall nor haughty, they are one-family homes built simply in accordance with tradition: small cushion-shaped cupolas, small roofed balconies, and external stairs. They are white, their thick walls have rounded edges, and are not framed by eaves. From the sea one can pick them out quite easily because Conca is like a large book laid open on the hills as if on a book-rest. Originally this land was called Cossa and scholars say that it was a province of ancient Rome. Its “Emerald Grotto”, a cave nested in the silent, solemn folds of the coastal hem, is quite unique. Raffaele Calzini wrote that in Conca there is also a“retired tower”. Naturally it is the most beautiful one of all the coast because it is perched, picturesque, on top of a mighty promontory towering above incredibly blue waters.The sea-shore village is a delightful sight with its small houses rising almost on the water line and the chapel dedicated to Out Lady of the Snows which every year becomes a blaze of colour and light celebrations of the fifth of august. Jacqueline Kennedy, the Queen of Holland and Gianni Agnelli have all been here to swim in these waters. The coast is particularly suited to fishing of precious coral: in summer specialized divers come here to seek it on the underwater rocks.Up one high stands the former convent, new a hotel that bears the same name, where the famous “sfogliatella”was invented in 18th century.