http://www.amalficoast-traveller.com www.AmalfiCoast-Traveller.com - Itineraries en Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:56:16 +0200 http://www.amalficoast-traveller.com/en/i/from-positano-to-vietri-a-succession-of-sinuous-curves-2 http://www.amalficoast-traveller.com/en/i/from-positano-to-vietri-a-succession-of-sinuous-curves-2 Itineraries Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0200 <p><img src="http://files.caprionline.it/article/2859_Da_Positano_a_Vietri_sul_/image/01_i.jpg"></p> <p>When trying to imagine <strong>a little corner of paradise</strong>, a place far from the traffic and the frenzied pace of modern daily life, the <strong>Amalfi Coast</strong> might easily come to mind.</p> <p>A stretch of coast which leads from Positano to Vietri sul Mare, lapped by the waters of a strikingly <strong>azure blue sea</strong> and sheltered by imposing rocks. The coastal road snakes in a succession of sinuous curves through a <strong>dreamlike landscape</strong>, offering a series of truly breathtaking views.<br /> The towns and villages of the Amalfi Coast share a <strong>common urban structure</strong>; the houses, tiny chapels, and sumptuous churches of the historic centers located in the highest part of town, linked to the beach and harbors below by a series of steps and steep, narrow lanes. </p> <p>Our journey follows the panoramic SS163 highway, also known as the Nastro Azzurro or Blue Ribbon; important thoroughfare of circa 50km in length which starts at <strong>Vietri sul Mare</strong> in the province of <strong>Salerno</strong> and terminates in the town of <strong>Meta</strong>, from where the journey...</p></br> http://www.amalficoast-traveller.com/en/i/cilento-from-agropoli-to-sapri http://www.amalficoast-traveller.com/en/i/cilento-from-agropoli-to-sapri Itineraries Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0200 <p><img src="http://files.caprionline.it/article/3159_Cilento._Da_Agropoli_a_Sa/image/1_i.jpg"></p> <p>Our journey commences in <strong>Agropoli</strong>, natural gateway to the <strong>Cilento coast</strong>, situated to the south of the <strong>gulf of Salerno</strong> and easily reached by train using the Naples-Reggio Calabria line or by car from the Battipaglia exit of the A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway. </p> <p>The <strong>Byzantines</strong> were responsible for the fortification of the promontory in the 6th century and for giving the settlement the name of <em>Akropolis</em>, or <strong><em>city on high</em></strong>. Our tour of Agropoli begins in the narrow streets of the historic center, with a visit to the <strong>Church of Santa Maria di Costantinpoli</strong>. The old town can be reached on foot via the characteristic flight of steps or <em>scaloni</em>, which for centuries provided '''the only access to the highest part of the town. The <strong><em>scaloni</em></strong> are <strong>a series of wide, shallow steps</strong>, sheltered by a wall adorned with rounded ended merlons similar to those visible on the gateway to the historic center. </p> <p>From Agropoli we take the SS267 high road, travelling past the well-known beach resort of...</p>