To me Salerno is the best place to explore Amalfi coast, because
- It is a town of local people not just tourists
- It has reasonable prices
- It has a railway station
- My favorite hostel Ave Gratia Plena with its atmosphere, views, patio and fountain.
During one day we hopped on and off buses and boats along the Amalfi coast. The scenery during the boat rides were of course great, but the bus rides with the local buses were more exciting when the bus was climbing up the narrow mountain roads with a view to the sea down. We first took a bus to Cetara, which is a fishing village, with peaceful and clean beach and more serene atmosphere than the next famous towns, Amalfi and Positano. they are beautiful but full of tourists even in October. Our final goal was Sorrento, where I once had a best pizza of my life. Although we could not find that place, the pizza was good. On the way back to Salerno with train the small problem was that Pompei station, where the train from Sorrento stops is two kilometers away from that Pompei station from where the train goes to Salerno, so taxi was needed as it was dark already.
