CONTENTS
Map legend
Overview map
Introduction
Flowers and plants
Wildlife
Exploring and bases
Information
Getting there
Getting around
When to go
Accommodation
Culinary delights
What to take
Maps
Emergencies
Using this guide
Dos and don’ts
Ischia
Walk 1 Over Monte Epomeo
Walk 2 Bosco della Maddalena
Walk 3 Maronti to Sant’Angelo
Walk 4 Piano Liguori traverse
Capri
Walk 5 Sentiero dei Fortini
Walk 6 Over Monte Solaro
Walk 7 Villa Jovis loop
Walk 8 Arco Naturale–Faraglioni circuit
Sorrento
Walk 9 On Monte Sant’Angelo
Walk 10 Bagni della Regina Giovanna
Walk 11 Monte San Costanzo and Punta Campanella
Walk 12 Monte San Costanzo
Walk 13 Baia di Ieranto
Walk 14 Sant’Agata to Massa Lubrense
Walk 15 Marina di Crapolla
Walk 16 The Siren trail
Walk 17 Sant’Elia
Positano
Walk 18 Santa Maria Castello to Montepertuso
Walk 19 Montepertuso–Fornillo circuit
Walk 20 Sentiero degli Dei
Walk 21 Above Praiano
Walk 22 Grotte di Santa Barbara
Walk 23 Furore Fjord
Amalfi
Walk 24 Upper Valle delle Ferriere
Walk 25 Valle dei Mulini, Ferriere and Pontone
Walk 26 Torre dello Ziro
Walk 27 Ravello to Amalfi via Valle del Dragone
Walk 28 Ravello and Santa Caterina loop
Walk 29 Minori–Atrani–Amalfi
Walk 30 Minori and San Nicola
Walk 31 Santuario dell’Avvocata
Walk 32 Badia Santa Maria dell’Olearia
Appendix A Italian–English glossary
Appendix B Walk summary table
Appendix C Further inspiration
Walks 20, 24, and 27, in particular, were unforgettable
[Gillian's] book was an inspirational guide: walks 20, 24, and 27, in particular, were unforgettable, and I'm looking forward to doing more walks when I next visit. I spent two weekends around Amalfi, armed with [the] book. Can't wait to do it again! - David
A great guide
This is another of Cicerone's foreign travel guides and visits one of the most popular tourist destinations in Italy which is dominated by some magnificent sea cliffs and inland by the Monti Lattari, the mountainous backbone soaring to spectacular heights behind Sorrento. The book contains 32 walks in five main regions; The Island of Ischia, its more well known neighbour Capri, Sorrento, Positano and Amalfi.
Many of the walks have dramatic scenic views down onto the azure blue Tyrrhenian Sea. In addition to the walks there are chapters on Flowers and Plants, Wildlife, Exploring and Bases, Getting there, Getting Around, When to Go, Accommodation, Culinary Delights, What to Take, Maps and Emergencies plus How to use the Guide.
Distances for the walks range from three kilometres (1.8 miles) to 11 kilometres (seven miles). The walks are also graded from one to three with one being easy and three being fairly strenuous. Gillian Price, travel writer and photographer, now lives in Venice with her Italian husband Nicola and knows Italy intimately. She recommends Spring and Autumn for the best time to walk in this area as Summer can be somewhat overpowering as I found out personally whilst there at the end of August when the temperatures were still in the mid-thirties.
The walk descriptions are good and as well as the routes themselves, Gillian also includes a plethora of information about the history of the area. If you are visiting the Amalfi coast and would like to include a walk or two whilst on holiday this is certainly a great guide to take with you to enjoy.
Your wonderful guides have been a pleasure to read, and have been particularly helpful, thank you!
Dear Ms Price,
For the last 20 years, my wife and I have relied heavily on Cicerone guidebooks. Your wonderful guides for Amalfi, Dolomites, and Gran Paradiso have been a pleasure to read, and have been particularly helpful, thank you!
Thanks again!
Dan & Cheryl
Seattle, WA
Just wanted to comment on your book Walking on the Amalfi Coast. I walked # 25 - Ravello to Amalfi via Valle del Dragone and it was a perfect hike with perfect directions. I had some naysayers with me who thought the book and its directions were all wrong and at one point did not want to continue on. But I kept saying trust the book. And we hit every landmark you said would be there, arriving in Amalfi a little over an hour and a half later. They could not believe we ended up where we did. The book was wonderful and it was like following a visual treasure map. Thank you for the great work.