MAIORI

General information
Province: Salerno

Suggestive village on Amalfitan coast, with the shape of an amphitheater in the point in which the valley of Tramonti opens on the sea. On the shore there are still visible numerous rests of the ancient walls and of the watch towers, prepared once, around the city to protect the inhabited area from the attacks coming from the sea. 
Boast of Maiori is the space of which it prepares, surely more in comparison to the other coastal places; its beautiful waterfront remains an enchanting place where tourists and locals are given appointment for of the walks accompanied by a pleasant sea breeze. 
Today after Amafi and Positano, Maiori, represents one of the places of the coastline more aspired by the international tourism.  

Historical outlines
Of probable Roman foundation, in the High Middle Ages, Maiori belonged to the Neapolitan Dukedom up to the IX century when, ransacked by the duke of Benevento Sicario, it asked the protection of the dawning  Amalfi Republic. 
Maiori maintained so, a certain importance from the commercial point, and for this in the 1622 Phillip V, raised it to regal city. After then, maritime activity slowly suffered a contraction in favour of the agriculture and, in the XX century, it was definitely consecrated to the tourism.

To visit
Sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Santa Maria de Olearia Abbey, Sanctuary of Santa Maria dell’Avvocata, Pandone cave.


DISTANCES FROM MAIORI
- Rome kms 285;
- Naples kms 67;
- Salerno kms 19;
- Pompeii kms 41;
- Amalfi kms 6;
- Ravello kms 9;
- Positano kms 25;
- Sorrento kms 37;
- Vesuvio kms 57;
- Acciaroli kms 100;
- Palinuro kms 136;
- Padula kms 120;
- Grotte di Pertosa kms 89;
- Grotte Castelcivita kms 80;
- Capri (1 hour from Amalfi port)