Positano is Why I Retired at 60

Looking at Positano from the Highway.

Our apartment is located just outside of Positano. As our travel book stated that driving in Positano is very stressful due to heavy congestion, has very narrow streets and very little parking, we decided to walk into town. It’s about a 5 minute walk from our apartment along the highway before you come to the steps that lead down into the town and the beach. 917 steps later we were on the beach. It took us 12 minutes to get down to the beach and I knew it was going to take a lot longer to get back up to the highway. Positano is truly spectacular but I am not sure why anyone thought this would be a good place to start a town. It climbs up the side of a mountain. The only flat area is their small beach. There is not enough flat space to have a Piazza or square, which is very uncommon in Italy. There are lots of short, narrow streets that wind their way up. You are either walking uphill or downhill. There are very few flat areas. We found a very nice outdoor café next to the beach for coffee and cake. We spent quite a bit of time sitting in the sun, enjoying the people watching and preparing ourselves for the ordeal ahead. It took about 18 minutes for us to get back to the highway, which is relatively flat and allowed us to catch our breath as we walked home. This Positano stair master workout will definitely allow us to indulge in some extra coffee and cake sessions while we are here.

Rita at the viewpoint. This is where we access the steps into town and the beach

Portofino climbing up the side of the mountain