Amalfi Coast Overview

It happens almost imperceptibly: after the exhausting tumult of Naples and the compact grit of Sorrento, the highway narrows to a two-lane road that zigzags down the coastline. Though the effortless simplicity and sophistication of Positano, Amalfi, and Praiano seduced Emperor Augustus, Ernest Hemingway, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the region’s ultimate appeal rests in the tenuous balance it strikes between man and nature. Whitewashed homes cling defiantly to rock and crazy bus drivers tame even crazier roads. The coast’s unassuming grandeur is a reminder to simply relax and enjoy life.

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