the path of gods

To offset some of that delicious, delicious Italian food, we decided to spend one day conquering the famous Path of Gods – a cliff-lined trail that leads you from Positano (where we were staying) to Priano (the next town over). 

Most people opt to take the bus (or a taxi) up to Nocelle – the town directly above Positano where the trail really gets gorgeous – to avoid the 2000+ steps required to get there by foot.  But since we are always game for a good challenge, we opted to do the full sha-bang.

When one reviewer said the path up to Nocelle was a series of "endless steps", I was sure this was just a figure of speech.

It was not.

See the beach of that little seaside town down there?

That’s where we started,

And this wasn’t even halfway up.

But the views from the top were well-worth the unbelievable effort required to get there.

that island over to the left there is the island of the Sirens 

(from the Odyssey)

But our journey was far from over.  Once up, we needed to hike along the cliffs to the next town – an exercise that was scary even for one without a fear of heights.

Stefan, however, is one of those crazy people who seems to be not afraid of anything.  While I’m always thinking of the worst case scenario where everyone ends up dying, he can only see the best.

this kid is insane

We stumbled upon an old (but still functioning) monastery where we enjoyed a bit of shade before finishing the hike down to Priano. 

Priano was small and nice, but lacked the charm of Positano – we opted to skip a lunch there and head back to our little town instead.  There, we enjoyed tomato-mozzarella paninis seaside and then spent the afternoon lounging and swimming in the warm sea.

We were exhausted, but satisfied, ready for more delicious Italian food.

xoxo

KK