Positano in 2 days

Houses in pink, ochre and white stacked up the steep hillside, best seen from the beach or from the coast road above the village.

The main pebble beach at the foot of the village, lined with loungers and fishing boats, where the coastal ferries come and go.

The majolica-tiled dome of the parish church, whose altar holds a Byzantine icon of the Black Madonna.

Workshops in the lanes make leather sandals to measure while you wait, a Positano tradition alongside its colourful linen fashion.

From the terraces and the beach, the evening light turns the stacked houses gold as the sun drops towards the sea.