Amalfi Coast Italy
May 26th, 2014, 08:40 PM
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Hi, We are planning to be on the Amalfi coast during the first two weeks in September. Currently we are thinking of getting accommodation in Manori or Furore and exploring by foot, bike, car, boat. Have tentatively made a booking for a days cooking demonstration at Mamma Agata's in Ravello. Any accommodation, guide hire and soft top car suggestions would be very welcome. We love food, beaches and people.
May 27th, 2014, 03:25 AM
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It is spelled Minori.
Presumably you've knowingly zeroed in on these places because you don't want to be in the super-crowded touristy zones, but it does mean -- in the first 2 weeks of September -- that you could encounter a lot of car and bus traffic on the Amalfi drive during the day and especially on weekends. If you make fixed arrangements for cooking classes or boat rides or guided tours in other towns, build in extra time getting there and finding parking.
For a 1 or 2 week stay it would make sense to rent an apartment (and with a kitchen you can practice what you learned at the cooking class!). The rental agency Summer in Italy has a great reputation and many, many apartment rentals to choose from. Booking.com and airbnb might also be worth looking at. There are other reputable agencies as well. You can look up reviews on TripAdvisor and other online resources.
For a car rental, it matters whether you know how to drive a manual transmission as to a choice of cars. If you want a convertible, be prepared to pay a premium price for it, and you might need to pick it up and return it at the Naples airport. Other pick-up and return locations are Sorrento and Salerno.
The Amalfi is not easy bicycle terrain, and the first weeks of September are still blazing hot summer in that area. But if you are avid cyclists, maybe you won't be deterred
http://www.cyclingamalfi.com/
If you have 2 weeks, you might want to divide you stay between the Amalfi and the Cilento area (roughly between Santa Maria Castellabate and Pisciotta). For just one week, you might even consider choosing the Cilento area instead of the Amalfi, given how you have stated your interests. There are cooking classes around there or in Paestum and Salerno. The Cilento area is not as well known the Amalfi -- but it has many beauty spots and is much, much, much less trafficked than the Amalfi and the local culture is deeply Italian and only very superficially set up for tourism. So if experiencing traditional southern Italian culture interests you, then you might find it more fun to be there.
http://www.cilento-travel.com/en/cil...pisciotta.html
Presumably you've knowingly zeroed in on these places because you don't want to be in the super-crowded touristy zones, but it does mean -- in the first 2 weeks of September -- that you could encounter a lot of car and bus traffic on the Amalfi drive during the day and especially on weekends. If you make fixed arrangements for cooking classes or boat rides or guided tours in other towns, build in extra time getting there and finding parking.
For a 1 or 2 week stay it would make sense to rent an apartment (and with a kitchen you can practice what you learned at the cooking class!). The rental agency Summer in Italy has a great reputation and many, many apartment rentals to choose from. Booking.com and airbnb might also be worth looking at. There are other reputable agencies as well. You can look up reviews on TripAdvisor and other online resources.
For a car rental, it matters whether you know how to drive a manual transmission as to a choice of cars. If you want a convertible, be prepared to pay a premium price for it, and you might need to pick it up and return it at the Naples airport. Other pick-up and return locations are Sorrento and Salerno.
The Amalfi is not easy bicycle terrain, and the first weeks of September are still blazing hot summer in that area. But if you are avid cyclists, maybe you won't be deterred
http://www.cyclingamalfi.com/
If you have 2 weeks, you might want to divide you stay between the Amalfi and the Cilento area (roughly between Santa Maria Castellabate and Pisciotta). For just one week, you might even consider choosing the Cilento area instead of the Amalfi, given how you have stated your interests. There are cooking classes around there or in Paestum and Salerno. The Cilento area is not as well known the Amalfi -- but it has many beauty spots and is much, much, much less trafficked than the Amalfi and the local culture is deeply Italian and only very superficially set up for tourism. So if experiencing traditional southern Italian culture interests you, then you might find it more fun to be there.
http://www.cilento-travel.com/en/cil...pisciotta.html
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I stayed in Furore at Hostaria di Bacco; the view from there over the coast is spectacular, as you can see on their site. they have a good restaurant serving lunch and dinner, as well as brekafast.
They also offer free parking. I will offer more details if you wish.
http://www.baccofurore.it/
They also offer free parking. I will offer more details if you wish.
http://www.baccofurore.it/
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We rented an apartment at Villa Le Sirene in Positano and would highly recommend it. www.villalesirene.com
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