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Campania
About 21 miles away
A glamorous limestone island in the Bay of Naples, with its glowing sea cave.
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Amalfi
The coast's namesake town, once a sea power, below a striped cathedral at the top of a grand stairway.
- Open
- Always; the cathedral keeps its own hours
- Price
- Free; a small fee for the cloister and museum
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Piazza Duomo, AmalfiDirections
- Getting There
- The main bus and ferry hub of the coast.
Why Go
From the 9th to the 11th century, the Republic of Amalfi was one of the great trading powers of the Mediterranean. Its cathedral of St. Andrew, with a black-and-white striped facade, bronze doors cast in Constantinople and the Cloister of Paradise, rises above the main square.
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