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Amalfi Coast (Italy)

Description: The coastline is renowned for it's rugged terraine and breathtaking view. It stretches along the Sorrentine Penisula.

Newest Review: ... felt fully acclimatised, especially after another copious dinner at the Scapolatiello. * Ravello and Atrani * The next morning we headed for Ravello, accompanying our luggage some of the way as it was being taken onwards by car, as far as the town of Maiori. This resort boasts the longest stretch of beach in the area - which does not make it very long, for this is essentially a rocky coast ... more

... - but is otherwise remarkable. From there we walked just the final 9km with a loop inland through lemon and olive groves past the Convent of San Nicola, which looks imposing on its hillside but which we did not visit. This was a pleasant walk, uphill b...more

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Amalfi Coast (Italy): A walk above the shores (2348 words)
by - written on 20/09/09 (Very useful, 207 readings)
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Updating my review of Inntravel, as I have just done, reminds me of the Amalfi Coast. Or, more specifically, of a walking holiday that my wife and I took there a few years ago, organised by that company, which may serve as an example both their holidays and of the attractions of the area itself. It is not a destination we would normally have chosen for walking, an activity best enjoyed in mountain areas far from the madding crowd. The Amalfi Coast, although commendably hilly, is populous and has been a holiday resort since Roman times. On this occasion, though, business and family commitments constricted us to early April, so we sought somewhere southerly, ... Read the complete review

Ravello, Positano and Amalfi, a stunning trio on the Amalfi ... (931 words)
by - written on 27/08/09 (Very useful, 25 readings)
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My husband and I (sounds a bit like the Queen) visited Sorrento in 2002 and I have always hankered after going back there. We stayed on the outskirts of Sorrento in the Hotel Jararino at Sant Agata Sui Golfi. It was up in the hills so had a fantastic view of the coast across to Versuvious. We had rain on one of the days we were there and that view was equally stunning, because there seemed to be two levels of cloud, the sea of cloud that we could see blanketing the coast which lay below us and another level of cloud above. It looked like we were an Island in a sea of cloud. The Hotel Iacarino is extremely beautiful and is decorated in a traditional Italian period ... Read the complete review

Amalfi Coast (Italy): Amalfi coast-is it heaven? (274 words)
by - written on 19/10/08 (Very useful, 153 readings)
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**** Amalfi Coast (Italy) **** I was lucky enough to spend some time here when i was on a school trip a few years ago and i have to say it was amazing!!! My first impressions of this was that it was like stepping back in time.Until the last century the Amalfi coast could only be reached by sea and you can see that the place itself is very traditional. Buildings tend to be old fashioned and the road is really narrow in places.I would suggest going there by boat as it can be quite scary going round in a bus that takes up the whole road.(well more scary than the normal "driving" that takes place) The coast of Amalifi is made up of ... Read the complete review