Outside the Chiaiolella cove there is the promenade Cristoforo Colombo, running parallel to the sand beach: this is the main meeting point for vacationers and it is provided with tourist services. The beach continues towards the area of Ciraccio for more than a kilometre. Here the coast is particularly striking, with the cliffs falling steeply on the beach, in some places bare and showing strong streaks, in others covered by luxuriant maquis. In front of the shore there is a couple of stacks with sharp points. The whole appears as a primitive landscape, which seems just emerged from some eruptions or tectonic movements.

The isle of Procida borders on the west on the islet of Vivara, joined to the rest of the island by a bridge built in the 1974, when an agreement with the owners let it be used for a while by the public (today it is closed). The islet has a semicircular shape, since it is a remainder of a volcanic crater and had hosted a Mycenean settlement of the 14th century b.C. Its name is probably derived from the medieval Latin "vivarium" (nursery) because the islet was used (other than for agricultural purposes) for the breeding of ground game. It fulfilled this function also during the 18th and 19th century, when the Bourbon kings chose the isle of Procida as their own game preserve. Nowadays Vivara is a natural reserve and inside the farmhouse that is on its top, belonging to the 17th century, there is a Naturalistic Centre.