Winter in Meta di Sorrento

The winter months on the Sorrentine Peninsula and the Amalfi Coast is known to be very quiet and some say, don't go, it's all closed, so on a very sunny February weekend we decided to take a drive down to Meta di Sorrento to stay in one of our properties Apartment Sunset and take some photos and see for ourselves just how closed it is in February.

We arrived in Meta at lunch time as planned with thoughts of sitting out in the sun eating a bowl of steamed mussels and drinking a glass of chilled Falenghina ..... in the beach side restaurant underneath the apartment building that had been so fondly described by our colleague who had inspected these properties .... to our dismay the restaurant was under winter renovation, although the incredibly friendly owner was there serving free coffee to his friends who were sitting in the sun and he gave us a mouth watering description of his menu that would be offered from the first week of March... we were just a few weeks early .... Although there wasn't much doing in the town at all, there were a few restaurants open and the beach was a total sun trap and there were a few swimmers and sunbathers, but mainly there were a bunch of locals at the beach lounging around, chatting, reading the paper, definitely not a tourist in sight.

The accommodation was fabulous and had every possible amenity we could have dreamed of and we vowed to return in spring to enjoy a weekend of complete relaxation which is what I believe you could achieve in this tiny Sorrento town, breakfast on the balcony, a morning at the beach followed by lunch on the balcony, a afternoon nap followed by a dinner on the beach ....

Positano - August Surprisingly Tranquil! - by Jill

This August as mentioned in my blog on Casa Sara, our family ended up in Positano for our summer break, this was not our fist choice as we normally try to find the most tranquil of places, however having teenage daughters the choice is no longer soley ours and if we are to actually get our girls to come with us, then we have to swing their way. So we reluctantly agreed to spend time in Positano to at least get us all together in one place. We were very surprised to find that half of the beach (back rows) were all empty, we could hire chairs in the front row each day, tables were easily organized in any restaurant we desired and apart from that tight squeeze in the town around the bottom of this hill (easily avoided) then it was truly a tranquil holiday,and could be about the only part of the coastline in Italy that could be described that way in August...

Positano - A Stay at Casa Sara

This August we had the great fortune to stay for our second time in Casa Sara in Positano. Our family has fond memories of our first stay back in June 05 and I think most of you will agree, when you repeat a holiday it doesn't always quite cut it the second time around - I am pleased to say that I now know for certain that I can repeat this experience as often as I can make it down to Positano - another perfect holiday in one of the world's most unique locations. Day one, I I actually didn't leave the apartment for the first 24 hours, I just stayed out on the terrace which overlooks the Spiaggia Grande, I could just make out my family who had somehow managed to snaffle front row seats at the beach, so I lay out on the sun lounger all day only getting up to use the convenient outdoor shower on the terrace when I got hot... and do a bit unfinished business using the adsl connection they have in Casa Sara. We ate in for a few nights and made use of the barbecue on the terrace and bought fresh fish at the bottom of the steps going down to the beach, those nights were sooo relaxing and our girls were satisfied to stay at home as there was the luxury of cable tv so we were all happy! Casa Sara is by far one of our family’s favorite holiday destinations in Italy and I highly recommend it to all…