Although I might bias, there is no better coastline than that of Italy’s Amalfi Coast. Bright colored houses are stacked like a game of Jenga right up on the beach. The visibility is amazing, and the blue ocean spans on for miles and miles. My trip to Sorrento on Italy’s Amalfi Coast took place my second weekend studying abroad in Rome, and was our first unforgettable trip of the semester.
The majority of the semester we traveled via a travel company, Bus2Alps. The bus trip to Sorrento was about four hours, which felt like no time at all with how excited we all were. That night we checked into our hotel and enjoyed a drink on the rooftop bar before heading to bed early for the exciting day ahead.
Friday morning we woke up and took a ferry ride to the island of Capri. Once there we explored the Blue Grotto, one of the seven natural wonders of Europe, which depending on conditions glows neon blue. Once awestruck, we took a boat tour around the rest of the island. After disembarking the boat, we walked into the town of Capri and enjoyed lemon slushes and Limoncello, as Capri is famous for their lemons. From there we piled into buses and headed to Anacapri, the highest part of the island.
In Anacapri our first stop was to Canfora, an Italian sandal maker who made shoes for Jackie Kennedy. After a reassurance that our custom sandals would be dropped off at our hotel, we rode the chairlift to the top of Mount Solaro for incredible views of the whole island. We spent the afternoon eating lemon gelato on the beach and then headed back to Sorrento for dinner, for the best gnocchi alla Sorrentina I’ve ever had.
Saturday we spent the day at the beach in the town of Positano. The little town is incredibly colorful with black sand beaches. On our walk down to the beach we passed multiple couples taking wedding pictures due to the beauty of the location. Also along our walk we stopped at Vini e Panini for the best sandwiches on the Amalfi coast. After relaxing on the beach, we went cliff jumping and cave diving. That night, we went back to the rooftop bar for our final night on the Amalfi Coast.
Oh The Places You'll Go 