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2025 May 6-7: Capri
Full day on the island May 6. Morning on the Airbnb terrace: Macchiati & croissants @ the bar (substantial savings if you don’t sit...
dougbergh
May 19, 20252 min read


2025 May 5: Naples & Capri
Mon 5th: Up early, bus to Naples, dropped big bags off at a bag storage shop at the airport, pizza in town, ferry to Capri! Naples:...
dougbergh
May 19, 20251 min read


2025 May 1: Sorrento
Took a longer scoot, 2nd trip to Sorrento - on the north side of the peninsula - maybe 2 hours to get there. The route: down to the...
dougbergh
May 14, 20251 min read


2025 April 30: Agerola
Decided to take a relatively short, morning hike. Halfway in, extended to a longer loop. Turned out to be very long, to the top of Monte...
dougbergh
May 10, 20251 min read


2025 April: getting around
A word on getting around on the Amalfi coast: Scooter. The road to anywhere from Agerola is down the 2000’ cliff with lots of...
dougbergh
May 10, 20251 min read


2025 April 29: Praiano
There’s a town on the coast on the way to Positano, we’ve stopped there a couple times. From there there’s a trail up to the path of the...
dougbergh
May 4, 20251 min read


2025 April 28: cliff below Agerola
Today we did a relatively short exploration of roads off of the Agerola road, on the cliff headed down to Amalfi. So this is, from above,...
dougbergh
May 4, 20251 min read


2025 April 27: Pogerola to Amalfi
Scooted to Pogerola, haggled a parking place with the locals, hiked to lunch in Amalfi & back. 6 miles horizontal, 1200’ vertical:...
dougbergh
May 3, 20251 min read


2025 April 26: Agerola
I’m way behind - doing this post on may 3 - wi-fi was out for days grrr…so text’ll be a bit sparse… Sunrise on the terrace: The town of...
dougbergh
May 3, 20251 min read


2025 April 25: Minori to Ravello
Long hike, maybe as much vertical as horizontal. Minori (on the coast) to Ravello (1200 ft up) for lunch, & back. The way up: Ravello:...
dougbergh
Apr 28, 20251 min read


dougbergh
Apr 28, 20250 min read


2025 April 23: Herculaneum
2 hour scoot over the mountain and through Castellammare to Herculaneum - a Roman city buried in the eruption of Mt Vesuvius in 79ad....
dougbergh
Apr 28, 20251 min read


2025 April 22: a day at the beach
Nice day, new swimsuit, we head for the beach. But first our daily stop at the Agerola/Amalfi/Positano crossroads for macchiato. This...
dougbergh
Apr 28, 20251 min read


2025 April 21: Sorrento
Scooted to Sorrento. From here you can get there through Positano on the south coast, or over the mountain to Castellammare an along the...
dougbergh
Apr 27, 20251 min read


2025 April 20: La Valle Delle Ferriere
Long, strenuous hike from home to a waterfall, then on to Amalfi, from which we took a bus back. BTW I have switched from Strava to...
dougbergh
Apr 25, 20251 min read


2025 April 19: Atrani & Ravello
Scoot down the hill to the lesser-known town next to Amalfi, Atrani: Then up to the better-known town of Ravello: Back home in San Lazaro...
dougbergh
Apr 25, 20251 min read


2025 April 18: potg, good friday
Did the whole path of the gods enchilada this AM, Agerola to Nocelle. Started at 10, returned at 2: Afternoon from the terrace: The town...
dougbergh
Apr 20, 20251 min read


2025 April 14-17: Agerola, Positano
14thAM AllTrails hike into the woods behind San Lazzaro: Typical farm work truck in town: 15th stuck around San Lazzaro. Hike to...
dougbergh
Apr 20, 20251 min read


2025 April 13: Praiano
Stuck around San Lazzaro in the AM, hike down the cliff a ways: Tea on the piazza: Then down the cliff to the sea on the scooter. Stopped...
dougbergh
Apr 17, 20251 min read


2025 April 12: Agerola
Stayed close to home today. Morning from the courtyard: Couple hour hike down the mountain from the path of the gods endpoint: The cafe...
dougbergh
Apr 15, 20251 min read
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