Amalfi is located on the Amalfi Coast between Positano and Salerno. It is a major stop on the ferries from Naples, Sorrento, Capri, Positano and Salerno. The city is small and surrounded by mountains. The seaport is where the ferry or bus lets you off. You walk through the ancient walls into the main piazza. Your first site is the steps leading up to the cathedral and the fountain in the piazza.
Amalfi can easily be seen in a half day to a day. Many tourists then take a taxi or the bus up the mountain to Ravello, our next vlog. Now come walk with us around the town of Amalfi in our YouTube video below:
Puglia is a region on the south-east side of Italy on the Adriatic Sea. It includes the heel of the boot. The population is about 4,000,000 people. It includes the city of Bari. Puglia is home to the Trulli homes (cone-shaped roofs). It has excellent wine and food and very interesting small cities. The cities are usually all white with beautiful flowers to add color.
Come walk with us around: Alberobello, Bari, Cisternino, Polignano a Mare (Cave Restaurant – Grotta Palazzese), Locorotondo and Ostuni. Watch the YouTube video below to see these wonderful cities.
Maratea is in Basilicata Italy. It is the only part of Basilicata that touches the Tyrrhenian Sea. The city is high on a mountain and has a peak above it with one of the largest Christ crosses in the world. The road up is twists and turns and hangs off the mountain in spots. This city is wonderful to walk around. It has a great main piazza with a beautiful old fountain. The shops and restaurants are fantastic.
Come walk with us around romantic Maratea Basilicata, Italy.
Sorrento is a popular tourist destination on Italy. Sorrento is on the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Gulf of Naples. You can see the Isle of Capri looking south-west and Naples looking north. Mount Vesuvius, the famous volcano, can be seen to the north as well. Sorrento is the western gateway to the famous Amalfi Coast Road. Salerno is at the other end with great cities in between like Amalfi and Positano.
Sorrento has beaches at the bottom of cliffs, a seaport where you can catch a ferry to Capri, Naples, Positano and Amalfi and great shopping areas. There are great bars and restaurants around this city. So sit back and enjoy Sorrento in our video below:
Bari is a seaport city on the Adriatic Sea. It has a beautiful old town. As you enter Bari, it’s a large city. as you approach the old section, which is on the sea, you must park in lots at the edge of the old section and walk in. This area is pedestrian and Vespa only. The streets are narrow and wind around. It is easy to get lost but we used GPS on our phones to find our hotel.
Once we found the hotel, we were surprised to see it was closed until 4 pm. We had to walk our suitcases back out to the car. Then we explored and had some lunch. The city has a wonderful Piazza in the old section which comes to life at night. There are great restaurants here that can get very crowded.
After a good exploration, some lunch and some Limoncello, we retrieved out bags and headed for the hotel again. The owners of the hotel also owned a small restaurant across from the hotel. They gave us a plate of cheese and bread.
That evening we tried a restaurant in the Piazza and was rewarded with a great meal and a show of Italians parading by. This is what we love about Italy. Don’t rush! Don’t have a tight agenda! Visit a few places but get to know them well. Enjoy the local foods and wines. Observe the locals. Enjoy life more and be less stressed! This is Italy!
Locorotondo is a wonderful white city in Puglia, Italy. It is located down near the heel of the boot on the Adriatic Sea. In this entire area you can see Trulli homes (dome-shaped homes). Most people think of Alberobello for Trulli homes but they are located all over this area of Puglia. Other great cities in this area are Cisternino, Ostuni and Polignano a Mare (home of the Cave restaurant).
These cities are mostly white walls with beautiful flowers to add colors. They are unique places to visit. Each town is small and can be seen in a half to full day. Stop in bars and restaurants and enjoy the local flavors.
Come walk with us around Locorotondo in the video below. This is Dolce far niente!
Pioppi is a very small town in southern Campania, Italy. Pioppi is south of Salerno and south of Agropoli in the Cilento National Park. It is a seaside town on the Tyrrhenian Sea. You can walk this town in under an hour. The sea views are fantastic. As you look out to sea and to the left, you can see Marina Casalvelino. There is a fantastic restaurant here called Suscettibile. The owner is Antonio and you can sit outside on a deck overlooking the sea.
Two great large cities in Italy are Rome and Florence. This doesn’t mean Naples, Bologna and Milan are not great or important. Italy has four categories of city that we love:
Large cities – These are Milan, Bolgna, Florence, Rome and Naples
Mountain Towns – There are so many of these from good size cities to very small towns that we could not begin to list them.
Seaside Towns – Again way too many of these as well. These are towns that are on the sea and not in any other category above.
Today we look at two of the large cities in Italy that we have VLOGGED on:
Rome
Roma is the capitol of Italy and is a very cosmopolitan city. Roma has subways (the Metro), busses, and taxis. Driving in the historic central is difficult and illegal without a pass. If you are staying at a hotel in the center you can get a pass. Streets are crazy. One ways going against where you want to go. We once mapped walking to a place in Roma but had the GPS on driving by mistake. It took much longer to drive it than walk it.
Roma has everything a tourists needs:
Great restaurants (Bars, Ristorante, and Trattorias)
Museums
Architecture – Roma is one big outdoor museum
Parks
Shopping
Walk with us in our video below and see the famous sites of Roma. Walk the small narrow streets and see the wide large avenues. Roma is to be studied slowly with a glass or two of wine. Study it, observe its people, enjoy its sites, marvel at its museums and pay attention to its fashion. Place your hand into the mouth of truth if you dare (Bocca della Verità).
Florence
Firenze is another very modern cosmopolitan city with all the forms of transportation as Roma. The museums are unreal (the renaissance started here). A visit to Firenze is incomplete without a visit to the Uffizi museum. Learn about how the Medici leaders travelled in secret from their offices (Uffizi Museum today) to their palace (Palazzo Medici Riccardi). Climb the stairs to a vista overlooking the city central and walk across the Ponte Vecchio bridge. See Saint Peter’s Basilica and Vatican City (An independent country not part of Italy where the Pope is President). Come walk with us and see all of this and more in the video below.
Palinuro is a beach town in southern Campania. This town is on a curve in the land with views of the sea and nearby mountains. The sea water here is green close to shore and dark blue farther out. It is crystal clear. The beaches are small but sandy. Come walk this wonderful small beach resort and see why Italians come here for their summer vacations.
Walk the streets, meet the people, stop for something to drink and eat and have a gelato. There is really only one main street that runs parallel to the sea. Make a short visit and encounter this small town or stay a few days and relax on the beach. Watch the video below and visit Palinuro. Be an Italian…
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