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Amalfi Coast Travel Guide
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Europe : Mediterranean Europe : Italy : Campania : Amalfi Coast
The Amalfi Coast lays in the south western region of Campania, Italy and is a famous tourist area.
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Understand
The Amalfi Coast is a stunning beauty with its steep sloped lemon tree gardens and coloured terrace houses and stunning views and azure sea. It is south east of Naples starting from Positano stretching almost to Salermo. Along the coast line you will find places like Amalfi, Ravello etc. each of them sunning beauties with their own flair. The amalfi coast is a well known secret to German and American tourists and prices are high compared to nearby Naples.
Talk
Get in
- From Naples take the Circumvesuvia to to Sorrento and from Sorrento continue with the Sita bus services to Amalfi.
- From Salerno take the Sita bus services to Amalfi and Positano.
- Ferries from Naples, Capri, Salerno and Paestum during summer months.
- Car is discouraged because of the road size and lack of parking. During summer the road along the coast is one way only for tourism busses from Sorrento to Salerno.
Get around
- By Bus: Sita buses go along the coast from Sorrento to Salerno
- Ferries
- Walk
- Read about the unified public transport ticket Campania Unico
See
Do
- Hiking trips along the mountain paths (see Positano)
Eat
Drink
Stay safe
Get out
- Visit nearby Herculaneum and Pompeii.
- Climb Mount Vesuvius
- Visit Paestum
- Visit Naples
- Visit Capri
- Visit Ischia, an island outside Naples.
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