Positano and Amalfi

The B&B we stayed in Sorrento was very modest. The only great thing about it is its garden full of lemon trees. Every morning, we had breakfast in the lemon tree garden.

Room window opened into the garden



After breakfast, we drove to Positano and Amalfi. Positano is built on the side of a hill. You enter the town from the top of the hill and drive down a narrow one lane road. We tried to get as far down as we can before we parked. Walking up a narrow (very narrow) road with 2 kids on a very hot summer's day is not an appealing thought. And we were lucky to find a private parking place very close to the bottom - even if we had to pay €4 an hour (even more expensive than HK)!

Another lemonade stand

There is beach at the bottom of Positano, part public and part private. This time we were prepared, we got our gear in tow, so we settled down on the public side.

Later in the afternoon, we drove to Amalfi. Again, it started to pour! While it rained, we drove on to Ravello which is perched on a ridge high above Amalfi. Ravello (suposedly) has the best view of the Amalfi coast and sea. Unfortunately, it was raining so heavily, we could hardly see anything from there. Disappointed, we drove back down to wait out the rain.

View of Ravello from below

Luckily, the rain did not last very long. Amalfi is small town and is usually one of the stopover ports on a Med cruise. We almost did that!

In the center of Amalfi is the St. Andrea Dome. Andrea is a very popular Italian name - except it is a boy's name (Andrea = Andrew). But Andrea had such thrill seeing her name everywhere!

St. Andrea Dome, built in 937AD

The interior of the dome