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Amalfi Coast Travel Ciao Amalfi San Valentino

PHOTOGRAPHY · February 14, 2014

Foto Friday: Buon San Valentino!

Love is in the air ... and not just for Valentine's Day today. It's sunny and beautiful on the Amalfi Coast! This morning I snapped this shot of the chocolate on display and the buildings of Amalfi reflected in the curved glass windows of the Pasticceria Andrea Pansa in Piazza Duomo. The white ...

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Amalfi Coast Travel Stormy Weather Marina Grande Beach Amalfi

TRAVEL · February 10, 2014

Stormy Sunday Morning in Amalfi

There was a little break in the bad weather, but it came back in a dramatic way this weekend! The rain and wind storm Sunday morning is up there in the top 10 bad storms I've seen since moving to the Amalfi Coast. This was one of those ...

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Ciao Amalfi San Biagio Church Amalfi

PHOTOGRAPHY · January 31, 2014

Foto Friday: San Biagio in Amalfi

This week's photo shows one of my favorite spots in Amalfi where you can see how the buildings were built right into and around the mountains. I love how they're all stacked up on top of one another! At the top of the heap is the Church of San Biagio (or Saint Blaise). The zigzag staircase leads to ...

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Harmont and Blaine Photoshoot in Amalfi Clothes

LIFESTYLE · October 13, 2013

Harmont & Blaine on the Amalfi Coast

One day last spring I was hurrying along the harbor in Amalfi to catch the boat to Positano. I stopped for a second when I noticed a photo shoot taking place at the end of one of the piers. I looked down at the prep area where all of the outfits were carefully arranged on racks and the ground was ...

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Amalfi Coast Travel Santa Croce Beach Amalfi

TRAVEL · August 6, 2013

A Summer Swim at Santa Croce

The waves splash against the side of the small boat as it turns toward shore and the brilliant orange umbrellas at the Santa Croce beach. Somewhere in the mountains soaring above the Amalfi Coast road twists and turns its way through Vettica, a hamlet of Amalfi, and closer by the buoys bounce up and ...

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Last Voyage of the Valentina by Santa Montefiore

WRITING · June 22, 2013

Summer Reads for Amalfi Coast Lovers

The summer has arrived and with it comes some much needed beach time with a great book. I hope your summer brings you travels to a warm and sunny destination ... perhaps even the Amalfi Coast! If you can't make it to the Amalfi Coast this summer, I've put together a list of books set on or about the ...

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Ciao Amalfi Coast Travel First Swim Summer Beach

TRAVEL · June 20, 2013

Primo Bagno

  This spring has been an odd one on the Amalfi Coast with many days of rain and surprising chilly weather. When the weather finally got the messsagio that it was time for summer, the beaches went from empty to busy practically overnight. Everyone was eager for the primo bagno ... or ...

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Ciao Amalfi Coast Travel Drive

TRAVEL · May 5, 2013

A Sunday Drive to Salerno

The first sunny weekend on the Amalfi Coast and everyone ... and I mean everyone ... hits the road for a drive. When there's only one road, that can be problematic. But with the Amalfi Coast road, it's always best to pack a little extra patience ... and your camera! Fortunately, there are the views ...

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Ciao Amalfi Coast Blog Sunny Saturday April

TRAVEL · April 6, 2013

On a Sunny Saturday in April

It amazes me each spring just how quickly we can forget certain things. Dinner with the gas heater blazing by the table for warmth, the hot water bottle (or cat) sitting on my lap to keep my fingers warm enough to keep typing and that old "for the rain it raineth every day" attitude. But then one ...

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HISTORY & CULTURE, TRAVEL · March 29, 2013

Sunny Palm Sunday in Amalfi

Palm Sunday arrived last weekend with some much needed sunshine for the Amalfi Coast. We opened the windows in the morning and sat up a small table nearby to enjoy the warmth of the sun during breakfast. After that there was only one thing to do ... go and enjoy the sunshine and the holiday ...

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Sunshine in Amalfi for Valentine's Day

LIFESTYLE · February 14, 2013

Buon San Valentino!

After hearing the weather predictions for this week, we never expected such a glorious day with sunshine and bright blue skies for Valentine's Day. What a pleasant surprise ... the perfect setting for love! After lunch in Amalfi we were strolling along the port and I recalled an email a reader sent ...

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Amalfi Harbor New Year's Day 2013

LIFESTYLE · January 15, 2013

The New Year

The beginning of a new year is always a special time - for reflection, for a pause in the hubbub of daily life and for hope for the year ahead. Even though it's just one of the many days each year, it still feels something like a blank canvas or that crisp, empty page of a new notebook. Boy there's ...

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My name is Laura and the Amalfi Coast is my passion and my home. I’m a writer and photographer who is endlessly inspired by the incredible beauty of the Amalfi Coast. Welcome to Ciao Amalfi!

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Weekend ✨✨✨ in Amalfi. Weekend ✨✨✨ in Amalfi.
Last week I met a beautiful and kind woman who sha Last week I met a beautiful and kind woman who shared with me a little bit about her experience with breast cancer. It’s a topic that has been on my mind a great deal lately, as it is like clockwork every six months as I go through my usual round of check ups. She spoke so gently and simply about how when she looks back on the experience now she sees all the gifts that it brought her - something that hit me on a profound level. Gifts. 

I don’t know exactly why I’ve hung on to this little appointment card from Tuesday, June 15, 2021. It was for my first ultrasound where the breast cancer was found. It’s not exactly the sort of thing to be sentimental over. Looking at it today—three years later—and feeling very grateful for everything being clear and good after the latest tests, I thought of this song. This card is a little souvenir of a terrible year. But, after that recent conversation, I realized that I don’t look back at it that way anymore. Because it was also a colorful year in so many ways. Maybe I’ve hung onto it because I needed to realize that the biggest gift I can give myself is to remember the gifts. Thanks, Sally! 💙
The number of directions I went in today felt some The number of directions I went in today felt something like this ceramic tile pattern in the Duomo of Amalfi. And just as lovely!
These beautiful June days remind me of being on Ca These beautiful June days remind me of being on Capri last summer and finally visiting @villalysis. One of the most splendidly serene places I’ve been to in Campania. 💙
What I love about June in Amalfi: the brilliant bo What I love about June in Amalfi: the brilliant bougainvillea against the deep blue sky, the screams of swifts swirling above the Cathedral early in the morning, the way the air is still a little cool before the sun rises over town, the rows of colorful beach umbrellas, the way the scent of our neighbor’s jasmine suddenly arrives inside our home, the return of friends who come in the summer, and warm walks along the sea after dark. 

I love having a birthday in June. But since I will be back in Nebraska with family for my birthday later this month (for the first time in years! 🎉), I’m making sure I really sit and notice everything I love about this month in Amalfi. And, yes, I’m one of those people who stretches out birthday celebrations for as long as possible! 💙
Oh I do love these lovely June days in Amalfi! Oh I do love these lovely June days in Amalfi!
A chronicle of a love foretold in this beautiful l A chronicle of a love foretold in this beautiful little book by André Aciman (@acimanandre) set on the Amalfi Coast. Read more in my latest newsletter, including some lovely vintage postcards of Positano and Praiano (link in bio).
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