Ravello

Molto bello. Comodo anche il parcheggio dell'Auditorium che consente di arrivare facilmente in centro.

Ravello Comune della prov. di Salerno (8,1 km2 con 2508 ab. nel 2008). Il centro è situato presso la costa meridionale della Penisola Sorrentina, a 350 m s.l.m., su un contrafforte che divide la Valle del Dragone dalla Valle del Regina e domina tutto il Golfo di Salerno. Stazione climatica di fama mondiale, con un intenso movimento turistico. Fondata circa nel 6° sec., durante la guerra gotica, se ne hanno sicure notizie solo dal 9° secolo. Nel 1087 fu eretta da Vittore III in sede vescovile. Per l’appoggio dato nel 1135 ad Amalfi contro i Pisani, fu da questi devastata (1137). Unita al ducato di Amalfi, raggiunse grande floridezza nel 13° secolo. La città è caratterizzata dalla bellezza del paesaggio e dei monumenti, improntati a caratteri arabo-siculi dei secoli 11°-13°: il duomo, dell’11° sec., rimaneggiato nel 18°; S. Giovanni del Toro (ambone del 12° sec.) e altre chiesette romaniche di originale architettura locale; il palazzo Rufolo (13° sec.), situato in posizione dominante, con magnifico cortile a doppio ordine di archi incrociati e un giardino ricco di piante esotiche, che ispirò a R. Wagner le pagine del Parsifal dedicate al giardino di Klingsor.

Absolutely beautiful

It's fantastic

Buses to/from Amalfi (and other locations) stop here. Get your tickets on a Tabacchi shop in front of the church. Bus drivers do NOT sell them on board

Unorganized bus line running between cities on the Amalfi coast. The bus line is OK, considering that the amalfi roads are hard to drive on, and that there is a lot of trafic. But still, there are a lot of things wrong with this bus organization. Out of all the busses I took, only one arrived on time, and still had seating places. There is no space on the Bus, since all the staff members try to cram up to 80 people in one bus. The duration of the bus from point a to point b is underestimated, and the bus takes up to 20 minutes longer to arrive there, which is partially because of the stau. The bus tinetable is very confusing, since the busses don't arrive at regular intervals, instead arrive completely out of pattern, which makes it impossible to predict the next bus. Also the bus sometimes runs only on weekdays or on no school doys, or on public holidays, which is too hard to memorize. There are very few busses, which arrive at intervals of 1-3 hours which is outrageously long for such a popular tourist destination. I have seen a way better bus service on the island of Sifnos in Greece, where the busses came every hour at a fixed time, and actually arrived on time. A bus route serving about 60 passengers every day would have more busses running the route, than the Amalfi-Positano-Sorrento stretch. Tickets are priced reasonably for tourists but become expensive for the locals, since for the same price, you could buy a bus ticket in a capital city. Most of the staff are kind and agnowledgable, but some are rude and just ignorant. One bus driver wouldn't display the destination until the time of departure, which caused a lot of confusion, and made the bus overcrowded, and full of passengers going to the wrong destination. You don't really have any other form of transportation except the car, which means that you would have to pay the expensive 11 euro per hour parking in Amalfi, to ensure that it doesn't get stolen,or broken into, which, by the way the area is infamous for. There is also a lack of parking spaces in most of the cities (especially Positano,Amalfi, and Sorrento) which makes it even harder to park and takes a lot of time. You have got to take this bus to get around but generally try to avoid it. Not Reccomended!

The city of art and music in a scenery of an idyllic atmosphere (ovbiously not in the peak of tourism yet worth visiting) you can buy beautifully decorated plates while enjoying the landscape . Bear in mind that there are not many places to sit and drink a lemonadein the main square.

Nice town, very small, best time to visit it in middle seasons. Beautiful panorama and the two villas. Be careful if you suffer the road because the many of rounds to reach/leave the town. And be careful to the parking: 5 Euros per hour. For the rest, enjoy Ravello!! (And don't miss the famous concert if you can)