Positano on the Amalfi Coast

5 August 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

© Tubus/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Tubus/cc-by-sa-3.0

Positano is a village and comune on the Amalfi Coast (Costiera Amalfitana), in Campania, mainly in an enclave in the hills leading down to the coast. Today tourism is by far the major industry. Positano is also very popular for Limoncello and “L’Albertissimo”, an alcoholic tipple that can only be found at a small stall at the main harbour. The city is member of the Cittaslow movement. Positano was a relatively poor fishing village during the first half of the twentieth century. It began to attract large numbers of tourists in the 1950s, especially after John Steinbeck published his essay about Positano in Harper’s Bazaar in May, 1953: “Positano bites deep”, Steinbeck wrote. “It is a dream place that isn’t quite real when you are there and becomes beckoningly real after you have gone.”   read more…

Salerno on the Amalfi coast

5 December 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

seen from Canalone © Giaros/cc-by-sa-3.0

seen from Canalone © Giaros/cc-by-sa-3.0

Salerno is a city and comune in Campania (south-western Italy) and is the capital of the province of the same name. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. The city is situated at the north-western end of the plain of the Sele river, at the exact beginning of the Amalfi coast. The small river Irno crosses through the central section of Salerno.   read more…

Santa Maria di Castellabate in Southern Italy

28 February 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Santa Maria di Castellabate Panorama © Matthias Holländer

Santa Maria di Castellabate Panorama © Matthias Holländer

Santa Maria di Castellabate is a frazione of Castellabate, a commune in the province of Salerno, southern Italy. It is the largest frazione of its comune and of the province. It is also the seat of the town hall.   read more…

The port city of Castellammare di Stabia

23 July 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Castellammare di Stabia seen from Monte Faito © Mentnafunangann/GFDL

Castellammare di Stabia seen from Monte Faito © Mentnafunangann/GFDL

Castellammare di Stabia is a comune in the province of Naples, Campania region, southern Italy. It is situated on the Bay of Naples about 30 kilometers southeast of Naples, on the route to Sorrento.   read more…

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