Amalfi under the steep cliffs

Amalfi

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September 21st 2017
It took a bit of maths...not so easy after a couple of wines/beer...we needed to be up really early to catch the train to Sorrento before the queues started for the bus to Amalfi... and just as well we did as we certainly left quite a queue behind.. The bus took 2 hours over the peninsula and the views both sides was fantastic...who actually needed to go see Amalfi?? But that was a bonus too.. ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more