Naples, Italy
Shore Excursion and Port Information
Nancy LaChance
Probably our favorite stop and a place where we’d like to return. With
new friends we met through this website we hired a private van from
sorrentolimo.com and enjoyed a memorable day with our guide, Alfredo,
whom I highly recommend. As we drove through Positano in a torrential
downpour, we pitied the drenched bus tour folks who had to keep to their
group itinerary that included a walk through town. Alfredo was convinced
that the weather would improve and recommended that we continue on to
Amalfi. The sun greeted us there and we delighted in our exploration of
this charming little village perched in the hills, sampling Limoncello
from shop to shop. From there we continued on to Ravello where Alberto
had made reservations for us a family style restaurant where we enjoyed
sharing antipasto, pasta samplers and the house wine.
Following our drive down the Amalfi coast we headed to Pompeii where we
spent a couple of hours marveling at the ruins of the ancient city that
was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD. You can almost see
the ghosts of its former residents riding horses, doing their daily
chores, luxuriating in the baths. So much of what made up their lives is
eerily in tact.