Today it is raining pretty heavily in Amalfi with a threat of severe storms, so we are inside hoping to catch up on blogging and some much-needed planning. Yesterday, however, was perfectly awesome from our 5 hour hike to a lovely dinner at a local restaurant.
Yesterday’s hike had us heading out of the town center and into the hills through a lovely section of lime and lemon (limoncello, anyone?) trees, near the ruins of old paper mills, and then into the little villages of Potone, Ravello, and Artrani. Along the way, we hiked out to a great view(s) of the coastline, sea, and an old tower. All gorgeous, and we were hugely impressed with the paved, stone walkways that hug the hills and which the locals were sweeping clean as we walked by.
I’ll let the photos speak for themselves.
The coastline of Amalfi taken after our arrival Wed afternoon In the foreground are the lovely Duomo and bell tower in Amalfi. Our hotel is located across the plaza from the church. In the background on the hill is the Tower of Zirro which we climbed above and looked down on yesterday (Thursday). The start of our climb out of Amalfi yesterday. The citrus trees are covered with the green netting. One of the ruins of the paper mills and associated aqueducts in the hills above Amalfi. Amalfi had the first paper mills in Europe. Be still my book-loving heart — I knew I loved this place! View of Atrani (village just east of Amalfi) from view over Tower of Zirro.Looking down on Tower of Zirro from overlook outside of Pontone. Central plaza in Ravello, a village in the hills above Amalfi, perhaps best known for being the home of writer Gore Vidal in the years before he died. One “must see” in Ravello is the beautiful buildings and gardens (and coastal views) of the Villa Rufolo. It has some fun artwork as well.One of the many amazing views from the VillaAnother amazing view (and how about the scenery too –lol!), the paperwork in the plastic binder are our instructions for our self-guided hikes.One of the Villa’s many beautiful gardens — note figure in fountain.Close-up of figure in fountain — praying that he never has to leave this place. One of the more decoratively paved walkways along the hillsides. This one leads to another villa in Ravello.Trying to capture part of our steep descent back into Atrani and Amalfi. This captures the deck of a restaurant overlooking the sea.The main church in Atrani
A few more happy photos —
Peckish Travels 
One reply on “A Walk to Remember”
Love! Love! Love! Have you tried the Limoncello? Olives?
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