Amalfi Coast (Page 2): Don't forget Amalfi. Take the local bus to climb high above the town. You will get some fantastic views. Get the train from Rome or wherever to Salerno. Closest...

Old Coot

Jsykes wrote:

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Don't forget Amalfi. Take the local bus to climb high above the town. You will get some fantastic views. Get the train from Rome or wherever to Salerno. Closest to the Amalfi Coast. Also don't forget to take a Hydrofoil boat to Capri. You will get some wonderful shots of the coastline

alfaman

Have taken three trips to the Amalfi Coast: One by car (will never do that again!), one by five masted schnooer, and one by bus . Was able walk out on a pier and get some wide shots of Amalfi area. Incredible shots of the coast from the boat. Lots of places to walk around on the bus trip. Bring comfortable shoes. Lots of photo opportunities; colorful shops.

Jsykes

alfaman wrote:

Have taken three trips to the Amalfi Coast: One by car (will never do that again!), one by five masted schnooer, and one by bus . Was able walk out on a pier and get some wide shots of Amalfi area. Incredible shots of the coast from the boat. Lots of places to walk around on the bus trip. Bring comfortable shoes. Lots of photo opportunities; colorful shops.

Many thanks.

Jsykes

Old Coot wrote:

Don't forget Amalfi. Take the local bus to climb high above the town. You will get some fantastic views. Get the train from Rome or wherever to Salerno. Closest to the Amalfi Coast. Also don't forget to take a Hydrofoil boat to Capri. You will get some wonderful shots of the coastline

Many thnaks

Jsykes

Old Coot wrote:

Don't forget Amalfi. Take the local bus to climb high above the town. You will get some fantastic views. Get the train from Rome or wherever to Salerno. Closest to the Amalfi Coast. Also don't forget to take a Hydrofoil boat to Capri. You will get some wonderful shots of the coastline

Many thanks

Jsykes

Old Coot wrote:

Don't forget Amalfi. Take the local bus to climb high above the town. You will get some fantastic views. Get the train from Rome or wherever to Salerno. Closest to the Amalfi Coast. Also don't forget to take a Hydrofoil boat to Capri. You will get some wonderful shots of the coastline

Thank you

Are you indicating that Salerno is a good central option? If so, access to Amalfi, Capri & Sorrento is just as good as Sorrento being a central base for the coast?

Old Coot

Jsykes wrote:

Thank you

Are you indicating that Salerno is a good central option? If so, access to Amalfi, Capri & Sorrento is just as good as Sorrento being a central base for the coast?

It's just that Salerno is the closest rail point to Amalfi. Don't know much about the City itself but I believe there is not too much to see there. It could be a central point for Southern and Central Italy which is my favorite part of Italy.

Old Coot

Would not call it a good connection point for Sorrento. I believe Naples would be closer. It's just that the Hydrofoil from Amalfi to Capri has some fantastic views of the Amalfi coastline.

Ava'sPapa Loc: Cheshire, Ct.

Jsykes wrote:

Send him back

OK, I talked Mario into going back, at your request. You just have to pay for our plane fare to and fro and he's good with it. Here are a few shots I took of Amalfi from the tour boat ride. It was really worth it. I'm looking forward to returning thanks J.

These are from 2018.

Jsykes

Old Coot wrote:

It's just that Salerno is the closest rail point to Amalfi. Don't know much about the City itself but I believe there is not too much to see there. It could be a central point for Southern and Central Italy which is my favorite part of Italy.

Thanks

terrydev Loc: Wild Atlantic Way

For something a little offbeat: you can get a ferry across Naples Bay to the Island of Procida and it's an excellent day trip.

https://www.visitprocida.com/en/

You can walk the length of the island in 90 minutes and there is a surprising amount to see.

Don't be afraid of driving in Amalfi, just take your time and let them go around you. If you have a car also worth seeing, south of Salerno is Paestrum.

http://www.spacial-anomaly.com/paestum-magnificent-greek-and-roman-ruins-in-southern-italy/