Come to Positano

Cliff Top Dramas

Only a short drive from Sorrento you will find town after town of incredible beauty. These are small towns, almost villages. Each has an individual charm and only you will know whether it is the really tiny or the more sophisticated that you are drawn to.

Positano is the second largest town on the Amalfi Coast. But if it is small and charming that you are looking for, then nearby Atrani is the place for you. There are many alternatives in between and if you choose a hill town near one of its more famous cousins, you will halve your costs.



Each of these hill towns with their amazing views, are serviced by consistently regular buses which can transport you to the ultra-popular coastal towns in only minutes. In Positano itself, the houses tumble down the hillsides part hewn into the rocky cliff faces in breathtaking examples of engineering virtuosity.

No cliff is too great a challenge. Where there is an opportunity a home has emerged. As you make your way down towards the coast the hairpins shelter the most beautifully decorative homes and apartments. Often they are vine-covered; road edged; cliff embedded.

Sometimes there is a shrine set into the most challenging of corners. Sometimes there are monuments placed with views out over the ocean or the cliffs, and seats for those who choose to
pause. Other times there is an ancient edifice converted into current use - maybe selling sweet garments, maybe pots and crafts. Conversion of  ancient edifices to modern usage means survival for many of these historic buildings.








Interspersed with clusters of trees and bushes, the terracotta roofs and the many hues of the plastered walls create a dramatic contrast to the sparkling blue sea below.








Streets twist their way down the hillsides as they wrap around the cliffs, - hairpin bends just an every day occurrence on these steep descents. Vehicles and buses manoeuvre through the streets scarcely wide enough to be one way. Somehow the traffic keeps moving even if only at a slow crawl - blind corners just one more challenge to be skilfully negotiated.






Positano is the town that you will not wish to leave. It is delicate, tumbling, beautiful. It is on the edge of nature and on the edge of engineering virtuosity.

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