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 Sunflower Landscapes of Sorrento, Amalfi, Capri: Car Tours & Walks
by Julian TippettFrom the Sunflower Landscapes Guides series. Sorrento, Amalfi and Capri - a wonderful area for walkers, brilliantly described by Julian Tippett. Accident of history and steepness of terrain have preserved a network of ancient footpaths which reaches from the coastal towns of the Neapolitan Riviera into the surrounding countryside. These paths take you almost from your hotel doorstep up into the lemon groves. You can visit hillside villages or remote monasteries and be regaled by the most stunning of views all along the way. The paths are often paved in stone or, if climbing steep hillsides, consist of flights of steps. The flowers are a constant delight: from broom and rosemary in March to freesias and cistus in May. In autumn, the woods are carpeted with cyclamen. Most of the paths described can be followed easily by people who do not claim to be regular walkers, though committed hikers will like them just the same. If you're having a 'lazy' day, you can just take a bus up into the hills and walk back down to your hotel. - Walking is best in April, May, June and September.
- Where to Stay: choose Sorrento or Amalfi - you will be able to access all the walks quite easily using local buses.
- 7 car tours, 73 walk segments, 17 excursions with picnic
- Plans of Sorrento, Positano, Amalfi, and Ravello
- 136 pages + touring/walking map
"We have been extremely pleased with previous publications covering Corfu, Western Crete and Majorca. On those occasions, we made more use of the car tours because the children are young and not keen walkers, be we still managed to find more remote parts of these countries and to see something of the life and culture of the local people. This is, to my mind, what travel is all about. On one of your walks, we met only dogs, local inhabitants, and another couple clutching the Sunflower guide! Good luck with this series. I recommend it to all my friends, as I do not think that there is a better publication for those of us who want to explore the 'real' countryside of Europe. "
--E.M.W., Crewe  Paperback 136 pages - 4" x 8 1/4" - 4th edition (8/07)
SL1489 Sunflower Landscapes of Sorrento, Amalfi, Capri: $15.99
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