The Bay of Salerno, mountains & castles

Another day of weather driven changes. Rather than drop anchor at Positano on the famous Amalfi coastline, we proceeded 25 miles further south to the major port of Salerno, where we could actually dock. The weather system that has made such wonderful mid 20C days has made for some very rough seas, too rough now to conduct Tender operations to ferry passengers to and from shore

But hey, no worries. When in Salerno . . .

We walked off the ship and strolled along a very Italianesque seaside boardwalk and then hopped on a city bus to take us to the top of a mountain, 350 metres up, where we toured the city’s old medieval fort. Some minor stair-master efforts resulted in spectacular views of Salerno Bay. A refreshment pit stop then back on the bus and back on board ship for a late lunch.

All in all and nice, easy “let’s be tourists” kinda day.Read more