I stayed at http://www.campingacquadolce.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; once and it was really nice and is in a load of orange and lemon orchards, I didnt even bother to get the tent out and just slept on the floor under the stars. It was in 1994 though and might have changed abit since
Ian Hulley wrote:You MUST take a SITA bus along the coast from Sorrento to Salerno (don't get off in Salerno and just ride the next bus back ), it's one of life's MUST do things, don't drive it yourself in your van or you will miss the scenery. Get the window seat passenger side from Sorrento and driver's side back
But being overtaken by a truck and umpteen mopeds (simultaneously) as you approach a blind hairpin bend with a bus coming round it is half the fun, isn't it? Certainly had me giggling like a muppet...
Take time to spend a day in Amalfi itself and drive up to Scala and Ravello ... we stayed there in 87 B.C. and it is beautiful.
Gawd, yes. Ravello - site of the bar with the best view in the world, underneath the terrace at Villa Cimbrone.
I stayed at http://www.campingacquadolce.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; once and it was really nice and is in a load of orange and lemon orchards, I didnt even bother to get the tent out and just slept on the floor under the stars. It was in 1994 though and might have changed abit since
jed
That could be a good stop off for the way back
Ian, definitely going to explore the coastline a bit, looking forward to that part of the trip probably the most.
lloydy wrote:That could be a good stop off for the way back
Mmm. Check nearer the time. La Spezia and the Cinque Terre were the epicentre of the flooding and landslides over the winter - very badly hit, including quite a few deaths, and the coastal walks between the five villages themselves were all closed off last we heard.
lloydy wrote:That could be a good stop off for the way back
Mmm. Check nearer the time. La Spezia and the Cinque Terre were the epicentre of the flooding and landslides over the winter - very badly hit, including quite a few deaths, and the coastal walks between the five villages themselves were all closed off last we heard.
The Oasi Park site in Diano Marina is cheap and cheerful ... $17 inc leccy, nice little town with Italian charm (if you aren't sick of it by then and can't wait to hit the border
Ian
The Hulley's Bus 1989 2.1DJ Trampspotter LPG courtesy of Steve @ Gasure
cheers for all the tips people
We have booked the two campsites that we are staying in in Italy, this one on the outskirts of Rome http://www.porticciolo.it/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; for four nights. Then this one on the Almalfi peninsular http://www.villaggionettuno.it/english/reservations.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; again for four nights. Which i think Adrian linked to earlier?
So they are the only ones set in stone.
On the way down we are planning Aires near commercy, on the border nearish to lake Geneva. Then Near Aosta Italy, then somewhere halfway to Rome. The way back, we have nothing planned but i think we will stay to the left of switzerland and up through France. Less than four months and counting....
in Ravello there is the best pasta restaurant in the world, real back alley place that does a painters pallet of different dishes. AMA,fi has the best gelato though
If you get a chance on the way down try to go through Tuscanny, as well as the usual chianti road there are beautiful little villages like Chitagnano and great places for wild camping as well as formal sites.
Last september I was fortunate to have to go to Turin for my work - couldnt recommend the place highly enough - if you get the chance I am sure you wouldnt be dissapointed.
Hotel Dogana Vecchio is lovely and in the old quarter - has car parking too
