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Marina Grande is the small fishing harbor below Sorrento’s cliffs, reached by a steep path or steps from the town center. Free. The colorful houses, fishing boats, and waterfront restaurants make it the most picturesque corner of Sorrento. The restaurants are not the cheapest, but a cheap option is to buy supplies from a town supermarket and eat on the harbor wall. Budget travelers swim from the small beaches and watch the boats come in.
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Amalfi is the town that gives the coast its name, a small settlement crammed into a valley between cliffs with a 9th-century cathedral (free entry to nave, paid cloisters), a Paper Museum (the town invented European paper manufacturing, paid, cheap), and a harbor front of restaurants and lemon groves. Free to walk.
The Sentiero degli Dei (Path of the Gods) is a hiking trail high above the Amalfi Coast, running from Agerola to Nocelle above Positano. Free.
Positano is the most photographed town on the Amalfi Coast, a cascade of pastel houses tumbling steeply down to a gray pebble beach. Free to walk (the steep streets ARE the exercise).
Ravello is a hilltop town 350 meters above the Amalfi Coast with two famous gardens (Villa Rufolo and Villa Cimbrone, both paid), a 13th-century cathedral (free), and views that inspired Wagner, Grieg, and Gore Vidal.
Sorrento sits on cliffs above the Bay of Naples, a compact town of narrow streets, lemon-scented gardens, and views across the water to Vesuvius. Free to walk.
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