Blogs from Positano, Campania, Italy, Europe - page 6

This entry is long. You can do a lot in 5 days. First of all, allow me to recommend the Amalfi Coast. Second, let me suggest the southern coast. As spectacular as the north coast is around Sorrento, the south side is somehow five times more spectacular, and the bus ride there is incredible! I'm looking forward to telling you all about it. But first, a couple of adventures I forgot to mention about Rome: During our second night in the hostel, I got up to go to the bathroom, but the power must have gone out, or maybe they shut it off, I don't know. Also the bathroom had no windows. I wasn't too concerned initially, and assumed that the small amount of light coming in from the main room would bleed through the crack ... read more

It had reached that time - our wedding was finally upon us and we along with 19 of our closest family and friends all descended upon Positano on the Amalfi Coast in Italy for a week of celebration and for Ange and I to tie the knot. We had people coming from Australia and the United Kingdom to join us, and beside the excitement of our wedding, it was great to have everyone together, especially since many of them we had not seen for over 12 months. Half of us where staying at Villa Oliviero, an absolutely stunning villa hanging on the edge of the cliffs overlooking Positano itself. It truely was an indulgent week in an amazing place. The villa offered everything - 6 bedrooms over 4 split levels, a pool, jacuzzi, gardens, two maids ... read more

We were on a mission - we had decided that we wanted to get married in Positano on the Amalfi Coast in Italy - yet we had never been and with the big day fast approaching (in wedding planning terms) we ducked off for a long weekend to meet up with our wedding planner and scout various wedding venues around Positano. We flew out early Friday and after a rather bumpy flight we arrived in Naples. Cynthia (our wedding planner) had conveniently arranged for a car service to pick us up which made for a completely enjoyable and hassle free trip from Naples to Positano. As we sat back in the big comfy seats of the Mercedes, our driver (and to him I apoligise as Ange and I keep forgetting his name) was amazing and gave ... read more

We took a boat ride along the coast on board a fishing boat with the skipper Salvatoro. Helping out on the cruise was a funny old chook, Gloria, who was in her 70’s and originally from some where in the mid-west of the USA. Also joining us was a local photographer, Cindy, a newly married Canadian couple and an Aussie couple. The cruise took us along the coast to Ravello, stopping along the way for swimming and sight seeing. In one of the grottos we swam in the water was so clear, when you splashed it in front of you it shimmered like turquoise crystals. We stopped for lunch along the coast and the restaurant cooked up fish that Salvatoro had caught, washed down with local vino. This was such a relaxing cruise in a small ... read more

Is this a place where people actually live or is Positano only here for the tourists? I found myself wondering this as I watched teams of laborers carrying load after load of beer and wine by hand up the steep and narrow streets in this Mediterranean town. The town itself is situated on picturesque hillsides and clifftops overlooking the Mediterranean Sea south of Napoli on Italy's western Coast. Positano seems less popular and less well known than the largely similar but distant Cinque Terre towns to the north, but nonetheless seemed wholly consumed in the tourist trade. Positano is only accessable by road or by sea, and as I understand it the drive into Positano is quite treacherous and buses can be less than realiable and frequently overcrowded. So, we opted to arrive in Positano by ... read more