Sorrento and Positano

On the Amalfi coast we can find the beautiful cities of Sorrento and Positano, a must if your vacation has a romantic purpose.
Sorrento, near Naples, was founded by Greek, and then dominated by Etruscans until 420 b.C; during the Bizantine hegemony in Italy, flourished and obtained the status of Dukedom.
Famous because of its lemons, the city preserves a rich vegetation, tipical of the Mediterranean scrub.
Positano is renowned because of its towers, heritage of the Bizantine domination, built to see in time the Saracen fleet getting near the coast.
The towers were able to provide a very extended view, and permitted the fugue of the inhabitants of the town to the hills, an unknown territory to the Saracen sailors. olline, territorio impervio per i marinai saraceni.