After a 600 km drive, we finally reached the winding roads of the Amalfi Coast. This was an absolutely breathtaking drive, full of twists and turns and roads that hang precariously on cliffs edge. Would highly reccommend driving standard! We finally got to Positano and made our way up the twisting one way main road Vialle Pasitea to our hotel. Positano is absolutely beautiful, and feels like the elegant, older, more refined sister of Cinque Terre. Lots of colorful houses, pretty purple flowers everywhere you turn, and little restaurants and patios scattered along the winding roads. Positano is known for its gingantic, fragrant lemons (and lemoncello!) and the scent is intoxicating. You feel out of place here if you don't have gauzy white linen dresses, pants, and fabulously large hats! We met a family that returns year after year and they gave us a little tip about the beach: if you go past the main public beach (red umbrellas), you will find little private section with blue umbrellas. You have to pay for this section, but it is well worth it for the privacy! You can decend down the cliff to practically your own little private cove with glimmering sapphire water and the most amazing view. We spent days in Positano just sipping persecco and eating caprese in our little perfect posi cliffside heaven.
We decided to take a day trip to Amalfi town one of the days...we were there for an hour before we turned right back and assumed our regular spot in Positano! Not that Amalfi wasn't pretty...it just wasn't Posi! ;) I have heard, though, that if you can pull yourself away, Ravello is a short trip from Amalfi and is breathtaking.
We also took a wonderful day trip to Capri through Lucibello boat tours. On the way to Capri, we stopped in a few different grottos. We wanted to visit the infamous Blue Grotto, but unfortunately the water was too choppy so they would not allow any tourists to enter the grotto. Capri town wasn't very impressive - lots of tourists, lots of high end shops, and not much else. Our main reason for going to Capri was to do the chair lift (Seggiovia) in Ana Capri. We took a bus from Capri town to Ana Capri and took a rickety chair lift to the highest point. What an amazing view of the Amalfi Coast!
Well, the end of our road trip honeymoon is near. Positano has probably been our favorite place so far, maybe in all of Italy. Definitely somewhere I can see myself returning one day! Final leg of our journey starts tomorrow - we are heading to Roma and then back home to Canada! Ciao guidos and guidettes!
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