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Salerno Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Salerno, Italy
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The Amalfi Coast
This is a top pick! The Amalfi Coast is too far to bike to from Naples, so I dropped down to the city of Salerno. From there, I was able to bike the 25 miles to the trailhead of the Path of the Gods, a great trail along the coast. I biked up to Bomerano, where the trail ...
When in Rome, or Venice or Naples
... the though of two nights all together in the van left the nerves feeling a bit frayed! The coastal road eventually flattened out near Salerno and there were at last the first set of campsites since the eat coast, Italians do love to sit at the beach at ...
We thought we were going to Palermo
... meet in Palermo and let him know we would be a little delayed in our arrival, he completely understood. While in Salerno we watched many forest fires working their way towards the town but miraculously never actually making it. We also spend ...
Il Papa
... was just a little hard to understand since everything was in Italian;) Afterwards, we headed back to the station and caught a train to Salerno, which is on the bay of Naples. After a long search for our hostel, we found something to eat and passed ...
Salerno
Salerno: What a beautiful little hotel we found just south of Salerno. Hotel Olimpico (that's how they spell it) has been all we could ask for. The kids enjoyed the pool a great deal, Keith and I tried our hand at tennis (twice), played ping pong on ...
Salerno
waiting for a train to Rome, after a scary bus ride along the coastal road - will load up the photos of how steep and windy it is, and how close it is when two buses bass when we get ...
Salerno
... aisle (both sides) devoted to all kinds of pastas. Momma Mia! After Vibo Valentia, we pushed on north and ended up in Salerno at another family-run marina. The Grandpa didn't speak English, but his son could communicate with us quite well. We told ...
Salerno
... know what you are talking about and just say whatever. They like to talk but its not always helpful. Anyway, the hostel here in Salerno is decent I think but this girl who has been staying here for like 5 nights doesn't like it. She thinks its like a ...
Salerno - home base for Amalfi Coast
... a better place to see Sorrento and Capri. I spent a little more time on the winding, cliff-hugging road than I really wanted. I arrived in Salerno, got my map and walked the main street to the hostel that used to be a convent. I was able to leave my bag ...
Salerno
Today we took the train from Rome to Salerno. We arrived at our hotel which is across the street from the sea, and discovered that it has a pool. Everyone (except Marusia) made extensive use of it. Water much warmer than the pool in Crete, although a ...
Salerno
We moored Quest at a marina in Salerno while we "land toured" Rome, Venice and Florence. We got back to Salerno and home again on good ship Quest. We spent the night at the dock and took off in the morning for Sardenia. We knew the trip would take at ...
Another sunny weekend away
... to Amalfi for dessert; some very tasty hazelnut gelato. They dropped me back at my hotel at about 6pm and I went for a wander around Salerno. I was still so full from lunch I certainly didn't need any dinner but I went for a few drinks. In the first bar ...
Arrive in Salerno
We got into Salerno, Italy. Got off the bus and headed for Pompeii, the final stop of the ...
Visit to La Doria
... produce mainly canned tomatoes, passata, fruit juices, spaghetti hoops/letters and pulses at five sites across Italy. On the first day I was given a presentation about which products they make at which site and a bit of info ...
The Amalfi Coast part 2!
... that had been found in the site and was the perfect way to pass some time before lunch. In the evening, back in Salerno, I went to a tiny restaurant called Hostaria Il Brigante that was recommended in my guidebook. It was fully booked apart from one ...
Pompei to Salerno - Amalfi coast
... shore line offered me its most magnificent treasures. The weather was gorgeous and the ride towards Amalfi was just immaculate. The road was very busy though and the cliff hanging roads did not make for easy riding. I just made it to Salerno before ...
Paestum- Magna Graecia 700 BC
... . These battles resulted in periods of poverty as well as periods of prosperity. The fact that Sorrento and Salerno have the best ports in southern Italy, played a role in the large numbers of Immigrants that left Italy for the US and Argentina in ...
Salerno - Casa di Mama di Pino
... Staying with Pino's mother was a real treat, I dined and rested like a king, his mother was of course a very kind and nice lady and I had a chance to use my Italian. I remained in Salerno for an extra day of resting and dining before I left for ...
Sorrento, Salerno and onto Rome
... panel on the left hand side, click 3D. This should take you on the same journey... Pretty cool :) After dusting ourselves off at Salerno, we headed for to Rome. A 3 lane highway most of the way that saw us in Rome around 4.30pm. Miraculously, the GPS ...
Amalfi Drive
... P&O trip to Sorrento and Amalfi. We head off along the autostrada catching a glimpse of Pompeii which was only a few minutes out of Salerno then head for Sorrento which is our first stop. We are assembled at a souvenir shop so we can use the loo and ...
From Brindisi to Salerno
... there! We followed the Autostrada north to Bari, then west across the southern Italian boot and then dropped down into Salerno. We had previously stayed at Salerno in 2007 when we toured Europe riding our Honda Deauville 650cc tourer. Then we ...
I thought it was a YOUTH hostel??
... and book it. This was a bad idea, because by the time we got there it was full! There are only 2 hostels in Salerno, and both were at capacity. Fortunately, they were nice and decided they would put together a spare bunk bed for us! We ...
First stop: Pompej (Salerno)
Pompej is the one and only guided tour we booked. We hadn't been to Pompej yet, so we figured it'd be nice to have someone around to tell us what we're looking at and to give some background information as well. Well, we pretty much could have saved ...
Day trip to Paestum and Wedding Photos
... can decline water or ask for tap water. Or you could order a half bottle of water. 40 minute train ride (3E) back to Salerno. I'm happy to find a supermarket on the way back to the hostel on Via Papio. We find it by asking people for directions to the ...
Cross Straights of Messina to Mainland Italy
... that it is cold. The central heating has limited hours. However, staff is very helpful and there are guidebooks you can borrow. Salerno had Europe's first school of medicine which was at its zenith in the 12th century. There is also a medical museum. We ...
Day 7
Well after a good sleep we headed off down town for breakfast . This would be my first day of driving felt a little bit nervous , Heading for Pompeii Anne said I drove OK only once did I for get which side to drive on ...
Weekend Orientation Trip
Hey everyone! So to kick off the start of the school year, my entire school went on a weekend trip to Salerno, Agropoli, and Sorrento. We all traveled on buses and stayed in Salerno at the Grand Hotel. On our way to Salerno, we stopped ...
Social and Surrounded Salerno
... thought were bug bites...more details later. Today I also took a ferry to Amalfi which is a small city a 36 minute ferry ride from Salerno. When I got there my first instinct was to get as high up as possible. I didnt have a helicopter so I climbed up ...
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