Full-Day Amalfi Coast Excursion
Naples, Italy
Trip Type: Full-day Tours
Duration: 9 hours
This private 9-hour shore excursion beings from the ports in Sorrento, Naples, Salerno and Positano. The road on the south slope of the Sorrento peninsula is known as the famous Amalfi Coast it's 60 Km (37 miles) of a winding roads, and dramatic coastline. The coastal area is home to some of the most beautiful towns in Europe, such as Positano, Amalfi and Ravello and you will enjoy a full day visiting them.
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This private 9-hour shore excursion beings from the ports in Sorrento, Naples, Salerno and Positano. The road on the south slope of the Sorrento peninsula is known as the famous Amalfi Coast it's 60 Km (37 miles) of a winding roads, and dramatic coastline. The coastal area is home to some of the most beautiful towns in Europe, such as Positano, Amalfi and Ravello and you will enjoy a full day visiting them.
Starting from Naples, Salerno or Sorrento, after 75 minutes drive you'll reach the famous Amalfi Coast, an outstanding example of Mediterranean landscape and Italy's most scenic coastline. The most famous towns along the coast are Positano, Amalfi and Ravello, these towns have inspired artist for centuries:
POSITANO:
Probably the best description of Positano was made by John Steinbeck in his first trip to this town. It is a dream place that isn’t quite real when you are there and becomes real after you have gone. the houses are located on a hill so steep it would normally be considered a cliff except that stairs are cut in to the hillside. Most house foundations are vertical, in Positano they are horizontal. The small curving bay of unbelievably blue and green water laps gently on a beach of small pebbles. There is only one narrow street and it does not come down to the water. Everything else is stairs, some of them as steep as ladders. You do not walk to visit a friend, you either climb or slide.
AMALFI:
It was an independent republic from the 7th century untill the year 1075 and rivaled with Pisa and Genoa for prosperity and maritime importance in the Mediterranean.The most important monuments is the Cathedral of St. Andrew originally built in 11th C. in Arabian-Sicilian style. There are many old elements located in the Cathedral like the famous bronze doors imported from Costantinopoli and Chapel of Crucified. The rich facade is decorated with mosaics and is a reconstruction from the XVIII Century. The interior, thoroughly restored, consists of nave, aisles and chapels. From the forth chapels on the right a Flight of steps descends to the crypt, built in 1253. Below the altar rests the body of St Andrew the Apostle, brought here from Constantinople in 1208, as evidence of the participation of Amalfi to the IV Crusade.
RAVELLO:
Located 1100 feet above the see level, the town was founded in the 9th century AD under the rule of Amalfi. The town is a garden of beauty, full of art, history and flowers. The main square is dominated by the Duomo of St. Pantaleone, built in the 1086. The facade has three portals, the central one, are the famous bronze doors sculpted by Barisano Da Trani in 1180. On side of the square, is the entrance to Villa Rufolo, an example of Norman-Saracenic buildings from the11 Century, partly in ruins, the palace is surrounded by a famous tropical garden. A short walk from the square is Villa Cimbrone, with a beautiful lush garden, at the end of this garden is the famous Belvedere Cimbrone, the furthest point of the ridge on which Ravello lies. Every year from early April to the end of October in the gardens of Villa Rufoloare home to the prestigious Ravello Music Festival, which is one of the oldest music festivals in Italy.
Starting from Naples, Salerno or Sorrento, after 75 minutes drive you'll reach the famous Amalfi Coast, an outstanding example of Mediterranean landscape and Italy's most scenic coastline. The most famous towns along the coast are Positano, Amalfi and Ravello, these towns have inspired artist for centuries:
POSITANO:
Probably the best description of Positano was made by John Steinbeck in his first trip to this town. It is a dream place that isn’t quite real when you are there and becomes real after you have gone. the houses are located on a hill so steep it would normally be considered a cliff except that stairs are cut in to the hillside. Most house foundations are vertical, in Positano they are horizontal. The small curving bay of unbelievably blue and green water laps gently on a beach of small pebbles. There is only one narrow street and it does not come down to the water. Everything else is stairs, some of them as steep as ladders. You do not walk to visit a friend, you either climb or slide.
AMALFI:
It was an independent republic from the 7th century untill the year 1075 and rivaled with Pisa and Genoa for prosperity and maritime importance in the Mediterranean.The most important monuments is the Cathedral of St. Andrew originally built in 11th C. in Arabian-Sicilian style. There are many old elements located in the Cathedral like the famous bronze doors imported from Costantinopoli and Chapel of Crucified. The rich facade is decorated with mosaics and is a reconstruction from the XVIII Century. The interior, thoroughly restored, consists of nave, aisles and chapels. From the forth chapels on the right a Flight of steps descends to the crypt, built in 1253. Below the altar rests the body of St Andrew the Apostle, brought here from Constantinople in 1208, as evidence of the participation of Amalfi to the IV Crusade.
RAVELLO:
Located 1100 feet above the see level, the town was founded in the 9th century AD under the rule of Amalfi. The town is a garden of beauty, full of art, history and flowers. The main square is dominated by the Duomo of St. Pantaleone, built in the 1086. The facade has three portals, the central one, are the famous bronze doors sculpted by Barisano Da Trani in 1180. On side of the square, is the entrance to Villa Rufolo, an example of Norman-Saracenic buildings from the11 Century, partly in ruins, the palace is surrounded by a famous tropical garden. A short walk from the square is Villa Cimbrone, with a beautiful lush garden, at the end of this garden is the famous Belvedere Cimbrone, the furthest point of the ridge on which Ravello lies. Every year from early April to the end of October in the gardens of Villa Rufoloare home to the prestigious Ravello Music Festival, which is one of the oldest music festivals in Italy.
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