We stayed in a small, family-run hotel that clung to the cliff face hanging directly over the sea. We slept to the sound of the sea gently slapping against the rocks beneath our windows.
The hotel was, in parts, literally hewn out of the rock face. It was quite a surprise to walk down the stairs and come across this:
It was as though carving the last bit of rock away was just too much trouble!
We spent a lot of the week pottering up and down the coast to various small, beautiful fishing villages, where we drank a lot of coffee and ate a lot of seafood and pasta.
One day we hired a speedboat. The skipper took us along the coast from Amalfi to Naples, exploring the dramatic coastline with its little coves and grottos. We disembarked on Capri, where we walked the coast path and had lunch before leaving the island in style and being taken back along the coast. Rather than loading this post up with photos, I put together a slideshow of this day. Click on the arrow below to start the slideshow.
Next time, I’ll share photos of our day in the extraordinary ancient cities of Pompei and Herculaneum.
Sounds like a wonderful vacation. Did you come back rested? Beautiful setting.
Welcome home! Looks like a stunning holiday!
What beautiful pictures – that hotel looks amazing, I love the fact that you can see the rock like that inside the building and falling asleep to the water, truly wonderful I’ll bet!
Oh how wonderful!
So incredibly beautiful. I’ve been fascinated by Amalfi after having Webster’s play “The Dutchess of Malfi” as a set texts many moons ago. Your photos echo what I imagined it to be.
Looks like it was a stunning holiday. There really is nothing more calming than falling asleep to the sound of the sea.
Looking forward to your Pompeii and Herculaneum photos!
Wow. I’d really like to go there. Gorgeous. Thanks for sharing your photos.
Ditto TeaMouse. The the cliffs, coastline and azure seas,— breathtakingly romantic.
How fabulous! Makes me want to pack a bag and head to the airport, pronto!
What a coincidence! We just booked our hotel last night for two nights in Furore, right next to Amalfi! Two nights there, three in Pompei/Naples. Can’t wait!
more coincidence! we are headed there in three weeks. i have been once, and never forgotten it, and dh has never been. looking forward to more pics.
Wow – that looks so beautiful! I want to go!
Wow – just amazing! Your photos are fabulous, sounds like a great, relaxing holiday.
i’m so envious of the places you get to go. Just being able to fly relatively easy to such exotic locations. And that building in the cliff face – beautiful!
looks like a beautiful holiday
the photos are very nice… looking forward to the next post
What an amazing place to have visited. I would love to see more pictures!
Wow, I really want to go there.
Oh so beautiful – definitely on my list of places to visit
Photos look great Anna, looks like a beautiful place to visit. Glad you had a good time. Hope Leoma has settled back in. Ax
That looks amazing! Looking forward to hearing the rest of your holiday stories.
Thanks for sharing the photos Anna! Just beautiful – I bet you all had a wonderful time. BTW I couldn’t bear it any longer – we went ahead and booked our next trip to Italy. Late July in Tuscany for 10 days – I can’t wait.