Positano Italy Vlog 2024: 4 Days on the Amalfi Coast with Mom 🍋

Hello everyone, welcome back to the channel. I am back in my favorite place, Postano, and I am so happy to be here. There are so many places to travel in the world, but I just love coming back here, and I love sharing with you what I do. My mom and I, we just arrived from Rome, and we got in, had a little coffee, walked our way down the steps. If you know or you don't know, tons of steps here, even when you're going into your accommodation. So we had just a relaxed moment. We unpacked, and now we are ready to explore the town. It's my mom's first time in Italy, so we just did Rome. If you haven't seen that video, I will leave it linked up here, so you can check out what we did in Rome. But we are here for the next four full days, and because it's my mom's first time here, I think the best plan of action is to kind of go around and explore the town, see all the shops, grab a bite to eat, maybe a little limoncello or Aperol Spritz, and just see what the vibe is. It's early May. I usually do come around in June, so I'm very curious to see how busy it is in May time. I think the tax driver was telling us that on our way here, he was saying that it's busy, but it's not as busy as it was in 2022 and 2023. So I think maybe it'll be people, but not as much as past years, which is great. May is also really nice because it's not too hot. I usually come in June, and it's like so, so warm. And I am wearing this cute little orange top from Amazon. It's the perfect top for this weather. It's not too heavy or anything. And it's in this really bright, fun color. If you've seen my channel, you know, I love this top. I'm also just wearing some skinny Spanx cropped pants. I'm not sure about the shoes. I'll probably just put my Birkenstocks on, but I cannot wait to head out and explore my favorite place and show my mom around this town. I will also leave where we are staying down below in that description box. If you are new to the channel, I do have like three or four other videos on Positano itself. So I will also leave those linked up here. I usually do tend to go to the same bars and restaurants, but I love sharing it. If you want to check out those other videos, I will leave those linked up here. And in my opinion, the best way to get here is definitely via taxi from Naples train station. So much easier. We did a private taxi from here. Super seamless. They have your name and a little card at the train station. You just follow them. And it just makes things so much easier. If you can plan a trip with less headache, that is the way that I roll. So time to explore Positano. All right. We are starting our exploration. And mom, what are your first impressions? Well, Positano is beautiful. It's so peaceful. Yes. And right outside, it smells very tropical. Out in the sun with all the beautiful plants and flowers. It's so nice. And the architecture. Oh, it's so beautiful. All the buildings are a little different, different color, different style. It's just really wonderful for the eye. And we haven't experienced many steps yet. They're coming right now. The steps start. So we'll have fun walking them up. Yeah. Here we go. We are taking in the amazing views. This water is just truly remarkable. Look at this restaurant. They have overlooking water. Flowers are in bloom. And this is one of my favorite shops. The Da Vincenzo shop. They've got cute like olive oil jars and linens and things and homeware stuff. And we are on the main road. It's funny because we've just started walking for maybe three minutes and we just keep stopping to look at the view. We'll see how far we go. But tonight, we're actually eating dinner at this restaurant behind me. Da Vincenzo. Made a reservation three weeks ago. It's not that busy right now, actually. So I'm actually going to go in there and see if we can get a table for tonight outside. So I'm going to check in. And yeah, we're going to continue our walk. Now we are going to pop into Luisa Positano. They have beautiful dresses. So many things to try on. So let's see what's new. Look how beautiful. I really like this pattern. It's really pretty. I also love like just blue and white. They also have like lemons. I mean, how do you decide? There's so many. Right. Yes. Trying on some new styles. I love the length of this one and the sleeves. So many pretty colors too. And it's a cute little v-neck. I love the fit. It's perfect. Another style. Longer. Love this one too. I'm gonna try it on in different colors. I