We decided to visit Ravello, which is located in the hills behind Atrani (next town along from Amalfi) as we had heard rave reviews. The reports suggested catching the bus up & walking down the path that winds around the ills to the seaside.

The bus ride u the hilly road was an experience, it was crowded with both locals & tourists but at EUR1 .50 well worth it.

I didn't think the views could get any better, but WOW!!!! The town square has views from all sides, the terraced hillsides, the sea, the fields & the rooftops of the townships below.

Ravello is renowned for its ceramics. Urs & I managed to do some major damage to our credit cards in a family owned ceramics shop. It is al handmade & when they offer free shipping for spends over EUR200, what could we say.......can’t wait for it to arrive home.

It was soon prosecco time in a little trattoria. I probably need to clarify here, this is regular occurrence BUT it is extremely warm especially with all of the walking we do & prosecco is sooooo refreshing.

After our refreshment we walked back towards the main square via some shopping lanes & decided to go to Villa Cimbrone, which comprises 6 hectares of historic parkland . The brochure blurb states it is considered the most important examples of landscapes, botany & culture of England created in the Mediterranean area between the end of the 19^th & beginning of the 20^th centuries.

In Roman times it was an enormous estate & belonged to the noble Acconciajoco family. It fell into disrepair & was abandoned until it was discovered by an Englishman who bought it in 1904 & worked on restoring it.

I took so many pictures but cannot put them all up as adding pics takes so long to do on this bog page.

I have jumped ahead a bit as on the way to Villa Cimbrone we stopped for lunch (& more prosecco). The views from this ristorante were as usual amazing. The food was very good too!!!

We walked around the gardens for a while then stopped for coffee on the lawn terrace with views back down to Atrani & Amalfi and the sea .

I had read a number of reviews of Ravello & so many people said the highlight was walking back down the hillside to Amalfi via Atrani. I managed to convince the girls it would be worth it & after being assured by the locals it would take about 30-40-60 minutes....depending on who you asked, we set off.

It was a trek & then some......the girls took it slow & about 2 ½ hours later we arrived back in Amalfi.

I was no very popular for a while, but the eventually forgave me......I thought it was amazing & well worth the effort. After all we were only walking the track that the locals used for hundreds of years to access the coastal towns.

Needless to say early dinner & early to bed.......for some.


I wish I could share the amazing view by way of my pics, but my tablet does not like this website & will not co-operate when uploading photos. Will try a few different things when I get a chance.
I am only able to catch up withe blog when on trains or planes.......