My final Naples post will talk about a short trip we took to the Amalfi coast. This was listed in our guidebook as one of the top things to see when in Italy. The guidebook particularly raved about the colour of the water. It is close to Naples, so we spent a day travelling in this area. The above photo was pulled off the internet. It was overcast the day we went, so we couldn't see the vivid blues the guidebook talked about.
We took a train from Naples to Sorrento. Clearly, a lot of people had read the same guide book as Sorrento was heaving with tourists. Sorrento is famous for 'sorrento ware'. This is inlaid wood, usually made into boxes. This the the lid off a box I pulled off the internet.
From Sorrento, we took at bus to Positano. This village clings to a hillside. The road is above the village, so you need to take stairs to get down to the village. I was glad we had backpacks. Other people were lugging suitcases.
Once in Positano, we had lunch at a beach side restaurant and then got a ferry to Salerno. We figured that this would be the best way of viewing the coast.
Here is another view of Positano. This was also taken from the web.
The ferry stopped in at each of the little towns on the map above to pick up and drop off passengers. I can't remember which one this was.
Here is another view of the same village. By the time we arrived in Salerno, it was quite late. Salerno is a port town. It is quite large and lacks the charm of the smaller villages we passed through. It took us a while, but we eventually found a hotel in Salerno. That night, we had pizza.
The next part of our journey was to head back to France (you may remember that we were in Nice before getting the ferry to Sardinia and then another one to Naples). We were quite far south in Italy as you can see from the map below. The next day, it took us all day to take a number of trains from Salerno to Aoasta near the French and Swiss borders.
My final Naples post will talk about a short trip we took to the Amalfi coast. This was listed in our guidebook as one of the top things to see when in Italy. The guidebook particularly raved about the colour of the water. It is close to Naples, so we spent a day travelling in this area. The above photo was pulled off the internet. It was overcast the day we went, so we couldn't see the vivid blues the guidebook talked about.
We took a train from Naples to Sorrento. Clearly, a lot of people had read the same guide book as Sorrento was heaving with tourists. Sorrento is famous for 'sorrento ware'. This is inlaid wood, usually made into boxes. This the the lid off a box I pulled off the internet.
From Sorrento, we took at bus to Positano. This village clings to a hillside. The road is above the village, so you need to take stairs to get down to the village. I was glad we had backpacks. Other people were lugging suitcases.
Once in Positano, we had lunch at a beach side restaurant and then got a ferry to Salerno. We figured that this would be the best way of viewing the coast.
Here is another view of Positano. This was also taken from the web.
The ferry stopped in at each of the little towns on the map above to pick up and drop off passengers. I can't remember which one this was.
Here is another view of the same village. By the time we arrived in Salerno, it was quite late. Salerno is a port town. It is quite large and lacks the charm of the smaller villages we passed through. It took us a while, but we eventually found a hotel in Salerno. That night, we had pizza.
The next part of our journey was to head back to France (you may remember that we were in Nice before getting the ferry to Sardinia and then another one to Naples). We were quite far south in Italy as you can see from the map below. The next day, it took us all day to take a number of trains from Salerno to Aoasta near the French and Swiss borders.
3 comments:
How are the people from those places you visited in the last leg of your travel in Italy? ( pardon the pun )
Do you still see those little old ladies wearing black dress and kerchiefs?
Those old stone building all look huge.
Mamoo
The views of the small hillside towns are amazing! I bet that most of the people that live there are quite fit from all of the stair climbing.
Hello Mamoo! The little old ladies with black headscarves were only in the mountain region of central Sardinia. The coast of Sardinia (with its amazing beaches) is quite touristy and more 'modern' looking. The typical Italian woman (even the grannies) more normally wears big gold jewellery and designer (like Gucci, Armanai, ets)clothing (or designer fakes). They also go in for big, outrageous sunglasses. This is why were were so shocked by the little old women in central Sardinia. The old buildings look big, but most are divided up into apartments. This is such a popular tourist area that a lot of people rent their flats out for the summer.
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