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Albori is a hamlet of the town of Vietri sul Mare, perched on the eastern side of a valley, at the foot of the Falerzio Mount; it is characterized by a particular urban network. The village is surely of marine origin and in the winter months, when sailing...
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Amalfi is the town that gives its name to the whole coast as well as one of the most famous tourist destinations in the world for its history, monuments and natural setting that allowed to be declared by UNESCO World Heitage Site. In the coat of arms...
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A picturesque fishing village, isolated from the traffic, Atrani is the smallest municipality in the whole Southern Italy. The typical white houses, with balconies full of flowers, form a cascade along the ledges of the surrounding hills (Mount Civita...
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A fishing town with a busy fishing port, built at the feet of the slopes of Mount Falesio, Cetara developed from the IX century, when it became the settlement of a colony of Saracens. The inhabitants participated actively in the affairs of the ancient...
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A picturesque and charming fishing village, the history of Conca dei Marini, like all the other towns of the Amalfi Coast, is closely related to the events of the ancient Maritime Republic of Amalfi: the chronicles of the time, in fact, narrate that the...
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Erchie is a picturesque hamlet of the town of Maiori, located along the main road (SS 163 Amalfitana) that from Salerno leads to Positano, after crossing the town of Cetara. It has ancient origins: according to the tradition Erchie was founded by Hercules,...
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Another gem of the Amalfi Coast, Furore takes its name from the "the sound of the raging sea pounding against the valley below". It was, for its particular physical and geographical location, an impregnable stronghold, even at the times of the Saracen...
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Located at the mouth of the valley of Tramonti, according to ancient tradition, Maiori was founded by the Etruscan Lucumone Reghinna: the ancient name of the town was Reghinna Major (to distinguish it from nearby Reghinna Minor, at present Minori). Today...
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Marmorata is a coastal hamlet of Ravello, located between Minori and Atrani, surrounded by lush lemon groves, vineyards and Mediterranean vegetation, overlooking the sea. The place name probably derives from the murmur of a waterfall located in a deep...
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Famous residential area of the nobles already in the Roman times, as evidenced by the archaeological discovery of an ancient villa of the I century, Minori, the ancient "Reghinna Minor" (to distinguish it from nearby "Reghinna Major", the current Maiori),...
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Montepertuso (which literary means "hole in the mountain") is a hamlet of the town of Positano, located on a hill in the upper part of the town. It is the ideal place for trekking lovers, thanks to several suggestive paths which connect the hamlet of...
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District of the town of Positano, located in between an uncontaminated nature of holm oak trees, broom bushes, lemon groves and wineyards, Nocelle - the hazelnut borgo - is a small rural village pending between the sea and the sky and from where it is...
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Pogerola, hamlet of the town of Amalfi, is a delightful village, famous for its quite atmosphere and fresh healthy air. During the Middle Age it was known as Castrum Pigellula, a defensive castle which, together with the Castrum Scalelle and a fortified...
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District of the town of Scala, Pontone was part of the territory of the town of Amalfi until the early XX century. A picturesque hillside village, appreciated since the Middle Ages for its relaxed atmosphere, which explains why the clergy and nobility...
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"Positano bites deep. It is a dream place that isn't quite real when you are there and becomes beckoningly real after you have gone. Its houses climb a hill so steep it would be a cliff except that stairs are cut in it. I believe that whereas most house...
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Located between Positano and Conca dei Marini, the ancient Plagianum (from greek "open sea") consists of a colorful and intricate maze of narrow streets, alleys and staircases, typical houses in pastel lime with flowered balconies, terraces of lemons...
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"Raito, salus infirmorum" - (Raito, health for the sick) These are the words set on the ceramic panel, located at the entrance of the road that leads to Raito, a hamlet of the town of Vietri sul Mare, perched, like a gem, between the intense blue of the...
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Perched on a rocky outcrop, at 365 meters high, Ravello is set right in the middle of the Amalfi coast, overlooking the whole Gulf of Salerno. It is one of the most popular destinations of the Divine coast, due to the irresistible fascination and fame...
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Scala is the oldest town of the Amalfi coast, set about 400 meters above sea level. According to tradition it was founded in the IV century AD by a group of shipwrecked Roman trying to make their way to Constantinople. Fortified bulwark, part of the defensive...
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Land between the mountains ("intra montes" in Latin), Tramonti is a wonderful town of the Amalfi coast, set at the foot of the Lattari Mountains and surrounded by a suggestive bucolic landscape consisting of about 145 acres of woods, terraces cultivated...
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Hamlet of the town of Amalfi and renowned seaside, Vettica Minore is set at the boundaries of the town. Like all other towns of the Amalfi coast, it is characterised by a perfect combination between the luxuriant hills and the crystalline blue of the...
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Driving from Salerno, Vietri sul Mare is the first of the 13 pearls of the Amalfi Coast, set in the most protected location of the homonymous gulf, at the foot of Monte San Liberatore and dominates the valley of the Bonea river. It is famous all around...
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