Experience Italy’s most spectacular coastal scenery on this white-knuckle drive along the Amalfi Coast.
From Salerno, the main southern gateway to the coast, strike west to Vietri sul Mare, a small town famous for its ceramics and the start point of the coastal road proper. From here the driving becomes more challenging as the road narrows, the curves become tighter, and the views become ever more dramatic.
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After about 20km (12 miles), you’ll arrive in Amalfi, the coast’s main hub. Stop here to look around the landmark Cattedrale di Sant’Andrea and then head up to Ravello in the hills above. Pause for lunch here, perhaps at the Ristorante Pizzeria Vittoria, and enjoy heady panoramas from the town’s lush gardens.
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Next, push on to Positano, a chic, near-vertical town where colorful, steeply-stacked houses cascade down the precipitous hillsides. Beyond Positano, the route leads inland, up and across the hilly interior to Sorrento, a lively tourist hotspot overlooked by the dark, brooding bulk of Mount Vesuvius. With another day to spare, you can continue north to Naples via the ruins of Pompeii.
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