You have a number of choices as to how to get to Amalfi from Sorrento. The cheapest is via local buses but this means little fresh air and a long time on the hair pins. There are organised tours in coaches (argh!) or mini buses but we opted for the boat. Yes, it was crowded but we has fabulous views of the bay and the coastal peninsula, time to swim off Capri and the option of either calling in at Positano or at Amalfi.
The main piazza is dominated by the wonderful Duomo, which, like the other Italian places of worship that we have visited, is beautifully decorated and preserved. The town is very busy but the atmosphere is at the same time relaxed and friendly. The gelateria does a good trade!
The place is crammed with souvenir shops but there are many narrow lanes and alleys up and down steps where you can enjoy looking at the colourfully painted buildings, courtyards and gardens. People on the beach are squashed together like sardines, I cannot see how that can be at all enjoyable!
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