Amalfi & Ravello
For our last Positano day, we decide to take the ferry to Amalfi, instead of the bus. I’m really glad we did this, because being out on the water was great and it was also an amazing view of the coastline from the boat. It only took 25 minutes to get to Amalfi. Once there we decided to first take the bus up to Ravello for a look around, then have lunch in Amalfi.
Ravello is perched above Amalfi – we look around the town square, visit the church, poke in some pottery shops. Down the rabbit hole again, but just one piece. We decide to look at the gardens of the Villa Rufulo, which is the home for the upcoming summer musicale season. I take a few pictures of the amazing stage being built out over the cliffs. The season begins Friday night; we will have to return.
Building the stage:
Back down in Amalfi, we have lunch on the beach and then climb up to the Cathedral, visit the crypt where the remains of St. Andrew are at rest. I learn about Amalfi’s place in medieval naval history. With a few minutes before the next ferry leaves, we have a lemoncello gelato at Savoie – they have really nailed the flavor.
Amalfi Cathedral
Back in Positano, I get some internet time while David browses the shops (now there’s a switch). Ascending the steps one last time, we pause halfway for a glass of wine at La Zagara, a bar we have passed countless times while walking the path – it’s really pleasant under the lemon arbor.
Dinner for our last night is Positano is at La Tagliata, a family restaurant straight up from our hotel, in Montepertuso. You get there by shuttle; there are 8 of us going from the Hotel California. It’s a twisty road up. There is no menu at La Tagliata, you eat what Mama is cooking tonight, and you drink the house wine. We start with numerous small plates of antipasti – grilled vegetables, cheeses, salumi, followed by a large plate of assorted pastas. And we are not done, now comes out a plate of mixed grilled meats – in between we are having great conversation with guests at other tables. We finish with a plate of desserts and a lemoncello, then the long winding road back. Cost of this evening of food and fun – E 70 for the both of us. And the food was good, not gourmet great; it felt like we were in Mama’s kitchen.
