Beyond the Marina Corricella, going on southwards along the east coast of Procida, we find the cove of Chiaia, with the tufa cliffs rising steep from the sea and only a small strip of sand at their foot. In Neapolitan dialect, Chiaia means "beach".

On this side the Procida coast was not suitable to receive inhabitants' settlement because of its structure: the beach is only used for bathing, while on the edge of the cliffs there are the gardens and the panoramic terraces of the villas built inland.

In the cove of Chiaia there are two sand beaches, divided from a group of rocks. The former, coming from Corricella, is smaller and it is reachable through a ramp carved in the tufa. Some reefs protect the sand shore from the sea, in order to save this suggestive corner, from which you can enjoy a nice view over the near promontory of Terra Murata.

Further on, there is the large beach of Chiaia, with only one street leading there: Via dei Bagni (Baths Street). To take a bath on the Chiaia's beach is made more pleasant by the sensation to be on an untouched place and by the wonderful panorama of Terra Murata and Corricella in the background.

Overlooking Chiaia, there are the terraces in gardens of the noble houses built in the 18th century along the Strada Maestra (Main Road), which leads from Terra Murata to Chiaiolella. Some of this villas had a private stairway to the shore: in order to make them, it was necessary to built high walls as buttress against the thrust by tufa cliffs, which are particularly subject to landslides.

The cove of Chiaia ends with the promontory of Pizzaco, from where you can see the Terra Murata (with Cape Miseno and the Phlaegrean Fields in the background) on a side and the deserted area of Solchiaro on the other one. For its panoramic position, at Pizzaco they were built some of the most lovely villas on the island, as results of the renovation of some old and characteristic farmhouses.