Epic Hikes of the World ( PDFDrive )

do? We go old-school and use our feet.
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colourful homes on the Positano hillside
“There’s a small, vertigo-inclined part of me that feels an urge to leap
for the islands… perhaps the sirens do still sing?”
People have long been drawn to the wildly wonderful Amalfi Coast. Greeks,
Romans, Normans, Saracens, Arab-Sicilians and more have left their traces. But for
millennia, visitors and settlers alike were reliant on boats or a steep network of
footpaths and mule tracks to get around; their grape, olive and lemon harvests had
to be hand-carried up staircases hewn from the stone. The Sentiero degli Dei –
Path of the Gods – is the most famed of these old farmers’ trails, running for
around 5 miles (8km) between the hamlets of Bomerano and Nocelle, then
onwards to the seaside resort of Positano. And when you don’t have to carry a
huge basket of fruit on your head, it’s the most spectacular of strolls.