The Amalfi Coast strings a series of cliff-clinging villages along a road of hairpin bends. Positano tumbles to the sea in pastel layers, Amalfi guards its striped cathedral, and Ravello floats high above with the finest gardens and views.
Travel by ferry where you can — arriving by sea is the most beautiful way to see these towns, and it spares you the famously busy coast road.
Beyond the Amalfi Coast, Italy is ringed with stunning shores: the Cinque Terre, the Ligurian Riviera, Sardinia turquoise bays and the wild capes of Sicily.