This landmark was a really cool visit. It was so beautiful!…read more The swimming/beach was super crowded but looked really nice. The "hiking" around the area looked clean and pristine. We tried some wine from the vineyards in the area and fell in absolute love. Great place to visit, even if it's super quick!

Beautiful location but currently only accessible by boat from Amalfi. The stairway is closed most…read morelikely for good. We walked around the area at the top but it was strewn with garbage. The beach area at the bottom looked much cleaner. Like every other beach along the Amalfi coast it is very pricey to get a chair plus factor in the cost of the boat and transportation to Amalfi. We stayed in Furore but decided it was much easier to go to the beach in Positano.

Piazza Tasso is a lovely square in Sorrento…read more Lucky to stumble across a local festival on our cruise ship tour to Sorrento and Pompeii. Our tour guide was not sure what they were celebrating. Take time to check out the beautiful baroque yellow church and everything Limoncello while you are in the neighborhood. The lemons in Sorrento are enormous and the geography reflects their impact. Limoncello granitas. Lemon pasta. Lemon biscotti. Lemons on everything from dish towels, baskets and bags to headbands. My sister-in-law even bought a pair of swim shorts that were covered with a large lemons in the pattern. Nice for a short stop while exploring Sorrento. Tip: There is a bathroom next to the church. It takes one euro each.

This is a great square in the center of Sorrento which have a bunch of great shops around it, great…read moreplaces to eat, and their Main Street which, for the most part, is closed to all car traffic except for security and business support. The smaller walking streets around it are pretty cool too for all kinds of things and souvenirs if they are desired. There are some great places for coffee too. The square can get pretty busy with cruise ships coming in and out of Naples and Sorrento so if you like it a little less crowded, get there early or in the off season.

Looky looky, it's a miracle! Looky looky…read more Said our guide. If you look carefully you can see Jesus and friends figurines in the water below. Looky looky It's a miracle! The cave isnt that big. The tour will probably last about 15 minutes. You'll see brilliant blue water (Splashee Splashee looky looky). A rock looks like either Ronald Regan or Bibi Netanyahu depending on the tour participants ( it's miracle! Looky looky) You can get to the caves from the highway above or by boat. You take the tour w a guide in their canoes. Five euros each. Our guide was a card. I'm guessing he has another gig as host of the local poetry slam at the pizzeria. Overall, I got the sense that local tourist bureau was making the most they could out of this cave. And our guide was in on the joke, that it's slightly interesting but the UNESCO world heritage folks are going to be swinging by anytime soon. For five euros what the hey. It's worth it.

Only stop in Capri long enough to catch a $20 cab to Anacapri. Shopping area so quaint. A far cry…read moredifference from the congested/tacky shopping marts at Capri. No cheap trinkets here. If your idea of shopping in Italy is "T-shirts, shot glasses and gelatis", this will not appeal to you. But, if you love quiet walks with lovely linen and ceramic shops, no Vespas running you over and nobody shouting at you to eat at their restaurant, you'll love it as much as I do. No smell of petrol. Just the aroma of the abundance of flowers and puddled cobblestones.

This church is absolutely stunning and worth the trip up all those stairs to get to see it…read more I honestly do not think it's worth any admission price to enter, even if it's under 5 euro each to get in. We paid less to see some amazing things at other places so the value wasn't there for me. So even if you don't want to enter, I still think it's a great view from the cathedral down to the city. There are also some cool architectural details you can look at without going inside. Ans it's cool up here, so if you're trying to get away from the heat, for free, this is your place to go.

Beautiful church located in Amalfi…read more You will need to walk up a ton of steps to get up, so if you have a bad back, I would day it's not for you. Also it's not free. Still a beautiful spot and another great cathedral within Europe.

Sort of a miniature Pompeii. Two large villas that had been covered with 10 feet of ash. Remarkably…read morewell preserved. FREE admission. A good 1/2 hour walk from town, and not well signed, but you knew that -- it's Italy! You can bring a picnic.

This place is really cool and we stumbled onto it thinking it was something completely different…read more You can also check it out for free which was a nice change of pace. They even had a tour guide if you liked and they charged nothing to tell you about this beautiful place.

Big square used for events to hold a lot of people. The architecture is simply lovely and detailed…read more I only walked outside of it. It sits on a large square for events if needed

Naple's most iconic square is framed by Prefettura di Napoli a government office on the north, on…read morethe south by Palazzo Salerno (Sede del Comando Territoriale Sud - currently military offices), by the royal palace on the east, and Basilica of San Francesco di Paola to the west. The last two are open for visitors and pretty quiet on an April evening. The port area and waterfront public park Giardini del Molosiglio are nearby within walking distance to the southeast. As magnificent and grand as these surrounding buildings and others nearby are, this piazza also very much a piece of the local cloth. Where school groups and tourists frequent during the day, is open space in the evening for kids riding bikes and playing soccer, for families taking walks with strollers and dogs. While I was there it was fun to see a group of students singing along to a couple musicians on a guitar and mic, a few kids flying kites, the sun setting to the west casting a warm glow onto the structures in the square. Fun facts: - named after a plebiscite (aka referendum or survey) which united Naples with the rest of Italy. - Joachim Murat, bro-in-law of Napoleon had planned to dedicate the square to the emperor though when the Bourbon rulers were restored to the throne plans changed. Hence today the two statues in from of the church are Bourbon kings Charles III and his son Ferdinand I. They also instructed the completion of the neoclassical basilica along this square. - there's a local game/tradition of attempting to cross the square blindfolded starting from the center of the main entrance of the royal palace with the goal of walking directly in the middle of the two statues. Legend is that it's an impossible feat, due to the irregular shape of the square, uneven cobblestones and slight slope. - the square became a parking lot in 1963 to deal with the overflow of cars in the city, then reconfigured back to pedestrian only in 1994.

Okay--yeah, you have to do this one. If you are not seeing Capri from a boat, this is going to be…read morethe best view you will see. The gardens are lovely. There were photographers every where and they gave us advice on where to get the best photos. Go early in the day to avoid the crowds as all the tour groups seem to come here.

Another phenomenal view of Italy. We drove through the mountain side and stopped for espresso along…read morethe way. It's a pretty scary ride if you're not use to driving on mountain roads because these are not wide roads with smooth surfaces and slow bends. The breath-taking views, however, are second to none and makes the trip totally worth it! There are a lot of gorgeous perfectly "placed" flowers and plants growing along the mountain side. Wish I could spend more time here. Stunning place!