Villa Rufolo Ravello

I slept in this morning and missed breakfast. It was a much needed rest and recovery from my travels yesterday into Italy. When I woke and finally got out of my hotel it was just past lunch. I stopped in the little cafe below my hotel and got a few snacks for my walk around town. Since my hair is now growing out of control and still crazy curly, I …

The threat of rain continues to loom over us, but it cant take away from how impressive the scenery is while driving along the Amalfi Coast. Most of the time here was spent wandering the streets. The narrow alleyways made for a true Italian experience. We then took a bus up to Ravello in search of its renowned gardens. Ravello delivered more than I …

If you have the time and want a good overview description of what the Amalfi Coast is all about, take a look at this link: http://monasterosantarosa.com/amalfi-co ast/
Some of the verbiage is a little too much maybe, but it is better than I can relay.

Now for our day:

Another great breakfast, this time we had homemade …

... streets..glad mom and i decided to make it over there the last day. We saw this really nice piano concert in the villa rufolo and ate at this amazing restaurant overlooking the incredible water...all in all a very nice day indeed. Yesterday we enjoying ...

... lunch at a small restaurant and I ate my first margherita pizza. Yummy!! After lunch, we did some shopping and then visited Villa Rufolo.      The Villa Rufolo is a cliff-hanging villa with lovely gardens and (more importantly) a ...

... restaurant in Naples that Oprah raved about, it may be hard to always meet the high expectations. Make our way to the Villa Rufolo, a perfect synthesis of Arabic, Sicilian & Norman architecture, truly unique. Over time, the Villa  has had many ...

... the small village where we had cappuccino and pastries then went off to see two palaces. One being Cimbroni and the other Villa Rufolo. Both were beautiful with wonderful landscaping. I have attached pictures. The town was full of ceramics of the region. ...

... and Tuscany enjoying a family picnic, but instead they all descended the cliff road to Amalfi. We decided to visit Villa Rufolo in the small town of Ravello to find the lone umbrella tree that is the iconic image of the Amalfi Coast. Ravello is about ...

... piazza duomo. It bears the name of the family which created it in the 13th century. A festival (the Ravello Festival) every year has concerts here in Villa Rufolo. With the spectacular views of the Amalfi coast, it is a perfect venue. Jackie Kennedy, ...

... we made our way back to Ravello.  We made a day of touring the town.  The main attractions were the Villa Rufolo Gardens, the Villa Cimbrone Gardens and the Duomo (cathedral).  The flowers were not in full bloom due to the time of the ...

... cherries. The end point was the village of Ravello. While I shopped for ceramics for the Breck house, Eric toured Villa Rufolo in Ravello. Surprisingly, he met a lady from Birmingham, Alabama that worked with Eric's sister, Julie. What a small ...