I’ve just returned from a visit to the Amalfi coast. Sorrento was my favorite town. Positano my least favorite.
Sure, Positano is pretty, but in an empty headed sorta way, a fact which you discover when you walk up and down its narrow lanes and discover nothing but shops selling expensive items to tourists. There’s not even a cafe until you get all the way down to the beach. Of course, some of you will be salivating over the prospect of giving away a huge pile of your worthless dollars for something made by immigrants employed by a rich and famous “designer” who lends his name to the stuff. So be it.
Sorrento, on the other hand, has both class and charm. You can still buy overly expensive tourist things, but you can also buy great pastries and pork butts, if you catch my drift. You’ll want to rent a house so you can cook the butts, of course, and one called “Sweet Garden” over there to the right beckons.
You won’t be right in Sorrento, you’ll be out in the wild countryside. That’s the best place to be on the Amalfi Coast, where the sea smashes against the coastal rocks and fishermen work the water with their nets.
Lots of folks worry about driving the twisty road, which is actually quite wide and not dangerous at all, as long as you pay attention to what you’re doing, which presumably is driving the car. Leave the gawking to the others and you’ll be ok.
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