Campanica | Monitoring Italy's Campania region around Naples

ON THIS COAST EVERYTHING IS VERTICAL People don't speak of right or left but of up and down. The spine of the peninsula is the Lattari Mountains, which cascade from peaks of well over 1,000 feet straight into the Tyrrhenian Sea. Between Positano, Amalfi and Ravello is a scattering of smaller coastal villages—Praiano, Atrani, Conca dei Marini—each with their particular charm, pocket-size piazzas, ancient churches, and carefree sea air. The astute visit is in the shoulder seasons of April to June or September to October, when the swimming is still blissful but the crowds are thinner. The Timeless Allure of the Amalfi Coast | Condé Nast Traveler