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Accommodations in AMALFI COAST
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The Amalfi Coast is considered one of the most
beautiful and famous places in Italy. Positano, Amalfi, Ravello,
Vietri sul mare, Salerno are precious pearls of the area where
it is absolutely gorgeous to go on vacation. The mild climate,
the friendly people, the spectacular sceneries, the tasty sea-food
strike any tourist. In addition, from there it is quite easy
to reach the other famous places of the area thanks to the National
Roads 163 and 145 which take to Sorrento, Pompeii, Naples and
so on.
During the stay on the Amalfi Coast, travellers can visit the
most attractive and famous monuments and places on the riviera
such as:
- Positano, which is for sure the most charming village on the
Amalfi Coast, is the first town tourists meet when they drive
from Sorrento to Amalfi. It is exclusive and very quiet: there
is only a little road and it does not run down to the beach.
All the rest is stairs, some as steep as rung-ladders: when
a visitor goes there, he doesn't walk, but he either climbs
up or climbs down.
- The Emerald grotto in Conca dei Marini village, is so famous
as the Blue grotto of Capri. It can be approached either from
the highway, by lift or staircases, or from the sea. This grotto
is a fantastic emerald temple, which communicates with the sea
through a narrow access below sea level and light, filtering
through the water, creates an unreal atmosphere.
- The Cathedral of Amalfi, dedicated to St. Andrew, was built
during the XII and XIII centuries. The façade is in Arab-Norman
style and the main door, in bronze, was made in Constantinople
before 1066. The interior, in Baroque style, is full of works
of art and represents the best example of how much importance
people of Amalfi gave to the Christian religion. The crypt of
the Cathedral keeps the earthly remains of St. Andrew, which
arrived in Amalfi in 1208.
- The Cathedral of St. Pantaleon in Ravello, dating back to
the medieval times, keeps some of the most interesting artistic
tresures on the Amalfi Coast: first of all, the bronze doors
(XII century) by Barisano da Trani, and then inside the church
the magnificent pulpits. Besides, on the left side of the main
altar there is the Chapel of St. Pantaleon, the patron saint
of the town; there an ampulla contains the blood of the saint,
beheaded at Nicomedia on July 27, 290, which liquefies every
year on that day.
- Villa Rufolo in Ravello, is the place where Richard Wagner
composed a part of his Parsifal. In addition, Giovanni Boccaccio
wrote a part of his Decameron, and in the fourth story of the
second day of this masterpiece he stated: "Quite close to Salerno
there is a coast towering over the sea, that the inhabitants
call the Amalfi Coast, full of small villages, gardens and fountains.
Among these villages there is one called Ravello".
- Moreover, we suggest You to visit the "Cloister of Paradise"
in Amalfi, the village of Atrani which is the smallest in Italy,
Villa Cimbrone in Ravello that has a spectacular sea-view, the
towns of Maiori and Minori and so on.
A curiosity: the Amalfi Coast has one of the best lemons in
Italy being very big and juicy. In particular, the "sfusato"
lemon excels and due to its delicacy it is very sought-after.
These fruits are cultivated on pergolas (poles) supporting nets
in order to defend the lemon-trees from the wind and the possible
hail.
THE CLIMATE OF THE AMALFI COAST
Amalfi Coast enjoys a mild temperature because it is exposed
to the south and sheltered by the Lattari Mountains which spread
from east to west side. The maximum temperatures are never excessive,
not even at the height of summer, thanks to the cooling sea
breeze, and the winters are extremely mild.
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