Italy 31 Aug - 3 Oct 2017
After 10 days in Poland visiting my family and chilling out in the mountains (Beskid Zywiecki) I went to Italy for a month.
Initially spent some time on Amalfi Coast going to my favourite hidden beach of Tordigliano. It's in Vico Equense between Sorrento and Positano. An half an hour climb down/up in the nature with a wonderful sea view and fantastic turquoise water is the best award after going down the cliff. Once you reach the beach the cliffs are so high that it's hard to see the end of them. The beach is mainly accessible by boasts and locals who know the trail. Outside of the season (May/June-Sept/Oct) it becomes the nudist beach. It's a very nice place for couples who want to have some intimacy...The sun comes quite late around midday and goes around 6pm. It's nice to stay there after the sun is gone behind the cliffs. The water is warm and the gentle breeze of the wind and shade create a nice temperature. When the sun is on, it's quite hot and basically the access to the sea makes such a difference so one can refresh him/herself.
I organise the yoga sailing retreats every year in Sept 11-18. This time for the first 2 we had a storm. Therefore we had to wait in the harbour for the better weather conditions.
The place where the boat stays is the most beautiful spot in Naples / Castel Dell'Ovo. The area near is very safe and stunning. We had some time wondering around before we took off for sailing.
We went to Procida, Ischia and Ventotenne during the remained 5 days of yoga sailing retreat. We had such a chilled and relaxing time. Doing some yoga, swimming, sunbathing, sightseeing and eating.
When we arrived in the harbour of Castle Dell'Ovo I've spent on the boat 1 more week, in a meantime I bought 15 pairs of discounted shoes. Naples is such a great place to buy a very nice and cheap clothes and shoes so I did. I think I'm going to be sorted out for the next few years with the shoes purchase😉
I was waiting for my parents to come over for a week at the end of Sept. We had such a great time to hike the most beautiful trail in the world with the view of Amalfi Coast - the Path of Gods (Sentiero Degli Dei). It took us 6 hours to climb down from Bomerano to Positano. The trail was not easy, very rocky and stony, not really recommended for people with vertigo. However my mom suffers from vertigo and she managed to climb from 700m hight all the way down to the Amalfi coast. My dad was just after his heart surgery 4 months earlier and he managed it so well without any problems.
The worst was where it came to climbing down 1500 stairs to reach Positano. It heart our knees. My mom was so despaired to finish that stairs nightmare that she ran down to avoid the legs shacking affect. She hit the rode which led to Positano one hour before me and my dad. I was running down bare feet and my dad was taking it easy step by step walking down laterally to avoid the meniscus pain in his knees.
At the end we walked by the road for another half an hour to reach the Positano beach. My mom and I jumped into the sea to regenerate the body. After that we felt like we were reborn. It was nice and refreshing. The tiredness and pain were gone.
The path of Gods is a totally must thing to do when you come to Amalfi coast and you don't have any physical disabilities.
I've done lots of trails in a very high mountains up to 5000m: in South America - Bolivia, Cuba; Central America - Guatemala (volcanos), India (Himalayas). Those were really stunning and special but the one in South Italy - The Path of Gods had the best panoramic view throughout the whole journey. It was the most beautiful view ever!!!!
Then we went for sailing to Procida on my friend's boat. We spent there over the weekend. It was the end of Sept and the beginning of Oct and the weather was great, clear and warm.
Procida is such a beautiful island with a picturesque ancient colourful town which you could seen from the anchored boat in the background. With the outstanding sunrise and sunset you can jump in to the cristal transparent water and follow the colourful fish.
Before leaving Amalfi coast we came back to Vico Equense and from there went to Piano di Sorrento. There is the most stunning view of Sorrentine coast from the restaurant's terrace. The service at the restaurant is awful but the view is incredible. There are some bunches where one can sit if you don't want to have such a bad experience at the restaurant. On top of the high tourist prices the food is disgusting. Even cappuccino is terrible. So totally not recommend place for the food but definitely the best place for the view.
There is a 10min walk down the cave to the beach. The beach is private but there is a free sea access from a little pierre with a few stairs into the cristal clean water. The water in that bay is very calm and warm, ideal for swim.
On 3rd of Oct my parents took a flight to Poland 🇵🇱 and I went back to the UK 🇬🇧. I stayed in London for a couple of days, lead few yoga/aerial yoga/pilates classes and flew to Montenegro.
