Country Images Magazine North Edition November 2017 | Page 9

The Amalfi effect The Amalfi coastline is possibly one of the most famous places written about in Europe. It’s not for the faint hearted as vehicles squeeze past each other and the cars seem to breathe in to get through gaps that don’t really exist. Where two cars won’t even attempt to pass, the local buses will determinedly squeeze through. Th e area is a magnet to tourists who can’t get enough of the stunning views and bustling towns. Making a three day stop in Amalfi on our trip to Cilento in the south and, having failed to convince the car hire lady at Naples airport that a Ferrari was, in my view, ‘or similar’ when it came to choice of vehicle, we traversed our way along the tricky coast road. My idea to take a shortcut over the hills, rather than the boring motorway, and up through the village of Tramonti that I had taken years earlier on a scooter, was vetoed. Mind you it was dark by now but if you look at a map you will see just how much more fun and adventurous it would have been. CountryImagesMagazine.co.uk | 9