Refreshment and purchase points on the Amalfi Coast
GRAND TOUR BLOG | 17 June 2020

Refreshment and purchase points on the Amalfi Coast

Visit the Amalfi Coast: heaven in less than 50 kilometers of coastline

Where to stop to shop, eat and rest

The Amalfi Coast it is full of shops where you can buy everything but also refreshment points for refreshment, relax and rest.

Shops where to buy typical products

  • A Vietri sul mare there are shops for the production of pottery: among the best known it stands out “Solimene Artistic Ceramics“: was opened in 1947. It offers a wide range of products of the highest level: floor and table tiles, village, dinner services, pitchers and lamps. The items are all made in blue colors, yellow and turquoise: the typical colors of the coast tradition;
  • A Cetara which is the home of anchovy colatura there are various food shops where you can buy it as “Baptist Dolphin” in progress Umberto I, 58;
  • Ad Amalfi there is an exclusivity: the famous Charter Bambagina. It is a fine paper produced by hand since the Middle Ages: rags of linen are used, hemp and white cotton. It can still be found made as it once was “The Paper Mill” in Via delle Cartiere, 100;
  • A Conca dei Marini there is the laboratory of “Piccadilly pottery” in via Smeraldo 46 where you can choose precious ceramics;
  • A Positano, which it is the fashion must, you must definitely visit the shops scattered in the city that display clothes, pants, shirts, jackets, costume jewelry, the famous handmade sandals made to measure at the moment. But they are also wonderful pottery to be used in many ways.

Where to stop to eat

  • A minors where it is mandatory to stop to taste the pastry of the famous restaurant “Laughing Salt” overlooking the waterfront in Piazza Cantilena. Wonderful the pastiera and the ricotta and pear cake: not to mention the taste of loose lemon that can only be tasted on the Amalfi Coast. Here they also produce the famous Limoncello whose lemons have an intense flavor;
  • A Ravello you can have a coffee in the bar next to the “Belvedere” from which you can admire the splendid panorama below;
  • Ad Amalfi, strolling in Via dei Mercanti, you can taste a bag of fried seafood while tasting it with a good glass of wine;
  • A Praiano, in the enchanting bay of Marina di Praia, you can have an excellent coffee at the “Sea Bar” or in the restaurant “Pirate” to enjoy a lunch or dinner sitting on the rocks. You can also rent boats to visit Positano and Amalfi.

Where to sleep

  • A 2 km from Amalfi, there is “Hotel Marmorata“, a 4 stars, private descent to the sea and swimming pools;
  • Al Fjord at the “Locanda del Fiordo” you can sleep in a b&b dug into the rock overlooking the sea with a private descent to the sea;
  • A Praiano you can sleep at the “Costa Diva Inn” with swimming pool, outdoor hot tub and private parking. A corner of paradise silent and perfumed by lemons that act as a canopy at the restaurant tables. We prepare excellent cuisine based on the catch of the day. It is located in a scenic location: flowered terraces that go down to the sea. Always the Praiano there is’ “Torre Saracena hotels“, this too is located overlooking the sea and is surrounded by terraces with lemon and olive trees.


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