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Destination: France & Italy
Duration: 15 Days 15 Nights (Sep 02~Sep 17, 2014)
Day 12: The Amazing Amalfi Coast Road Trip
Today was the 2nd day in a row in which we
engaged day tour. Our tour day is the ‘Full day Amalfi Coast Road Trip” from
getyourguide.com (link).
We had to be at the meeting point at 7.50am thus we had a brief breakfast in
Hotel Nice before heading out.
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| Simple Breakfast at Hotel Nice |
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| Juices and Biscuits? |
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| Let's just have some Croissant & Nutella |
There were a lot of people & buses at the meeting
point but thankfully we quickly found our guide and got on the bus and managed
to sit at the right side of the bus. For those travel buffs out there, if you
ever go for Amalfi road trip – always sit at the right side! It got the best
view ever!!!
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| Appraching Positano |
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| More Narrow Road at the Cliff |
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| Almost there |
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| Looking out at the Mediteranean Sea |
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| At the middle of Positano overlooking the Village - wish we have a day there or more! |
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| The Famous Positano 'Postcard View' with Houses Cascading down the Hill |
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| More Pictures! |
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| A Zoom at the Church |
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| Another Church along the way... |
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| The Cemetary.. you would have to hike up there too |
We did stop at a tourist trap souvenir shop at the drive before
making a 2 hours stop at Amalfi. Since the weather was good, we had the Guided
boat ride along the coast. The view was spectacular but the sea was really
rough for some reason. *fainted*
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| Continuing our Amalfi Drive |
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| A little Fort near the Cliff - it is actually a nightclub!!! |
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| More Stunning View |
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| Another Fort which is on sales for a couple of millions Euro! Can i stay there? *puppy eyes* |
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| The Tourist Trap... oops... Souvenir shop |
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| Start our Boat Ride from Amalfi Jetty |
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| Admiring Amalfi Coast from the Crazy Boat |
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| A Secret Cave? |
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| Let's Strike a Pose.... at the risk of falling into the sea! |
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| If you kiss when passing this, you would be together forever! |
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| Lots of Amazing Landscape! |
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| Look at this Bungalow under the scary cliff!!! |
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| Other than the Rough Sea, Everything is amazing! Apparently a lot of Celebrities either stay or own a bungalow here! |
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| Turning back to the Jetty |
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| See the 'white box' at the top of the Cliff?! |
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| That's a bungalow at the top!!! Imagine you stare there!!! GOSH!!! |
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| It must be a great place to stay - i hope there is no tsunami around this area!!! |
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| Row Row Row a Boat |
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| Goodbye Rough Sea |
After the boat ride, we had an hour of free time in
Amalfi where we visited the magnificent 9th Century cathedral and wandered the
narrow meandering streets. There was a wedding in the cathedral that day and
the bride actually had to climb up all the stairs in high heel to the cathedral
with all the tourists looking and clapping… What a wedding!
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| In front at the Amalfi Cathedral - look at the STAIRsss!!!! |
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| This is a Fountain!!! |
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| Beautiful Cathedral... Apparently it's a hotspot for wedding... |
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| It looks beautiful inside too! |
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| Imagine getting married in this!!! *sigh* |
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| A look from Cathedral to the Street of Amalfi |
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| Some Street Food in Amalfi |
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| The Famous Risotto ball! |
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| Another Fountain! They have beautiful fountain here... the water is drinkable by the way! |
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| The Risotto Ball at Closeup! |
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| The Christmas Village |
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| At the Street of Amalfi |
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| Beautiful Town but Crowded with Tourists |
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| In Front of the Museum |
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| At the Coast |
After Amalfi, we had our lunch at Scala which is at the
higher ground thus we had a great view of the coast. We had the seafood pasta
and grilled fish along with lemon cake and white wine. The lemon cake was
divine!
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| Continue uphill to Scala |
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| A Picture from the Top! |
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| The Restaurant |
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| A Picture of Ravello from Scala |
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| Bread |
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| Seafood Pasta |
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| Grilled Seabass |
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| Lemon Cake |
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| View is Amazing from the Top huh? |
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| Sammy was at Scala too! |
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| Goodbye Scala |
Our bus then continued to Ravello. We went to visit the
Villa Rufolo to get some ‘postcard view’ picture of Amalfi before going to the
main square with the bright picturesque 11th century cathedral. Unfortunately our time was short thus we had
to rush back to the bus which was parked at a distance.
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| Swimming Pool near Ravello |
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| At Villa Ruffolo |
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| More Landscape |
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| A View of Amalfi from Ravello |
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| This is the "Postcard View" when you type in Amalfi in Google! |
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| Can i have this tree? |
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| The Church at the Square |
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| Goodbye Ravello |
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| The Famous Auditorium at Ravello |
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| Leaving Too Soon.. =( |
Our bus was supposed to pass over hills to Castellammare
for the highway but apparently a storm destroyed some part of the road thus
our driver had no choice but to drive till Salerno to reach the highway – this
means more scenic routes for us! *happy* By the way, the tourist bus was
supposed to go only 1-way thus the driver could not turn back to Sorrento by
using the same route.
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| Continue our Journey to more Stunning View |
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| More Towns on the Way |
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| I Forgot the Name since this was not in our Itinerary |
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| Quiant little Town |
We only arrived at Sorrento after 6.30pm since we took
the long route. We simply walked around Sorrento and stumbled upon a garden
which looked out to Marina San Francesco for sunset.
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| Piazza Tasso at Sorrento |
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| A View overlooking to the Coast in Sorrento |
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| Near Marina San Francesco |
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| A Church in Sorrento |
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| The Bell Tower? |
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| Look down to Marina San Francesco |
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| Admiring the Sunset |
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| Can't really see it though due to the Cloud |
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| This is all we have.. |
After that we went back to
Da Emilia at Marina Grande for dinner again. This time we ordered the grilled
calamari and Ravioli with tomato sauce. Just like last night, we ate all the
tomato sauce as it was simply too divine! Comparing today’s meal with last
night’s, we actually preferred the dishes last night as the grilled calamari
was not as nice as our meal in Mykonos (link) whereas the ravioli was a bit too
thick. Thus our allegiance remained at their gnocchi and seafood platter. Our
pickup would come to fetch us to Napoli airport at 4am in the morning for our
flight to Venice so we rested early to prepare for another adventure in Venice.
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| Cute little Doggie!!! |
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| In Front of Da Emilia |
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| Grilled Calamari |
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| Ravioli with Tomato Sauce |
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| Walking back to the Hotel |
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| Dessert at Gelato Raki near Piazza Tasso |
Next Day (A Crowded Day in Venice)
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