Day trip to the Amalfi Coast

 

The closest port to us is back in Salerno, which was a one hour drive north of us.   When we stayed at the Novotel in Salerno, I had overheard the front desk agent, Gianluigi , telling one of the other guests about a boat trip along the Amalfi coast.  We decided to go back and see if he was working, even though we had checked out a week before. When I approached the front desk, Gianluigi greeted me with, “Mrs. MacInnis, so nice to see you again”.  Impressed is an understatement, I was shocked. Anyway he was incredibly helpful in getting us sorted out for a boat trip to the town of Amalfi and then Postiano.

The only problem was the boat left in 10 minutes or we had to wait for the next one, three hours later. We drove to the port, found a parking spot and hoofed it to the boat. One of the older men sitting on his boat in the marina saw us running and yelled something to us in Italian. I think it was “Run faster you fools!”

We made it with all of the other passengers waiting and staring at us. The boat trip lasted 30 minutes to Amalfi and then a further 40 minutes to Postiano. The trip was beautiful and one that I have wanted to see since we arrived in Southern Italy.  

The towns up on the side of the hills roll down to cliffs that drop off into the Mediterranean. We disembarked in Postiano and walked around the town for a couple of hours exploring the very expensive shops and art galleries. Postiano makes some amazing Lemoncello and grows massive fragrant lemons.

We had some frozen lemonade and we all agreed it was the best we’ve ever had. Sweet and tart and refreshing…I think I should do a commercial for them.  I found a shop that was having a big sale on all their white cotton clothing and picked up a pretty dress for next to nothing.  We hopped back on the boat, sat at the front and sailed back with the sun on our faces. 

Dinner that night was in a small restaurant called DaNello’s. The owner took care of us and we had a great dinner of pasta carbonara, grilled prawns, and veal scallopine. We have been cooking most of our meals so this was a great treat. Of course we had to have gelato at the local gelateria and lemon is still my favourite.