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Tour of the Amalfi Coast

Location: Amalfi
Available Days: all days
Dates: from Jan 01 to Dec 31
Inclusions: Guide service
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It is another "must" of Campania beauties, an excursion by motorcoach along one of the world's most famous and beautiful coastlines - the Amalfi Coast.
This spectacular area draws hundreds of thousands of visitors each year to enjoy the mildness of the climate, the exotic vegetation of palms, lemon and orange trees and the remarkable sandstone cliffs which plunge dramatically into the turquoise Mediterranean sea. 
It is on these cliffs, where man has constructed one of the most magnificent road systems in the world, driving over which will have you bracing yourself for the next fabulous view at every corner.
Originally, Amalfi was a Roman town, but achieved its independence as the Republic of Amalfi through the 7th to 11th Centuries.  By the end of the republic, it rivalled Pisa, Genoa and Venice as one of the great maritime powers in the Mediterranean. At one time it had a population of about 70,000 inhabitants.  Ultimately, through wars with the Saracens and a devastating flood in the 14th Century, Amalfi weakened.
Today, the town of Amalfi with about 8000 citizens, located on the slopes of the Lattari Hills overlooking the Bay of Salerno, is  quiet most of the year, which bursts into activities with the arrival of thousands of summer tourists.