love this print. So this has to be the winner. I love the bold color. Super pretty. And the tie waist. I love it. Such a pretty flow too. It's super pretty. Mom getting dressed. Look how beautiful. Love. Little appetizer before dinner in two hours. Just what we needed. I love those things. Tastes like breadsticks. Some chips. A little aperitivo going on. We were trying to get lunch and we decided to get some pizza at Buca di Bacco on the beach. And it's perfect because they just have slices. We have a spritz. And that's just my shirt too. So we're going to eat and then we literally have dinner in two hours. But I think when we walk up those stairs, we're going to be hungry again. So it's perfect. We are now working our way back up. And we're going to count the steps along the way. 69. 70. We were counting our way up from the beach to here. It's 382 steps. Which I thought is actually, okay, yeah, probably what I imagined. But I think we need some little Prosecco to start our trip. It did start to rain. So we kind of had to rush back up. But it's definitely a hike. What do you think about the steps? A lot of steps. But was it bad or what do you think? It was manageable with a few breaks in between. Definitely need to take a break for sure. So I'm going to pop open this. Yay! A toast to Postano. Cheers! And now we are on our way to dinner. I'm wearing this really casual black dress from Old Navy. And a leather jacket because it's a bit chilly. And we're going to Davincenzo. And we have a table outside. These plates, they're so cute. We just have a collection of these. I want the sashimi, the pot, the sauce, and the limoncello on top. Mmm. Oh, thank you. That's so cute. Cheers! Good morning. It's a beautiful day. Truly the perfect weather. We are going to go ahead and get breakfast at our B&B. And then today, we have probably the best day for a full on Amalfi Coast boat tour. We're doing a small group tour with Blue Star. And we're going to go to Amalfi, see all the beautiful landscapes. It starts at like 9.30. So we're going to have an early start to the day. First, we need some coffee and a cornetto. Breakfast is served. These are the croissants. And they're kind of like a croissant, but I think they're kind of better. They're like, have more of like an egg kind of interior. And I like to put on this hazelnut cream in the middle of it. That's my favorite. But they also have little cheeses and meats, hard-boiled eggs, some yogurt, juice, more bread. Italian breakfast, mom. How beautiful. Delicious. We are all ready for our beach day. I'm wearing this cute little cup sheet one-piece swimsuit with some white trouser shorts with this Amazon cover-up. And mom is all ready to go. We have a little Old Navy button-up, Old Navy trouser shorts, little lance and swimsuit, and a hat. First boat ride outfit of the day. So we are going to head off and head right down to the beach. The weather could not be more perfect for real. I've been coming here in June and I feel like in June you expect this weather. But for May, I think this is fantastic. It's also warm enough to even be in the sun and lay out. Our boat is waiting. Let's head out. We've made it to the beach. Gorgeous day. I'm super pumped for our boat tour. Ready for the boat. Now we're going into the Emerald Grotto. I think it's a grotto. I think it's a grotto too. Yes, yes. But my Italian is not so good. Not so good. 10 euros a person. And we're going to see inside. I've never been here before. Ladies and gentlemen, look at the colour. Emerald green, emerald pink. This is natural light. Natural light from outside the tunnel underneath. Just finished the Emerald Grotto. Really cool inside. So many beautiful natural things in the cave and the water. It's beautiful. We're waiting for our boat to come back, pick us up and continue our day. But by the way, this has been seriously one of the best days I've had like on the Amalfi Coast. It's so relaxing. Our group is also really fun. Everyone's getting along. We're all chatting, drinking Prosecco. Definitely do the group tour. It's so fun and we're having the best time. Now we have an hour in Amalfi. I haven't been back since 2021, which is fun to walk around. Now we're going to have lunch on the beach at Dot Tereza. So we're going to just explore Amalfi for the time being. So many cute things. I just love them. Those look so cute. Shirt on Amalfi. We're going to get a little bite. We're going to get some fried stuffed zucchini flowers at Coppo di Amalfi. Wow, that's a lot of bites. That is