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Da VINCENZO
“One of my All-Time Favorite”
…… author Daniel Bellino Zwicke
BUCA di BACCO
POSITANO
“OUR FAVORITE”
TOP 10 PLACES to EAT in POSITANO
RESTAURANTS – DELIS – PIZZERIAS
1. BUCCA di BACO
2. Da VINCENZO
3. LATTERIA
4. CHEZ BLACK
5. DELICATESSEN
6. Lo GUARRACINO
7. RISTORANTE da CONSTANTINO
8. Le TRE SORELLE
9. La TAGLIATA
10. BAR PIZZERIA TRATTORIA
BUCA di BACCO RISTORANTE
Great Food and Views, with top-notch service.
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CHEZ BLACK
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An OLD FAVORITE
LATTERIA
This ITALIAN DELI TAKE-AWAY SHOP
HAS SOMe of The BEST FOOD in TOWN
SERIOUSLY !!!
It s Amazing who Much Great Stuff is in this Little Shop
They have an excellent selection of Cheese, Wine, Fruits & Vegetables
Their prpared foods, like ; Arancini (Rice Balls), Frittata, Baked Eggplant
Sandwiches and Pasta, is some of the Best Food in Town, and affordable.
This place has grown in popularity, due to their great Price value ration, and have
thus expanded their outdoor seating (tables). Go inside, browse the goods, order
then find a spot outside and enjoy, tasty food, at the best value in all of Positano.
You will find no better deal in town.
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TASTY SANDWICHES & PERFECT FRUIT
JUIECE, WINE, BOTTLED WATER
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The High Price of Positano Expensive Hotels
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WHY Are POSITANO HOTELS so EXPENSIVE ??
On Average, Hotels in POSITANO are expensive compared to other places you’d visit in Italy for 2 reasons : The inventory in Positano is limited. There are not many places to stay, especially budget friendly options. The demand to stay in Positano is high !!!
There are not many ways around it, hotels in Positano are “Very Very Expensive” … There are a very few instances where you might be able to get a room for less than $200 a night, but these are very rare, and the few rooms that are available at lowere prices are usually booked months in advance and if you go on Booking.com , Hotels.com , Expedia or any hotel websites, all of the cheaper rooms are likely already taken, and you will only find rooms (hotels) for $500 a night and up. Yes, “Saying in Positano is Very EXPENSIVE,” and there are not many ways around it if you want to stay in a Hotel right in Positano. Many who just can’t afford these insanely high-prices will opt to stay in nearby Sorrento or Salerno, in hotels thaat are much more affordabel and reasonably priced. Then they will take ferry boats or buses to get from Sorrento, Salerno, or Minori, to visit Positano on day trips, from their base in oter towns.
Other who have their hearys set on a stay in a hotel right in Positano, might opt to get a hotel room for just two days in Positano, and stay in a hotel in Sorrento or some place else for the remainder of their time in the area.
I myself used to stay in Positano all the time, back in the day, when Positano was a lot more affordable. I started going to Positano, way back in the Summer of 1985, long before the place becam inandated with way too many tourist, and began demanding price that were prohitive to those on a budget.
These days, I usally go stay on Capri for a few days, and when I want to be on the coast, I stay in either Salerno, or at the Villa Maria Lemon Farm Agriturismo that I discovered a few years ago.”The place is Amazin, and I just Love it.” And it’s so very affordable.
In 2019 I discovered a wonderful Hotel in Salerno, that I absolutely adore. It’s the Hotel Plaza, and is a wonderful place, that has a great location that makes it a perfect place to use a base to stay in and explore the entire area of the Amalfi Coast, whether you want to visit : Positano, Capri, Naples, Ravello, Pompeii, or any of the wonderful spots on the coast, and nearby.
I absolutely adore the Hotel Plaza in Salerno. What agreat find it was. I never expected such a great hotel when I booked it. I was on Booking.com , and it was affordable, and looked like a good place. Well it’s much better than good, “the place is Fabulous” !!! This is due inpart to the family who own it, how caring they are, and how wonderfully they run their hotel. And when it comes to the family, I am escpecially speaking of Gaetano, who was kind enough to befriend me, and go out of his way to take care of me, and make sure that I had a wonderful time in his hotel. He suceeded imeasurably.
Besides being a well run hotel, that is super clean, serves a tasty breakfast, is very affordable, and provides impeccable service, the Hotel Plaza has the best location of any hotel in all of Salerno. The Train Station is directly across the street, and the Marine Ferry Terminal where you can catch boats that will take you to Positano, Amalfi, Cetera, and Capri, is just a short 3 block walk from the hotel. No need for a Taxi.
You can get a room for $100 a night or less for two people, with a wonderful breakfast includes. And you can hop on train to explore Naples some day, and in a short 40 minute ride, you in Napoli, the World Capital of Pizza. Catch a ferry boat, and its 30 minutes to Amalfi, and about 50 minutes to Positano. The place is great.
