Italy - A Postcard from the Amalfi Coast
An Eight Day Grand tour to Italy Day One: Home to Vietri Sur Mare Bit of a last minute thing but we decided to go to Italy and survey the Amalfi Coast. EasyJet gave us the best deal on flights to Naples but it meant a very early start at 1:45 am. Road closures bedeviled our journey and we made the 06:40 flight from Gatwick with only 10 minutes to spare! Anyway, a happy landing in Italy. We headed for the bus into Naples followed up by two train rides. One train to took us to Salerno and then, after an OK lunch at the seafront, a Regional Train full of school kids to Vietri Sur Mare. Our lodgings were just down the road from the station and our hostess was waiting for us at Casa Mare, a nice little private Apartment. Vietri is renowned for its Ceramics and is not as posh and touristy as other towns on the Amalfi Coast. Lots of little shops and cafes in the busy town built high on a steep cliff-side. It takes about 20 mins to get down to the water with its beaches and restaurants. ...