City on Town Dot the magnificent Amalfi coast from the Sorrento peninsula in Vietri sul Mare. While you can drive and bring buses beyond legendary villas and sumptuous hotels, the road along the coast that connects the villages is narrow and can be rather busy during the high season while everyone stops to admire the view. We advise you to rely from an area and to take ferries to the places you want to visit.
Taste the best from local bakeries
The author of cookbooks, the food writer, the culinary instructor and the native of the Costa Amalfita Ursula Ferrigno shared some of his favorite local bakeries with us.
Follow Ursula’s culinary adventures on Instagram a @ursulaferingo.
Pasticceria Sal de Riso
Minors
Ursula Picks: Try the ricotta and pear cake, a ricotta cake and pear with a base of hazelnut biscuits and caprese cake, a chocolate and almonds cake without flour, from the pastry shop Salvatore De Riso.
Salderiso.it and on Instagram a @Pasticcheriasalderiso
Pansa Pansa
Amalfi
Ursula Picks: Do not miss the famous lemon delight, with each component due to the lemon of Sfusato Amalfitano. Arriving at a second neighbor is the shell Santa Rosa, made with fresh puff pastry and full of seed, ricotta and candied orange peel. (Make sure you know more about Pansa Pansa in our oven profile on page 29.)
Pastrypansa.it and on Instagram a @PasticceriapansoFial
Savoy Antica Dolceria
Amalfi
Ursula Picks: Babà with lemon, a sponge cake immersed in lemon syrup, which is a turning point with a traditional version soaked in rum.
Savoiapasticcheria.it and on Instagram a @savoiapasticleria
Visit Vietri sul Mare
The beautiful city of Vietri sul Mare still an end of the Amalfi coast. If you are familiar with the beautiful Italian ceramic of the company based in the North Carolina Vietri, this city has been the inspiration and the homonymous for the founder Susan Gravely. Today you will find craftsmen still hand painted at the artistic ceramic Solimene, which is a great place to find a souvenir made locally. Make sure to walk through Vietri sul Mare to admire the surroundings of the doors with bright colors tiles that decorate the shops in the city and stop for lunch and an ice cream.
Stop on a granita stand
While traveling along the coast, you will find several small stands that will welcome passers -by to stop for the view and a refreshing granita based on local fruits. Our favorite was between Vietri sul Mare and Maiori and was absolutely incredible and a highlight of our time in the area.
Staying at the Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria
For our time on the Amalfi coast, we based on Sorrento and the five -star Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria, where we saw incredible sunsets on the Gulf of Naples and Mount Vesuvius every evening from the Vittoria terrace. The hotel has just been named number one throughout Italy and it is easy to understand why. The entrance is the welcome of all the welcome while guide through a lush Mediterranean garden and citrus fruits. You could even see the citrus fruits collected for the Marmalade Riserva of the hotel created by the culinary team and made sure that guests can take the house of Excelsior Vittoria. Legend has it that the Roman emperor Augustus had a villa in the same position, but since 1834, the hotel has been owned and managed by the Florentine family. In addition to the precious services and service at the Excelsior Vittoria, Marina Piccola is comfortably above, where the ferries arrive and leave. There is also a private lift for guests who leads directly to and the hotel, making it even easier to explore the ferry area. If you prefer to arrive in style, there is a landing for helicopters and the concierge service can organize a transfer from/from Naples.
Excelsiorvitria.com and on Instagram a @Excelsiorbtoria
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