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Why the
Amalfi Coast & Drive
in Italy
are special
Picturesque villages cling precariously to steep sea cliffs with breathtaking rocky-shoreline vistas. The landscape is profuse with bright-hued flowers - and the coastal air is rich in fresh ocean-spray scents.
Amalfi Coast
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The Amalfi Drive
This narrow and twisting Amalfi Drive is arguably the world's most beautiful and thrilling sightseeing road. It stretches 50 kilometers (30 miles) between Sorrento city and Amalfi village, the community that gave the coast its name.
A slight
element of risk?
The roadway has only occasional railings to keep your car from potentially plunging into craggy, breaker-washed sea boulders far below.
Which
driving
direction is best?
You can drive north or south on the Amalfi Drive. The fainthearted (but never the brave) prefer the northbound Amalfi Drive direction because the southbound lane precariously hugs the sea cliff edge.
Beware
of
the bus bullies?
If the southbound lane is not scary enough, visualize a seemingly endless parade of northbound tourist buses sometimes brazenly encroaching your slender lane.
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