... recommend visiting Ravello (catch the bus from the Amalfi harbor) to see the villas and the town. And right on the beach in Positano are several companies that will take you on a private zodiac boat tour for a couple hours along the coast, with stops for swimming - highly recommended ... more

... good restaurants and wonderful hotels, villas, and apartments, and the prices are lower. Praiano has a couple of nice little grocery stores where you get what you need for eating in if you desire. We usually have lunches on our patio looking out over the sea; it's fantastic. We ... more

... the pool (we stayed at Villa Casale when there were only 4 apartments and a family still lived in the main house) and generally enjoy Ravello with a little sight-seeing down to the coastal towns. We still think the views from Ravello are the best we've seen even ... more

Consider Praiano for your stay. It has some wonderful villas and apartments at pretty good prices. The village is nice and quiet, has several good restaurants, and the town goes from sea level to several hundred feet above sea level. The views are wonderful there also. ... more

... isolaverde/cumae Near Baia, imperial villas and a series of Roman baths covered by domes that are centuries older, and only slightly smaller, than the Pantheon http://www.pbase.com/isolaverde/baia Other individual Vesuvian villas also engulfed by the volcano's various eruptions.... http://www.pbase.com/isolaverde/boscoreale ... more

... have settled on a little villa outside of Ravello. We have agreed to 4 days in Rome. :) I looked at the map and understand where Capri is now (I'm so ignorant). so the main question now is: Do we do everything from our villa (in other words, park ourselves ... more

... rooms or a suite with 2 separate rooms. (living room & bedroom) Does anyone know of any nice hotels or apartment hotels that would fit our criteria? We considered renting a villa with a pool, but heard that burglaries of vacation rentals located outside the villages are common, is that true ... more

There were a few burglaries of outlying villas this past summer, including one owned by the family of the Mayor of Sorrento. However, the alleged burglars were arrested and there have been no further reports. Thousands of people rent villas in the area each year without this sort of mishap. ... more