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The Amazing Amalfi Coast

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 Italy's Amalfi Coast is a huge tourist mecca for millennia, and once and for all reason. This small part of southwest Italian coastline has caught the imagination of humans for generations. Indeed, Capri, a small island off the coast, was a popular resort during the time of the Roman Republic. Emperors and governors built massive villas and estates there. Emperor Tiberius permanently relocated to Capri to run the vast Roman empire from his villas until his death higher than a decade later. The island of Capri and the famous Blue Grotto make an excellent kick off point for a comprehensive investigation of the region. Popular trips with limited time usually begin in the city of Naples, that visitors can take a hydrofoil directly to Capri. After a couple of days on Car service from Rome to Amalfi coast Capri, a shorter ferry can get you directly to the mainland, to the quaint town of Sorrento. I absolutely fell in deep love with this town when I visited as a teenager. Rome was too