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I spent days looking at vacation rentals in the town of Amalfi on the Amalfi Coast. Positano or Praiano are the places to stay on the Amalfi Coast - a great selection of rentals and roads through the town so you don't have to climb so many steps. There are many steps in Positano, but the road snakes through town and a bus goes around, so you don't always have to climb them.
But I wanted to be in Amalfi because of the nearby hiking. The rentals in Amalfi all seem to require going up many steps. The ones in the center of town where it is flat all seemed to be on the 4th floor so had 80 or 90 staircase steps. Any with a view were up the pedestrian lanes with 200+ steps.
We spent two weeks in Positano last May and loved it (except that it was very crowded and the buses were sometimes full and not fun). We did a few great hikes from Positano and two from Amalfi. There are many more in the Amalfi area and I wanted to do them this time.
You can tell from the past tense that the trip is not going to happen. I almost booked this lovely place from Summer in Italy - Casa Lazira. It hangs on the cliff, well above the coast road, with views of the harbor and the sea, but it is 220 staircase steps to the apartment when starting from the coast road and 280 when going up the pedestrian alleys from town. I put it on hold and canceled it two days later. I think the stairs will be killer, especially after a day of hiking which will have a lot of stairs to climb up from the valley.
We once stayed in an apartment in Locarno, Switzerland with 200 steps - straight up from the street. We were much younger then and it was still daunting.
I did find some nice places in town, with only 55 steps up to the 4th floor. Loft Apartments. I wanted a 2 bedroom place because a friend was going to join us for part of the time. These apartments are probably small but look very nice and are at the back of Amalfi, away from the sea, near the Paper Museum. There are only shared outside areas and I was hoping for a table outside the door for morning coffee. One of the Loft Apartments does have a small private outdoor area.
The main problem with this trip is that I left it too late. I started looking several weeks ago, blinked, and three weeks had gone by. There are limited flights from London (two a day from Gatwick and one is 6am!) and all the good prices were gone.
I looked up the weather for end of March/early April and it shows temps in the mid 60sF with lots of sun and maybe some rain. We had temps around 70 and a few days of rain last year in May.
So, this post is just me moaning that we don't get to go away before Easter.
Photo showing the hiking trail - many steps down to Amalfi.
But I wanted to be in Amalfi because of the nearby hiking. The rentals in Amalfi all seem to require going up many steps. The ones in the center of town where it is flat all seemed to be on the 4th floor so had 80 or 90 staircase steps. Any with a view were up the pedestrian lanes with 200+ steps.
We spent two weeks in Positano last May and loved it (except that it was very crowded and the buses were sometimes full and not fun). We did a few great hikes from Positano and two from Amalfi. There are many more in the Amalfi area and I wanted to do them this time.
You can tell from the past tense that the trip is not going to happen. I almost booked this lovely place from Summer in Italy - Casa Lazira. It hangs on the cliff, well above the coast road, with views of the harbor and the sea, but it is 220 staircase steps to the apartment when starting from the coast road and 280 when going up the pedestrian alleys from town. I put it on hold and canceled it two days later. I think the stairs will be killer, especially after a day of hiking which will have a lot of stairs to climb up from the valley.
We once stayed in an apartment in Locarno, Switzerland with 200 steps - straight up from the street. We were much younger then and it was still daunting.
I did find some nice places in town, with only 55 steps up to the 4th floor. Loft Apartments. I wanted a 2 bedroom place because a friend was going to join us for part of the time. These apartments are probably small but look very nice and are at the back of Amalfi, away from the sea, near the Paper Museum. There are only shared outside areas and I was hoping for a table outside the door for morning coffee. One of the Loft Apartments does have a small private outdoor area.
The main problem with this trip is that I left it too late. I started looking several weeks ago, blinked, and three weeks had gone by. There are limited flights from London (two a day from Gatwick and one is 6am!) and all the good prices were gone.
I looked up the weather for end of March/early April and it shows temps in the mid 60sF with lots of sun and maybe some rain. We had temps around 70 and a few days of rain last year in May.
So, this post is just me moaning that we don't get to go away before Easter.
Photo showing the hiking trail - many steps down to Amalfi.