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Dreamy Praiano: the best holiday on the Amalfi Coast

 

Book online your holiday in Praiano: a little town with fabulous sunsets, history, and traditions of an enchanting location in the heart of the Amalfi Coast.

Wonderful panoramas Praiano

Praiano overlooks to the east, towards the Capo di Conca and, in the distance, you can spot Salerno and Cilento National Park. The village is full of sunlight from sunrise to golden sunset. Vettica Maggiore overlooks west towards Positano and Capri and from here you can admire beautiful sunsets that surround the Faraglioni.

Like many towns on the Amalfi Coast, that you will visit during your  holiday, the hamlets are developed in the upper part of the coast, bordered to the north by the wonderful Path of the Gods, the trekking route famous all over the world, and in the down part of the coast, on the sea. The coast is characterized by promontories, small and romantic beaches, and ancient towers.

Traditions and history

Praiano inhabitants were mainly fishermen, dedicated to tuna, sardines, and anchovies fishing and in search of coral. During the winter they also work as farmers: the fertile land, contained in the characteristic dry walls, is cultivated with citrus groves, olive groves, vineyards, vegetables and in particular the delicious piennolo tomatoes.

To defend the territory of Praiano from the Arab incursions in South Italy, called Saracens, and from the Turks, the Angevins and the Spaniards during the period of the vice reign built numerous watchtowers along the promontories of the coast. Some have been renovated over the years and characterize the landscape. Some tower houses, of noble families, are still well recognizable. The houses, built in lime, a material that the inhabitants of Praiano produced by dissolving the limestone rocks, with domed roofs with a barrel vault or crusade, had the dual function of keeping the interiors cool and collecting rainwater in the cisterns.

The women of Praiano, over the centuries, have been skilled workers of silk, twisted thread, glass beads, and hair nets made in the past with their hair, then in silk, and finally in nylon. With the same tools, the crucella, the muorlo and the ligna, the netting was done. The women helped their husbands to repair the nets on the beach but they were also very good embroiderers.

In the village of Marina di Praia boats were built with the wood from Agerola, which was also sold in Africa, the fishers made the netting and the ropes with a plant that still today grows along the coast; women salted the anchovies and sardines.

Events and historical churches

In the area of the Antico Seggio, you could visit the ancient Church of San Luca.

The main church of Vettica Maggiore is the Church of Saint Gennaro. Every summer, in August, its charming terrace overlooking the sea is illuminated by the thousands of lights of the Luminaria and the celebrations for Saint Domenico.

Traditional cuisine

Among the typical products of Praiano, you can taste the migliaccio, a traditional recipe for the carnival, potatoes squids, and Christmas cakes: the grown zeppole, the zeppole vullute, the potato zeppole, the cazzabotti and the struffoli. You could taste these delicious desserts during your holiday in Praiano on the Amalfi Coast.

Praiano Beaches

The main beaches of Praiano are La Gavitella, reachable through a flight of steps starting from the Church of San Gennaro, and La Praia, reachable on foot or by car from the Amalfi state road.

Path of the Gods and hiking trails

One of the most beautiful walking routes, reachable from La Barbera b & b, is the one that leads to the Convent of San Domenico Santa Maria del Castro. Also, you can find the wonderful Path of the gods.

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Book online your holiday in Praiano: a little town with fabulous sunsets, history, and traditions of an enchanting location in the heart of the Amalfi Coast.

Wonderful panoramas Praiano

Praiano overlooks to the east, towards the Capo di Conca and, in the distance, you can spot Salerno and Cilento National Park. The village is full of sunlight from sunrise to golden sunset. Vettica Maggiore overlooks west towards Positano and Capri and from here you can admire beautiful sunsets that surround the Faraglioni.

Like many towns on the Amalfi Coast, that you will visit during your  holiday, the hamlets are developed in the upper part of the coast, bordered to the north by the wonderful Path of the Gods, the trekking route famous all over the world, and in the down part of the coast, on the sea. The coast is characterized by promontories, small and romantic beaches, and ancient towers.

Traditions and history

Praiano inhabitants were mainly fishermen, dedicated to tuna, sardines, and anchovies fishing and in search of coral. During the winter they also work as farmers: the fertile land, contained in the characteristic dry walls, is cultivated with citrus groves, olive groves, vineyards, vegetables and in particular the delicious piennolo tomatoes.

To defend the territory of Praiano from the Arab incursions in South Italy, called Saracens, and from the Turks, the Angevins and the Spaniards during the period of the vice reign built numerous watchtowers along the promontories of the coast. Some have been renovated over the years and characterize the landscape. Some tower houses, of noble families, are still well recognizable. The houses, built in lime, a material that the inhabitants of Praiano produced by dissolving the limestone rocks, with domed roofs with a barrel vault or crusade, had the dual function of keeping the interiors cool and collecting rainwater in the cisterns.

The women of Praiano, over the centuries, have been skilled workers of silk, twisted thread, glass beads, and hair nets made in the past with their hair, then in silk, and finally in nylon. With the same tools, the crucella, the muorlo and the ligna, the netting was done. The women helped their husbands to repair the nets on the beach but they were also very good embroiderers.

In the village of Marina di Praia boats were built with the wood from Agerola, which was also sold in Africa, the fishers made the netting and the ropes with a plant that still today grows along the coast; women salted the anchovies and sardines.

Events and historical churches

In the area of the Antico Seggio, you could visit the ancient Church of San Luca.

The main church of Vettica Maggiore is the Church of Saint Gennaro. Every summer, in August, its charming terrace overlooking the sea is illuminated by the thousands of lights of the Luminaria and the celebrations for Saint Domenico.

Traditional cuisine

Among the typical products of Praiano, you can taste the migliaccio, a traditional recipe for the carnival, potatoes squids, and Christmas cakes: the grown zeppole, the zeppole vullute, the potato zeppole, the cazzabotti and the struffoli. You could taste these delicious desserts during your holiday in Praiano on the Amalfi Coast.

Praiano Beaches

The main beaches of Praiano are La Gavitella, reachable through a flight of steps starting from the Church of San Gennaro, and La Praia, reachable on foot or by car from the Amalfi state road.

Path of the Gods and hiking trails

One of the most beautiful walking routes, reachable from La Barbera b & b, is the one that leads to the Convent of San Domenico Santa Maria del Castro. Also, you can find the wonderful Path of the gods.

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