Gallo lungo italy8/12/2023 ![]() She showed us to our room and brought us coffee and homemade almond biscuits for us to enjoy on the terrace. We arrived at our first Airbnb in Positano and were greeted with the warmest welcome, that only an Italian could give, from our host Angela. The closer you get, the better it gets, until eventually breaking over the hill you see that famous peachy blur of perfectly perched dollhouses on the Positano cliffside. Camera at the ready, every turn we passed I was pleading to Tom about stopping to admire the view. Ah, the Amalfi coast, just when you thought you couldn’t swoon over its breathtaking beauty anymore you are again (and repeatedly) presented with another jaw-dropping vista.ĭriving in (south past Sorrento), I was giddy with excitement, it could have been mild motion sickness from snaking ’s’ shape and winding roads leading to Positano, but I’m gonna go with excitement. Yes, the Coasteria Amalfitana, the jewel of the Mediterranean, the creme of Italy’s crop, the country’s pièce de resistance, and Achilles heel to any traveler passing through with a camera. The kind of beauty where - if Amalfi were a person - they would have to stop and stare every time they caught their own reflection in something shiny, basking in their own good-looks. ![]() And rightfully so, it would be simply impossible to be THAT gorgeous and not be aware of it. If Sicily is gently unaware of its own beauty, then Amalfi is the popular girl who most certainly is. Part II of our Italian summer roadtrip - continued from the Sicily Blog Amalfi ![]()
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