a lot of bites. A lot of zucchini bites. It's actually really good. I mean, it's fried, so it's got to be good. Not sure what it is, but it's amazing. Good stuff. Cheesy. We just walked around, did some window shopping. We're going to get some cute little magnets and that is it. It's pretty busy and it's only May. So I can see in summertime, it's probably packed. But it's also a beautiful day out. So everyone's just in this square. There's a cute little restaurant and they have really good pastries at this shop. Let's go look at some magnets. I like this one. This is where we're going to have lunch at Dot Tereza. Only accessible by boat and it's such a cool little rock. Look at these little beach chairs. We have a spaghetti clam with clam, seafood, mussels, shrimps. We're stopping for a little swimming stop and the brave are going to jump off the cliff. I'm not. I'm going to watch with my camera. But look at this beautiful water. All right, let's cheer him on. Now, I am not going to jump off or swim, but I'm just enjoying the view from the boat. My mom is trying her first ever Peroni. Delicious. I love it. Let's see if I like a Peroni. Is this your first Peroni? Not my first Peroni, but it's very good. More limoncello. We had the best day on the boat. It was so amazing. The weather was perfect. Our whole crew on the boat was amazing. Everyone was so friendly and nice. People were chit-chatting, having fun. People were swimming. If you want to have like the ultimate day on the Amalfi Coast, I would definitely do this tour because we had the best time. We're actually going to have kind of a chill evening. We grabbed a bottle of wine at the store. So we're going to have a bottle of wine. We had some pizza at the beach again and we're going to have like an early night because we've been really waking up early, going to bed late with dinners and things. So we're gonna have a chill night. It's a beautiful evening. We're going to take in the view. I'm going to shower, take all this makeup off, take all the sea salt off. I didn't jump in. I feel like the water wasn't warm enough yet to like really kind of go in. And someone asked on my DMs if it's better to come in Positano in May or June. And I will say truly it's luck. It's really like I've been both in May and June and I feel like sometimes in May it's a bit cold. It could rain. In June, it should be nice and warm and temperate. But I feel like the last kind of months in June, it's been really hot and humid. You have to just book your flight, book your accommodation and honestly hope for the best. Both are great. I would say July, August is where it gets kind of like too hot, too crowded. But May has been lovely. It's awesome. But I would say on top of that, when we first arrived, it was raining for a few days. So we kind of brought the sun with us. So I would say we've been really lucky. Anyway, taking off this makeup, showering and gonna relax. And we have the most beautiful evening. All the lights are starting to turn on. We even have a bit of a sunset. The sun doesn't set over here. It sets behind the mountain. So you just get the morning clouds over here. But the lights are turning on. You can see all the colors and just the noise of the town. People talking, kids playing. If you look hard enough, you always will spot a cat or two. You'll spot people in their gardens. You'll take pictures. It's always fun people watching. Good morning. Ignore the mess behind me. It is a beautiful beach day. So we're gonna head over to Fornillo Beach, which is off the main beach. I usually go to the same place as every year if you haven't noticed a theme. But we're gonna go over to Da Fernando. They have a really cute beach restaurant. I love it. It's a cool vibe. It's like a tiki bar. It's just a good spot. And I'm gonna wear my new Louisa Post Town dress to the beach because I think it's the perfect time to wear it. And this is the dress. When I put this on, I could seriously just not take this off. It has a beautiful pattern to it. It's a maxi dress. It's long enough. And there's a tie at the waist, which I love just because it just cinches you in. So let's go try this on. But underneath, I'm wearing my one shoulder white swimsuit from Somersault Swim. Super versatile. I've worn this even last year. And one of my favorite necklaces from Sequin Jewelry. I feel like it really adds a statement. So let's go try on the Louisa. So have the dress on. It's truly so, so beautiful. I even love how the tie has like a beautiful gold trim. And I am ready