Climb from Termini up trail 00 — steep, exposed and shadeless — for the one summit on the peninsula where both gulfs open at once.
Monte San Costanzo is the last mountain of the Lattari range before Capri, and the highest point on the Massa Lubrense side of the peninsula. There is no shade and no water on the way up; the reward is a bare limestone summit with a chapel of 1560 and a view over Naples and Salerno at the same time. SorrentoHikes does not publish a GPS distance it has not walked.
It is not a disagreement — it is two peaks. As Pro Loco Massa Lubrense records, Monte San Costanzo has twin summits. The western peak, at about 485 metres, carries the white church of San Costanzo. The higher eastern peak, Monte Croce (~496 m), carries the radio antenna and is the true highest point. Sources give one figure or the other depending on which peak they measure; we give both.
The western peak carries the white church of San Costanzo. It is the summit most people mean — and the lower of the two.
The higher eastern peak, Monte Croce, carries the radio antenna. It is the true highest point, about eleven metres above the church.
What we can say with confidence: this is the highest point on the Massa Lubrense side of the peninsula, and from the top you see the Gulf of Naples and the Gulf of Salerno at once. SorrentoHikes does not publish a GPS distance it has not walked.
The summit is limestone and nothing else — no shade, no water — but it carries five centuries of local devotion.
The mountain was once called Canutario — the bald one — for its bare limestone summit. It still is. There is no shade anywhere on the climb.
On top stands a chapel dedicated to San Costanzo, patron saint of Capri, built in 1560 by three local families.
Every 14 May, villagers from Termini carry the saint’s statue up from the church below. The story goes the sanctuary was built somewhere hard to reach after a dispute with Massa Centro over the cult of the saint.
From Termini, in the comune of Massa Lubrense, the path to Punta Campanella forks. The uphill branch climbs the ridge of Monte San Costanzo, waymarked in red and white as trail 00, part of the Alta Via dei Monti Lattari.
The climb is moderate but steep and exposed. There is no shade anywhere — the mountain was once called Canutario, the bald one — and no water on the way. Carry everything you need.
At the top the two gulfs open at once, and the chapel of 1560 stands on the bare rock. Most walkers instead link this summit with the tip of the peninsula. → Punta Campanella
North. The Gulf of Naples, Vesuvius, Ischia and Procida.
South. The Gulf of Salerno and the Lattari mountains.
West. Capri, close enough to feel unreasonable.
Do not confuse this climb with the direct walk to Punta Campanella — 4 km and two hours. The names are identical. The days are not. Most walkers combine the two into a single loop from Termini instead.
The summit is bare limestone: no shade, no water. There are no refill points anywhere on the climb.
Most walkers link Monte San Costanzo and Punta Campanella into one loop from Termini. These are the only distance and ascent figures we cite, because they cover the walked route.
It has two peaks. The higher, Monte Croce with the radio antenna, reaches about 496 metres — the true summit; the church of San Costanzo sits on the western peak at about 485 metres. That is why sources give both figures (Pro Loco Massa Lubrense). It is the highest point on this part of the peninsula.
Termini, in the comune of Massa Lubrense.
Yes. Naples to the north, Salerno to the south — at the same time, from the summit.
None. The summit is bare limestone, and there is no shade anywhere on the way up.
A chapel dedicated to San Costanzo, patron saint of Capri, built in 1560.
As part of the Termini loop with Punta Campanella, three and a half to four hours.
The two elevation figures reflect the mountain's two peaks — the antenna summit (~496 m) and the lower church peak (~485 m), per Pro Loco Massa Lubrense — not a dispute. Trail conditions change, and we do not publish a distance we have not walked. Check the official source before you go — some are in Italian only.