Archive for the tag 'Amalfi'
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Ravello 2017
Amalfi Duomo – Photo View
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 5th 2018
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Ravello 2017
Paradise Cloister – Chapels
12 Comments CherryPie on Mar 2nd 2018
The Duomo of Amalfi, situated at the top of a long flight of steps, dominates the city’s main square. During the Middle Ages Amalfi was one of four powerful Maritime Republics of Italy. It traded prolifically with other countries, in particular the Orient and the Maghreb. The monument complex of the Cathedral (Duomo) is a [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Feb 26th 2018
Filed under Holidays, Ravello 2017
Amalfi
As mentioned in a previous post we weren’t to keen on Amalfi. We found the town too busy and touristy for our liking with lots of crocodile lines of people following tour guides. This meant that apart from photographs of the Cathedral I didn’t take many photographs in Amalfi.
“The fountain “DE CAPE ‘E CIUCCI”
This fountain [...]
33 Comments CherryPie on Feb 21st 2018
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Ravello 2017
Ravello – Day Eight
After breakfast we headed off to catch the 9.35 bus to Amalfi, which surprisingly (after our previous experiences) arrived on time! We were travelling to Amalfi so that we could catch a boat to Capri. We arrived just in time to book the 10.30 boat with a return journey. I was a little dismayed that [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Oct 27th 2017
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Ravello – Day Six
This morning I had forgotten to put the alarm on but, luckily, I woke up anyway. Straight after breakfast we made our way to the bus stop to try our luck at catching a bus to Amalfi. After a few minutes we learned from someone else in the queue that the bus had left seven [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 25th 2017
