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Positano is located in a pictoresque and protective bay. The town used to be on fishing village. Its cube-shaped white Mediterranean houses with their flat roofs recall the time of the Saracens who landed here. Several lookout towers were built in that period along the coast.
In 1950 painters and writers come here and enchanted by the magical atmosphere of the town they become to build villas.
The town is frequented by foreigners both in winter and in summer. Positano fashion is famous for its design in all over the world.
It was created at the beginning of the 1960
Attractions
The church of St. Maria Assunta near the beach is Romanesque and was built in 1200. It holds a precious Sacred Treasure, the circumcision painting by Santafede of the XV century. On the main altar it is possible to see the Byzantine icon of Black Madonna with Child.
As the legend tells the icon come here by sea during a storm. Also the statue of the Madonna Assumption kept here and the bust-shrine of St. Vito, the patron saint of the town, a precious workmanship of Neapolitan goldsmith work.
Sorrento is the most important city on the Sorrento Peninsula which puts out into the sea between the Bay of Naples and the Gulf of Sorrento.
It is sing by poets and writers for its spectacular (beauty) charm.
Sorrento, not to be rhetorical is indeed the land of colours which are bright or delicate depending on the change of the season: the blu of the sea, the light blu like the colour of the traditional crafts that the fisherman face the sea in, green like the pine and olive treets that frame the magnificent view of the gulf, like the orange and lemon treets that give the air its sweet smell, like the vegetation and the gardens that are the pride of the people of Sorrento.
Many civilitations have passed through here: the Etruscans, the Greeks, who give the city its urban layout that is still clearly visibible today in the historical centre, the Oscans, the Romans. Later the subgugation to Byzantium, the seek by the Longobards, the conquest by the Normans, the influence of the Aragonese.
After a long period of stagnation, the beginning of the 1700 saw a period of cultural and economic rebirth for the whole Sorrentine peninsula, which reached its climax during the 1800. In this period Sorrento become a touristic destination and it was included in the so-called Grand Tour, a journey through Italy that every noble European son had to make to complete his cultural formation. For that reason guests such as Byron, Keats, Scott, Dickens, Goethe, Wagner and Nitzsche come to stay in Sorrento in search of sun and inspiration. In the same time also the tourist industry was born that is now the most important sector of the Sorrentine economy.
Today Sorrento is a charming city with over one hundred comfortable hotels.
It is rich of artistic sights as St. Franciss Church, Villa Comunale, Correale Museum and the Cathedral.
The church of St. Francis with its lovely bell tower and the monastery which contains interesting cloisters from the 14 the century whose capitals support arches pointed in the Morish style.
The cathedral is renovated in the 15th century with its campanile.
The museum Correale di terranova is housed in an 18th century palace. On the grand floor there is a very interesting archaelogical collection. Particulary impressive are the museums collections of 17th and 18th century, furniture mostly Neapolita and china from Dresden, Vienna and Naples.
Beyond the Correale Museum you reach a terrace called Belvedere where you can admire the view of the sea and beatiful sunsets.
As legends tell Ulisses resisted here the call of the sirens. The city is also the birthplace of Tasso (1544), the author of Jerusalem Delivered. The villa where he was born is now part of the well known Hotel Tramontano.
Food and Drink
In the many restaurants of the city you can taste several spacialities of the traditional local way of cooking as the pizza, gnocchi alla sorrentina
Campania/Ravello
From Amalfi a winding road ascends seven kilometres up the "Dragon's Valley" to the hill town of Ravello. Located on the small escarpment of Monte Lattari, it is set amidst vast semi-tropical gardens and overlooks, from 350 metres, the coast south towards the Gulf of Salerno, and the town of Amalfi directly below. It is no wonder then that this town, with its head in the clouds and its clear, sunny climate, has appealed for centuries to writers, artists, musicians, travellers... and dreamers! Boccaccio, D. H. Lawrence and Wagner are among the "greats" who succumbed to the spell of Ravello. Wagner partly composed his opera "Parsifal" here, and today author Gore Vidal lives and derives inspiration from this charming town.
Chamber Music on the Amalfi Coast
Built in the thirteenth century as a Convent of the Order of St. Augustine, its paved balconies and weathered stone walls crystallize an ambience which is ageless. It is easy to conjure images of medieval life in this town as you stroll through its intriguing alleys, stairways and roofed passages to find yourself at Villa Rufolo.
Beautiful gardens with views across the mountains and the Coast below surround this home of the powerful medieval family of that name. It is a magnificent building; its Moorish cloisters beckoning from an avenue shaded by ancient trees. The extensive gardens of exotic plants and brilliantly coloured flowers frame vistas of the water far below. Here, each Spring a Wagnerian festival is held at sunset; there, suspended high above the cerulean sea and the coastline, the composer is commemorated, and so too is the inspiration he derived from his love of Ravello.
The charms of Ravello also captivated an Englishman, Lord Grimthorpe, who built the Villa Cimbrone early this century with the help of his valet, Nicola Mansi, a native of Ravello. Together they transformed an ancient villa, enriching it with antiques, paintings and relics collected from all over Italy. Today the gardens of Villa Cimbrone are a mediterranean sanctuary. Tall cypresses reach heavenward, the fragrance of massed roses fills the air; pathways lead us to statues of Roman gods. Along the "Avenue of Immensity" huge pink oleanders line the way to the Belvedere posed on the cliff's edge. From this little building you can pause to take in the unforgettable views from here across the "Infinite Terrace" to the sea and sky beyond, and recall the words of Omar Khayam which are carved above a stone seat in the rose garden at Villa Cimbrone:
"Ah moon of my delight that knows no wane
The moon of heaven is rising once again
How oft hereafter rising shall she look
Through this same garden after us in vain".
DURATION: 9hrs
PRICES:
1 to 3 pax » 380 euros
4 to 6 pax » 450 euros
7 to 8 pax » 480 euros
9 to 14 pax » 600 euros
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