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.
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