Five Local Delights That You Shouldn't Miss

Amalfi Coast Accommodation suggestions

1) Freshly-squeezed citrus juice. You are in the land of Amalfi lemons and Sorrento oranges. Take advantage of this by having a vitamin-charged fill-up unique in the world. Use the peels, granite and juice from our citrus and wild mint leaves to flavour your tea, your fish, and your salads. If you are a chocoholic and want to overdose on calories, taste our candied citrus peel dipped in dark chocolate. Absolutely marvellous!

2) Granite and sorbetti. Be it mulberry, blackberry, strawberry or lemon, don't pass up the pleasure of one of our sorbets. They have few calories and are a real pleasure for the palate. Don't hesitate to try one along the road, served from the typical hand carts of the local ice shavers. The ingredients are precisely ice and lemon. As George Clooney says in a commercial, ” What else?”

3) Sweets and Lemon Cream. The calories are a bit off the scale, but our “Delizie al Limone” have become a gastronomic legend. Like the Sacher in Vienna or Apple Pie in America, you can't get out of trying one and participating in the challenge. Which is the pastry shop on the Amalfi Coast? You have the difficulty of deciding. Obviously, the recipes are secret and every master baker has his own magic formula. The results? Magnificent everywhere! Tasting is believing.

4) Pastries and Cookies. In practice, our tea biscuits are the natural accompaniment for our home-made liqueurs. They are often made with almond paste and are beautiful to look at and even more so to eat. There is an infinite variety and the more modern versions call for chocolate, jams and various kinds of grains. You decide. Which side are you on?

5) Our home-made liqueurs. Welcome to the land of liqueurs made at home. On the other hand, with a flora that is very rich in herbs, fragrant roots and fruit, it is easy to satisfy one's whims. Surely you have already, or soon will get intoxicated on Limoncello, our most famous liqueur. Try to savour the liqueurs - most of them digestives - which we make. The liqueurs made from wild fennel and myrtle are particularly delicate tasting. Or, better still, try our “Concerto” a secret mix of herbs and fragrant roots with a liquorice base, an authentic local specialty.