to walk around the town. We are on our way to the beach, Fornillo. And the easiest way is just to spot the little beach signs. So we're gonna go this way. Every viewpoint is so beautiful. I love this Bolon Vila. And the sea is just the most beautiful shade of blue. I'm obsessed. And we are headed to Fornillo Beach. We usually go to the green and yellow chairs, which reminds me of the Green Bay Packers. And they have fun like tiki vibes. It's not too busy at all actually. Kind of like the first week that they've had proper like sit down beach weather. So we got very lucky. And we're gonna have a little lunch. Maybe lay out on a chair for a little bit. I might go swimming. I'm kind of mad that I didn't go swimming on the boat yesterday. Because the water is just so beautiful that you just want to be in it. But today I might gather my strength. They have a towel this time. So walking down. Made it down to the beach. And let's head over to get a chair. We made it to the beach. I have my little scarf on. I feel very fitting for the destination. I'm channeling my inner Sophia Loren. And we're gonna have lunch later. But right now we're gonna listen to the waves. Relax, enjoy. Our first kind of rest moment on the whole trip. Yes. So we're gonna just take it easy. We're gonna do it. And we have a notebook. And we're gonna write down things that we wish we would have packed. And write down things that maybe we didn't need to pack. So I always like to edit my packing kit. And we're gonna just have a little reflection moment. Also we're gonna write down the highlights of the trip. For future reference. Highlights. Because we will be. Yes, yes. We were on the fence about visiting Capri tomorrow. And I think we're gonna pass. Just because we only have one more day here. So I think we want to just take more of Positano in. Because I think one mistake visiting here. Is like you do a lot of day trips. Day trips to beach clubs. And you don't really stay here. So it's always nice to just relax. Because this won't be your last time out. Right, right. Like you hop on a boat. You take a day trip. Yeah. Shopping. And all of a sudden you're gone. Yeah. So we don't want that. We want to really soak it all in. You have six pages of memories. And I'm not done yet. Not done. Yeah, the water is definitely a little breezy. A little breezy. Mom's got her water shoes on. Recommend the shoes. Mom's in the water. Time for lunch. Looks good. I want the Nerano pasta. Spaghetti with lobster. Sounds pretty good. Yes, or this warm anchovy pie thing. Looks really good too. I'll tell you. Anchovy pie with bread, olives, and capers. On a bed of yellow datorino puree. Yes. Whatever that is. Sounds great. Buon appetito. The Caesar salad. Our first greens in a week. The whole table. That looks really good. You have all kinds of things. You have salmon, anchovies, and then cod, I think. And then we have our Nerano pasta. Nicely in shared portions. These are really cool plates too. They look like boats. Yeah, boat plates. This is my favorite kind of pasta. What is it? It's a Nerano pasta. There's a village around this bend called Nerano. And it's like zucchini and cheese. Signing up. I think the cheese is so... Has such depth to it. Successful beach day. We even got some t-shirts, which I'm super pumped about. Every year I'm here, I'm like, I should probably get a t-shirt. Finally did it today so I can rep the staff shirts. We're now walking up this kind of trail to get over to the main beach. From here, you can find really pretty views of the water, Positano. And it's just really lovely. Like, look how gorgeous. It's like a little mini island rooftop. I wouldn't mind a little house right there. Beautiful day today. We have all freshened up for dinner. We are headed to one of my favorite restaurants here in Positano. We're going to Il Tridente. I think we're gonna do like a little cocktail before and then dinner. Show my mom the most amazing view. I am wearing these gorgeous pearl earrings and jewelry and this fun little cotton dress from Quince. I will leave all of my outfits and everything linked down below in that description box. I'm just really excited about tonight. It's really gonna be a beautiful, peaceful evening. Maybe we'll even get a cool sunset. Seabass, tuna, salmon. It's one of my favorite appetizers. It's like tuna tartare, fresh, fresh seafood, with a crostini. I ordered the lemon pasta. Wow. I love the lobster pasta. We ordered the corn cake. The last one on the menu. The way bottom dessert menu on all