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TYPICAL PRICES of POSITANO HOTELS
I checked the prices on a few hotels, and this is what I found.
The POSEIDON HOTEL was almost $1,200 a night. Not long ago, it would have been $350 per night.
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Le SIRENUSE is always expensive, at $2,760 a night.
My all-time favorite hotel in all of Positano, the Hotel Casa Albertina, which I say has Luxury for Less in my Amalfi Coast Guide Book, was one of the most affordable at $479 per night.
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HOTEL CASA ALBERTINA, Positano
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I Love this place. I first stayed there in the Summer of 1986, on my 2nd trip to Positano and the Amalfi Coast. The sons owner Lorenzo befriended me one I showed uo looking for a room. He gave me a special young persons price and introduced me to some of the locals, like the DeMartino’s who owned Bar DeMartino (no longer there), in front of Casa Albertina, and Da Vincenzo Ristorante, next to the bar. These three, have long been my favorite places in all of Positano. It makes me quite sad that Bar DeMartino is gone. It was such a cool place. I’d have my Aperitivo there everyday, after coming back from a day at the beach. And I’d hang out there at night, after dinner, which was way cooler than going to Music on The Rocks (local Night Club).
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Celebrating Positano
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Clebrating Positano. I first went to Positano in the Summer of 1985. It was my first time to Europe, Italy, France, and Spain, and the most wonderful, eye-opening trip in my entire life. I was blown away, and the feelings I felt were oh so wonderful. I can only think back and try to remember as much as I can, and wish that I can have those same feelings I can. I can’t. No matter how hard you try, it’s just about impossible to have those same magical feellings that you had in your youth. Can’t be done, so I try and savor them in my mind. That’s all I can do. And so I shall journey back in my mind, and attemp to recapture those days. The one in Positano anyway.
OK, here we go. So on this first trip to Europe and Positano, I had alread gone to Rome (Loved it), Florence, Barcelona, Nice, Manaco and The French Riviera, Venice, and now Positano, and the Amalfi Coast, Italy.
OK, so I’m heading down to Positano. It’s my first time. I take aet train from rome to Naples. In Naples I jump on the Circumvesuviana Local Train that goes from Naples to Sorrento and stops at more than 20 coastal towns along the way. I take to Meta, where I’ll pick up a local Sita bus that will take me to Positano. It woudl turn out to be the ride of my life. I got off the train, and went into the cafe to buy my bus ticket and get a glass of Orange Juice, and waited for the bus to arrive.
Twenty minutes at the cafe in Meta and the bus arrive. I hopped on. This bus rid would turn out to be the most amazing, gorgeous, and most memorabel bus ride of my entire life. It was spectacular as a a matter of fact. I was on the bus and we took off, making our way to Sorrento and then on to Positano, along the Amalfi Drive and the most spectacular part of the ride. We stopped in Sorrento, and that it was on to the Costiera Amalfitana and what many call the World’s most scenic road, The Amalfi Drive. I start seeing Olive Groves, little farms, and homes. The mountains begin to spring up out of the Sea and towards the Heavens, pratically straight up. And looking out of the windowI see the Sea spread out across the horizon. From the road, it’s a deep drop to the sea below. The view is, yes “Spectacular.” ! I tell you, it’s so very beautiful, the ride from just past Sorrento, on your way to Positano. It just so amazing, it’s really hard to put into words. As they say, “You had to be there.”
I marveled, looking out my window, all the way. I could have taken the ride, over and over again. I’ve never ever seen anything quite so beautiful, before or even after, to this very day (May 10,2023) some 38 years down the road.
When we truned the bend, I set my sights on Positano for the very first time, my heart went afflutter. I could not beelive my eyes. There it was, Positano. It was more beautiful than I could have ever imagined.
I was drawn to Positano after I listened to the stories of friends. They way the spoke, I just had to go. There wasn’t a whole lot of info on the place at the time, in the year 1985. There was no internet yet, and I hadn’t seen a million pictures on Instagram, like you can today. I saw a few pictures, but that was it. My friends had inspired me, and that was it. I had to go, and there I was, a beautiful June day, in the Summer of 85, I made it to Positano.
The Bar Internazionale
Positano
The bus stopped in a higher part of town, right in fron of the Bar International. I was pumped. I grabbed my bags and left the bus. I walked into the Bar. I wanted to freshen up a bit, and get directions to the Villa Antoinetta. the little hotel that Rene Ricard had suggested I saty at. He even wrote me a letter of introduction to the signora. So I figured I’d ask them isnide of the bar, and I’d get a little something to eat, a cold drink, and use the bagno. And that’s just what I did.
I had another orange juice, a ham & cheese panino, and I got directed. I was all freshed up and ready to trek down to the little hotel. I walked down the passageway that the people told me to walk down, and slowly made my way down. And as I walked, I marveled at each different view of the town, that sprung up from the sea below, hotels and home stacked one on top of the other, it seemed. There was a road, and lots of stairs and pasageways in-between. It was wonderful.
Daniel Bellino Zwicke
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