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.

Monte Solaro , the highest point in Capri , was an absolutely beautiful mountain top point of view…read moreon the Amalfi Coast. A 33 min ferry ride from Positano and 15 min open top taxi ride to the start point. $14Euros takes you to the single chairlift and 14 minute picturesque ride up the mountain. You are expected to pull down your own chair bar so be ready to jump on quickly because it is a 30 to 40 foot drop as you ascend up the mountain. The views are definitely worth it from the top. Recommendations: bring food and water . Try not to go late in the day as taxis are sparse and ferry does not leave late .Give yourself a 1 to 2 hour cushion since you cannot walk back into town for safety reasons. We were lucky enough to share an open air cab with 3 others also rushing back to ferry. Overall, was worth a look if have a day or 2 in Capri.

One of the must do items if visiting Capri!. There is a single person chair lift that takes you up…read morethe mountain and you're able to see the beautiful island and skyline. At the top there is a bar where you can lounge, take pictures and get some drinks. If you are a customer of the bar they give you a bathroom coin chip to use it for free if you ask - otherwise the bathroom requires some small euro payment. I do not recommend drinking too much when at the top as you need your stability and common sense to sit back on the chairlift to get back down the mountain!

Well if you have visited Amalfi, most likely you will also end up here. Beautiful Amalfi cathedral…read moreis here and so are those narrow cobbled streets with beautiful shops. This piazza is dominated by the Duomo or Cathedral of Amalfi, set high on top of steep, wide steps. There is a fountain here, water coming from the lady's breasts. So weird just like Manneken Piss in Brussels. I would recommend you guys visit the shops here, they are so beautiful. I wanted to buy so much stuff. I bought wall decor for my house, Ravello lemon is very famous and juice ( or wine) in bottles are for sale at every shop. Restaurants are just at the foot of the cathedral. It's like any European city just on a small scale. So beautiful

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.

Great site to visit (been to many other ruins that were underwhelming)…read more Our tour guide was pretty good. He was funny but a bit hard to understand sometimes. This admission was part of a combo tour including a trip up the volcano plus lunch. The condition was rather impressive. Some buildings were in great shape. As your outside it is hard to imagine you would have been 20 some feet under ground (ash) a hundred years or more ago before they excavated. Plus they have unearthed only about 30% of the city. Many amazing relics & sad displays of humanity to see here. Worth the time to visit this ancient site.

Walking through Pompeii is kind of surreal…read more I loved just wandering with no real plan. You can walk right into homes and see the mosaics and little courtyards. Even random things like graffiti on the walls or old kitchen setups are still there. The amphitheater is a definite highlight. The plaster casts are... a lot. Definitely a moment where everything hits a bit harder. It's pretty heavy, but also important to see. Overall, Pompeii actually pulls you in. You end up thinking about the people more than the ruins. It is worth taking your time with and coming out of your way for.

Mount Vesuvius is pretty bare and dusty; nothing polished about it. You feel where you are the…read moreentire time. It's not long, but it's enough to slow you down. At the top, you're right at the crater. Just you, the edge, and a very real reminder of what it is. A beautiful view of the Bay of Naples behind you but at the same time knowing it's that same volcano.... The one that buried Pompeii changes the tone a bit. It's not dramatic; just heavy. Worth doing the hike but just don't expect it to feel super touristy.

100% worth the headache it was to get there from Naples via transit! It was #1 on my bucket list…read morefor a reason.

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.

A must visit when you are in Sorrento. It's located in the town center and you get views of the…read moreGulf of Naples and Mount Vesuvius. Also the perfect spot to watch the sunset. There's access to get down to the beach area, which isn't bad on the way down but it's a trek back up - although there is a paid elevator you can take back up. Dont miss it!

After arriving in Sorrento, this was the first location that we walked to as a group to take…read morephotos. The location was beautiful. This area afforded stunning views of the water below along with mountain views in the distance. It was the perfect combination of land, water and so much more. There were also about 250 steps that led to the beach area below. In my opinion, the area was perfection.