We left Sorrento around 9 o'clock in the morning, enough time to catch the spectacular image of Amalfi Coast.
Stretching along the southern side of Italy's Sorrentine Peninsula, the Amalfi coast dazzles with its mysterious grottos, craggy cliffs and shimmering bays.
The Amalfi Coast is a pleasurable and fascinating combination of great beauty and gripping drama: coastal mountains plunge into the sea in a stunning vertical scene of precipitous crags, picturesque towns and lush forests.
Like the rest of the region, the Amalfi Coast lies in a Mediterranean climate. It was hot and humid during our stay in late July.
It's located on the relatively steep southern shore of the Sorrentine Peninsula. Beside rocky hills, there's little room for rural and agricultural territories.
The only land route to the Amalfi Coast is the 25 miles long Strada Statale 163 which runs along the coastline from the town of Vietri sul Mare in the east to Positano in the west. In some area along the coast, the street is so narrow with steep curves. This made it so hard to maneuver, especially with this small manual transmission engine of our rental.
The Amalfi Coast is known for its production of limoncello liqueur as the area is a known cultivator of lemons, known as sfusato amalfitano in Italian, which are sold all over along the hillsides looking down the near vertical, rock exposure cliff at the edge of the sea.
The area also offers a generous selection of restaurants, bars, boutiques, boat trips ... and just about anything that you can spend money on.
From the coastline heading to Amalfi looking back at Sorrento.
We hit the traffic along the way. During the summer months, this coastal areas are swarmed with tourists. Hotel is hard to find. And the price of everything is higher.
We passed by this beautiful but empty church along the way. I guess this is the Church of Santa Maria Assunta but not very sure.
There was only a handful of visitors included the two of us.
We turned around using the highway heading north. Our next stop will be the most fascinating and full of mystery: Pompeii, before a long drive back to Rome.
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