Amalfi holidays

About Amalfi

A holiday to Amalfi will take you to the heart of the glamorous Amalfi Coast, with its café culture, stunning scenery and traditional local food. The main town of this UNESCO-listed coastline is a cluster of beautiful villas cascading down the cliffside to the fishing port and beach below. With its Medieval architecture, winding alleyways and steep steps, Amalfi is set in a landscape of lemon trees and olive groves, and has been a popular destination for the rich and famous for many years. Marina Grande is the pick of Amalfi's public beaches, with its technicolour umbrellas, snack bars and cafés. La Marinella Beach is much smaller, but still offers a two-metre-wide shelf of shingle, with a wooden walkway running above it. If you're looking for sand, you can head out to the villages of Minori and Maiori. The town's centrepiece is the Cathedral of St Andrew, a 13th-century building with a mix of European and Arabic architecture, and the Chiostro del Paradiso – a Moorish-influenced cloister with a tranquil garden in the centre. Boat trips from the harbour offer the chance to explore the coast's sunlit caves and pretty villages, including the Emerald Grotto and Furore Fjord, as well as the island of Capri with its designer boutiques and fashionable Piazzetta Square.