Activities
SWIMMING
Nerano Bay with Marina del Cantone has a pebbly beach with different accesses to the sea where one can rent sun beds or swim privately. A walk to Ieranto Bay or Recommone Bay is possible to access other coves and beaches.
CAVES
Both Capri and Amalfi have beautiful caves - Blue Grotto, Emerald Cave - to visit.
BOAT HIRE
The calmer waters of the Amalfi Coast make for very smooth sailing indeed! You can hire anything from a small powerboat to a yacht to explore the coast and its archipelago. There are several boat hire places mainly in Marina del Cantone.
HIKING/WALK
The entire peninsula offers hiking and walking trails suitable for families as well as experienced hikers.
ORGANISED BOAT TOURS
Several companies at Marina del Cantone offer boat tours to Capri, Amalfi and Positano. They are a good way to explore the coast and its stunning bays.
FOOD AND DINING
There is a plethora of wonderful restaurants offering local produce and word famous Italian dishes.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Other popular activities include food tours, scuba-diving, fishing charters and cycling.
POMPEI
Pompeii was an ancient city along with Herculaneum was buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Largely preserved under the ash, the excavated city offered a unique snapshot of Roman life, frozen at the moment it was buried, although much of the detailed evidence of the everyday life of its inhabitants was lost in the excavations. It was a wealthy town, with a population of ca. 11,000 in AD 79, enjoying many fine public buildings and luxurious private houses with lavish decorations, furnishings and works of art which were the main attractions for the early excavators. Organic remains, including wooden objects and human bodies, were interred in the ash.
Over time, they decayed, leaving voids that archaeologists found could be used as moulds to make plaster casts of unique, and often gruesome, figures in their final moments of life. The numerous graffiti carved on the walls and inside rooms provide a wealth of examples of the largely lost Vulgar Latin spoken colloquially at the time, contrasting with the formal language of the classical writers. Pompeii is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors annually.
SORRENTO
A small town with a big reputation, Sorrento is a town of lemons, high-pedigree hotels and plunging cliffs that cut through the heart of the historical core.
CAPRI
Capri is an island located off the Sorrento Peninsula,. The main town Capri that is located on the island shares the name. It has been a resort since the time of the Roman Republic.. Some of the main features of the island include the Marina Piccola (the little harbour), the Belvedere of Tragara (a high panoramic promenade lined with villas), the limestone crags called sea stacks that project above the sea (the faraglioni), the town of Anacapri, the Blue Grotto (Grotta Azzurra), the ruins of the Imperial Roman villas, and the vistas of various towns surrounding the Island of Capri including Positano, Amalfi, Ravello, Sorrento, Nerano, and Naples.
POSITANO
Positano is the most famous and iconic village on the Amalfi Coast, the spectacular strip of coastline with the turquoise waters of the Mediterranean Sea to one side and the peaks of the Lattari Mountains to the other. The coastline stretches for 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of Naples (Napoli) and north of Salerno in the southern Italian region of Campania. The entire Amalfi Coast is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with highlights including Positano as well as the equally picturesque towns of Amalfi and Ravello.
AMALFI
Amalfi is a town and comune in the province of Salerno. It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, at the foot of Monte Cerreto (1,315 metres, 4,314 feet), surrounded by dramatic cliffs and coastal scenery. The town of Amalfi was the capital of the maritime republic known as the Duchy of Amalfi, an important trading power in the Mediterranean between 839 and around 1200. In the 1920s and 1930s, Amalfi was a popular holiday destination for the British upper class and aristocracy. Amalfi is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
RAVELLO
Ravello has been named the City of Music and is home to the Villa Cimbrone, Villa Rufolo, the striking Oscar Niemeyer Auditorium and a vibrant cultural scene: Ravello Festival, Ravello Concert Society.