Denise came up with the great idea during our great breakfast at Hotel Savoia. We would take the SITA bus back to Amalfi, have lunch and then do the Valle Dell Ferriere hike that we missed twice before. It proved to be the ultimate plan. The SIAT Bus from Sorrento was easily boarded and we …
May 23
Amalfi Coast Day 8-Down to Sorrento
After enjoying our makeshift breakfast of croissant-looking rolls, bananas and yogurt, we loaded up our packs again and started on our way down to Sorrento. We hiked through back streets to the neighboring town of Colli di Fontalle. Then we made our way down into Sorrento through some back dirt roads. We made one wrong …
May 21
Amalfi Coast Day 7-Positano to Colli di San Pietro
Today we start our longest hike with full packs. We started off with a hike up out of Positano climbing 2500 ft less than one hour. The cathedral of Santa Della Maria Castellano sits in the small village at the top of our climb. The church wasn’t very exciting, but the view was nice. By …
May 20
Amalfi Coast Day 6-Positano and Open Water Swimming in the Med
Today was our first full day in Positano and we decided to take easy and explore the town a bit. Positano is situated on a ravine in the cliffs, so walking around town is not as easy as it sounds. It is more up and down steps all day. We had a nice breakfast at …
May 20
Amalfi Coast Day 5-Path Of The Gods
Today we planned to take a bus from Praiano over to Amalfi, then another bus to Bomerano where would start our hike to Positano. We packed up early had breakfast and got up to the bus by 9AM. We waited for atleast an hour for the 9:15am bus but it never came. A bus did …
May 18
Amalfi Coast Day 4-Valle Della Furriere…Take 2?
Today the plan was to take the Sita bus back to Amalfi, then catch another bus up to Minuta/Scala and do the Valle Della Furriere hike we missed the other day. Well the Sita bus, which runs along the Amalfi Coast, is never on time if it shows up at all. When it does show …
May 18
Amalfi Coast Day 3-Amalfi to Praiaino
Today would be our first day hiking with full packs to our next town. We go to up at a decent time had our comp breakfast, packed our stuff, and started on our way out of Amalfi. My pack had to be over 40 lbs due to my overpacking and Denise’s was quite light to …
May 18
Amalfi Coast Day 2-Not the Plan
The original plan for today was to take the bus up to Minuta and do a guided hike through Valle Della Ferriere. We originally were going to do this ourselves, but the Hotel Amalfi had a complimentary hike with a guide which was great. Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate. It was downpouring off and …
May 14
Amalfi-Pontone-Ravello-Atrani Loop Hike
Hiking Route We woke around 8AM on Sunday, our first day in Amalfi. We headed up to the 5th floor of the Hotel Amalfi for our complimentary breakfast. Cereal and croissants topped off our tanks before our first hikes into the Lattari Mountain towns. The cliff walls around Amalfi made it seem impossible to get …
May 13
Allentown to Amalfi in a Day
We did our final chores around the house and headed to ABE airport around 12:30pm. A friend of Denises that lives near the airport offered to let us stow our car there and drop and pick us up. We checked our one bag, made it through TSA and headed to the gate. The flight to …