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to 10m tall. Each year, on 24 December and 6 January, skin divers from all over Italy
make their traditional pilgrimage to the ceramic
presepe
(nativity scene) submerged be-
neath the water.
SITA Sud buses regularly pass the car park above the cave entrance (from where you
take a lift or stairs down to the rowing boats). Alternatively, Coop Sant'Andrea (
Click
here
) runs hourly boats from Amalfi (€15 return) between 9.30am and 3.30pm, March to
November. Allow 1½ hours for the return trip.
Festivals & Events
Every 24 December and 6 January, divers from all over Italy make a pilgrimage to the
ceramic
presepe
(nativity scene) submerged in the Grotta dello Smeraldo.
The
Regatta of the Four Ancient Maritime Republics
, which rotates between Amalfi,
Venice, Pisa and Genoa, is held on the first Sunday in June. Amalfi's turn comes round
again in 2017.
Sleeping
A'Scalinatella Hostel
( 089 87 14 92;
www.hostelscalinatella.com
;
Piazza Umberto I; dm €20-25, s €35-50, d €70-90, all incl
breakfast)
This bare-bones operation, just round the headland in Atrani, has dorms, rooms
and apartments scattered across the village. There is also a laundry available (€7). Doors
are locked at 2am.
HOSTEL
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HOTEL
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Hotel Lidomare
( 089 87 13 32;
www.lidomare.it
;
Largo Duchi Piccolomini 9; s/d €50/120; )
Family run, this
gracious hotel oozes character. Rooms are spacious, with appealingly haphazard decor,
vintage tiles and fine antiques. Some rooms have jacuzzi bath-tubs, others have sea views
and a balcony, some have both. Breakfast is laid out on top of a grand piano. Highly re-
commended.
Hotel Centrale
( 089 87 26 08;
www.amalfihotelcentrale.it
;
Largo Piccolomini 1; s €60-120, d €70-140, tr €90-170, q
€100-180; )
For the money, this is one of the best-value hotels in Amalfi. The
entrance is on a tiny little piazza in the
centro storico
but many rooms actually overlook
HOTEL
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