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Salerno

awaited the arrival of my very old brother and very useful historian.
The sights have to include Vesuvius, Herculaneum and Pompeii. As well as
these I would recommend the Naples archaeological museum and the
Naples underground experience exploring the ancient underground caverns
under the city.
Torre Del Greco was a handy place to
start sightseeing having a very useful
railway station that ran from Naples to
Salerno with all the sights within
relatively easy reach if you can navigate
the railway system.
The sailing club had a great club house
and the seafood restaurant on the quay
was a treat. It was from here that we
caught the ferry to Capri rather than
taking the yacht as we probably would have had to sell the boat in order to
berth her in Capri.
Anyone visiting Capri shouldn't miss the villa of San Michelle the home of
Dr Axel Munthe built on the ruins of a Roman villa once belonging to
Tiberius. The views were spectacular.

Watch out how much you pay for coffee on your way up the hill though.
We moved on after a couple of days and anchored for the night off the
tourist town of Sorrento. We would have had a reasonable night were it not
for the numerous speed boats ignoring anchored yachts and passing too
closely. Early the next morning after a swim to wake us up we set sail for
the Amalfi coast to see if anchoring was more viable there. It wasn't, mainly
due to the number of vessels already anchored so we made for Salerno.
Salerno has a broad and relatively sheltered bay where you can anchor and
come ashore on the beach. We were leaving the boat in order to attend our
son's graduation so we entered the harbour which is on the port side as
you enter the bay. Across the bay on the other side is a marina but this
seems to be private. Inside the harbour are several berth operators and we

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