of the bottom. The staff favorite. Now we're gonna have a little drink. Oh my gosh. Look how beautiful this is. We always order Negroni here. I will insert photos of me from six years ago, five years ago, four years ago, all holding Negroni on this terrace. It's my drink. Especially here. Cheers. Good morning. Our last full day here and it's another beautiful day. I'm so happy. So we were gonna go to Capri. We decided to just stay here and enjoy. We have not yet walked along the other road. So that's what we're gonna do today. We're gonna start off, do some shopping. I have my eye on a cappuccino cup from Ceramica Assunta. Last time I was here, I bought a beautiful like coffee mug. So I love that design, but I really want like two cappuccino cups because I drink a lot of cappuccinos in the morning. And I think it'd be really cute to have like an Amalfi Coast kind of style. But we're going to enjoy our last full day here. We made it down to the main beach. One of the best views. What do you like it? It's beautiful. A cool breeze off the water. Really nice. For pricing 2024, we have front row for two chairs is 80 euro. And then second row back, it's 70 euro for two chairs. You get bathroom, shower, changing rooms, a nice view. It's not too busy, honestly. Reveal. I'm hungry, so I'm excited. We ordered Diavola pizza. We walked over to La Pergola, grabbed it to go. 12.50 euro. It looks delicious and yummy. Pepperoni, basil, cheese, and a beach. Happy Mother's Day. Time to finally go in the water. Feels like a really cold shower, but it actually feels pretty relaxing. I will say one of the most essential things to pack to any trip to Positano are some water shoes. As you can see, the ground below me has a lot of rocks in it. So definitely we are comfortable to pack these to walk around. Man, it is a bit chilly, but it feels so good, especially in the sun. What a way to spend Mother's Day with your mom. Definitely, I love it. I'm in the water fully, and oh my goodness gracious, it feels like the coldest shower you've ever taken in your life. My body feels numb, actually, but it's actually quite calming and relaxing. Ending our little day with some lemon sorbet. The cutest packaging. They're very frozen, so we have to wait till they unfreeze a little bit, but we're going to enjoy. Cheersies. After a long day at the beach, we're just checking out this amazing viewpoint all the way at the top of the town, and tonight we're going out to dinner. So we spent four good days in Positano. How'd you like it? Honestly, the weather was perfect. Yes. We really lucked out there. It's a sight to see. Definitely. So we're just walking around. I'm trying to buy a cappuccino cup. I'm indecided on what pattern I'm going to get. We are headed to our last dinner. We're going to Next 2. I've been there, I think, maybe two years ago, and I know their food is really good. It's a beautiful garden. It's filled with jasmine. It's really pretty. I'm wearing my Greek goddess dress, as I call it. It's from Zara, and it's just a beautiful kind of beige maxi. My little Amazon clutch, and these gold sandals are truly the perfect dinner sandal. Mom is wearing the Andre Asus small little heel. They're super comfortable, right? Yes, absolutely. Super comfy, dressy, and appropriate for all of the steps we have to climb. Crazy. And we're late for dinner, so let's go. We smoke it for you on the table. I think, I say. This one, this is an almond one. Beautiful. Cheers. Look at this bread pie. This little guy is so cute. I know. Little compliments from the chef. Look at this. Look at this place. Yes. I want them. Thank you so much. And that is a wrap for our Italy trip. We had the best time. Perfect about time, and I always love coming back to Italy. So we are headed to Rome tonight. I always love staying at the Overnight Hotel in Rome, just because it's a long travel day from the Amalfi Coast to Rome. So it's a transfer car service to Naples train station, the train from Naples to Rome Termini, switch trains to the direct train to the airport, and then we'll probably get in around 9 p.m., stay overnight, and then wake up at like 7 to go to the airport, which will be right there. So it's a super easy travel day. I love an easy travel day, so I'm going to end the vlog here. Thank you so much for watching. If you want to check out what we did in Rome, I will leave that video linked up here, so you can check it out next. With that, I hope you guys have a super awesome rest of the week, and I will see you in the next one. Bye!