| Family Travels Almalfi Coast |
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| There is not way that the pictures do it justice. It is simply too grand...too impressive to capture on film. We spend 8 hours driving the twisty, jaw-dropping heights, and low guard rail roads...visiting the cute little towns of Positano, Almalfi, Ravello and a longer drive down to the Greek ruins of Paestum. If visiting Italy...This is a MUST See! |
| Date Last Visited -- 2007 |
| We pose with Tony, our driver, overlooking Sorrento |
| Getting Around the Almalfi Coast We cannot strongly enough recommend hiring the Monetti family as your personal drivers as the best experiences in seeing the Almalfi Coast. Once again, Rick Steves' travel book was a lifesaver in recommending this option. Simply contact Carmine (who Rick Steves' perfectly describes as a "jolly, singing, in-love-with-life grandfatherly type who speaks inventive "English" Tony, the son-in-law, was our guide for the day. He picked us up at our hotel in a air conditioned van and took us on a adventure of a as photographer, tour guide, driver and friend. He made it one of the best experiences of our lives. Don't try doing this by rental car. Trust us--the roads are twisty and are at Stomach dropping heights. Leave the roads, filled with tourists and buses to professionals like the Monetti family Carmine also pick us up on the last day, providing a "taxi" service from Sorrento to Naples for our plane flight. We enjoyed a two hour stop at Pompeii on the way www.monettitaxi17.it Carmine's cell 338-946-2860 email monettitaxi17@libero.it |
| Posing with Carmine at the Airport |
| Positano A quick rain shower kept us from fully enjoying this little town |
| Almalfi Spend more time here. Get lost, exploring the town following the pedestrian street uphill. |
We enjoyed exploring and eating our way through this town. Dad found foccia bread and Amanda found her favorite meringues |
| Positano A quick rain shower kept us from fully enjoying this little town |
| Camo Cameos We lucked into this one...and felt a little stupid that we were so uneducated. We are exploring Ravello and see this little workshop right beside the cathedral pictured above. Camo is famous in all of Italy for his wonderful workmanship He has designed personal cameo pieces for Pope now the Swanson family. Seriously, if you want the best cameo at the best price...find this treasure |
| Ravello Famous for it's cameos But we loved its little piazza and cathedral |
| Paestum Greeks founded this ancient city in the sixth century B.C. and was conquered by the Romans in the 3rd century B.C. Rediscovered in the 18th century under swamp land it is If you want to see ancient Greek ruins outside of Greece...this excursion is worth the effort. |
