Just drove this today…you had smooth sailing! It was gdamn chaos…packed with cars, tourists walking in the road, parked cars also in the road! I’m driving at 3am to get the hell out of here!
Oh gosh. I was so sick on this road. I almost passed out. Our driver was pure Italian and he was probably doing the max speed from Naples to Amalfi Coast to Pompeii. It was an experience of my life.
I'm doing this drive tomorrow. I'm from the UK and have driven around southern Europe quite a bit but generally hate the risky local drivers. Driving in the middle of the road, up your backside and overtaking on blind corners ect. Have a hefty excess to pay if something goes wrong. So imagine although I will do my best to enjoy it. I will be getting a little stressed. Is what it is. Wish me luck!
Thank you for this great video. I am from Naples, learned driving on Amalfi coast since I was 19. I miss those roads since I live in Milan. I used to take a drive there as well as I was alone in my car for pure fun. The only thing I can say is that those roads need extreme caution and effort to drive in. Both sides cannot be centered in their own way. Moreover, drivers in Amalfi, from my personal experience that consists of 10 years driving there, are always very prudent, even if driving really fast.
Giacomo, we took the view that many locals, although to our eyes drove carelessly, MUST be great drivers... we saw the most amazing sights of VERY busy intersections (in Florence, Naples, Bari, Rome, etc.) where any American would have crashed into cars OR PEOPLE... but the caos just sort of flows smoothly, even if the drivers are ignoring stop lights and stop signs! Ciao!
Got to say this , I like Americans but when they're out of their homeland they seem totally spooked by foreign lands and foreign cultures. In the UK we have a dozen other cultures only an hour or two away so are a lot less freaked out by other people . We just don't get as critical and sensitive as the Americans
Actually, I agree with your statement. That's one of the reasons why one of my goals with my GrandVoyageItaly.com blog is to educate Voyagers to be more tolerant. Admittedly, it's often difficult to do when traveling on a tight schedule and coming up against things like the 3 hour riposa (and you need to drop off a rental car to a closed office and you need to catch a train) or toilets without seats, or the dreaded ZTL zones. A bit of perspective here: I lived in France for about a year a while back, and traveled on a moped 5000 miles throughout France and Switzerland and can't remember anything that came close to the odd way of life an American is confronted with in Italy. Again, I'm never going to advocate them changing their way of life to suit any visitors, but only as respects the tourist trade (which is one of Italy's most profitable industries). In tourist hotels and rentals, bring plumbing and air-conditioning standards up to tourist expectations. In service industries, like car rental offices, forgo the riposa and have your employees do lunchtime shifts to keep the office/garage open. Now back to driving... Italian drivers are truly amazing. Rules of the road barely exist, yet somehow everything works fine for them. Even though at times it was VERY frustrating and more than dangerous, having driven thousands of miles in Italy is a feather in my driving cap. Passing on blind curves? That's still pretty pazzo! Ciao.
Grand Voyage Italy you are recommending a way of life that they don’t want and I’m so glad I got to enjoy 4 years there 84-89 before it got ruined by foreigners flooding the place.
Oh you think so? Most of these Amalfi coast videos are of English tourists screaming for their lives on buses calling the natives insane. I just watched a video of English tourists who literally caused an accident and blamed the Italian bus driver, even though the uploader's own comments on his own video said the insurance wouldn't pay after watching the video because they ruled it was his fault!
This is similar to driving on the Hawks Nest in upstate NY. It’s not hard. Just keep right as possible, watch the blind spots, don’t go fast and you’ll be fine. I’m a first time driver and have no issues at all driving on that mountain. I don’t know why these people are freaking out so much.
What's wrong with you people? There are narrow roads everywhere in the world , maybe except the US. It is difficult to navigate narrow streets with a lot of traffic but an experienced driver should have no problem doing it. I have driven all around Europe and Amalfi was pretty cool and not so difficult to drive there. It is much more stressful to drive in big European cities like Munich or Paris or Prague where you have to quickly change lanes all the time and react to all kinds of things happening in all directions. Amalfi is a piece of cake compared to busy city traffic.
There are lots of photos of our time on the Amalfi Coast on GrandVoyageItaly.com... just search for "Amalfi". To get good views of the sea, especially when driving west, the driver's side of the car is on the cliff side of the road and it's difficult to look out and down to the sea )aside from the places where there was no stone wall but just thin metal gates!) To get really good views I stopped often at wider pull-outs and soaked it all in.
Just drove this today…you had smooth sailing! It was gdamn chaos…packed with cars, tourists walking in the road, parked cars also in the road! I’m driving at 3am to get the hell out of here!
Oh gosh. I was so sick on this road. I almost passed out. Our driver was pure Italian and he was probably doing the max speed from Naples to Amalfi Coast to Pompeii. It was an experience of my life.
Thank you. I guess I won't be driving there!
I'm going to naples in a few days. Was thinking of hiring a car or a scooter for one day and driving this route but I'm starting to change my mind now
I'm doing this drive tomorrow. I'm from the UK and have driven around southern Europe quite a bit but generally hate the risky local drivers. Driving in the middle of the road, up your backside and overtaking on blind corners ect. Have a hefty excess to pay if something goes wrong. So imagine although I will do my best to enjoy it. I will be getting a little stressed. Is what it is. Wish me luck!
How did it go...?
Thank you for this great video. I am from Naples, learned driving on Amalfi coast since I was 19. I miss those roads since I live in Milan.
I used to take a drive there as well as I was alone in my car for pure fun. The only thing I can say is that those roads need extreme caution and effort to drive in. Both sides cannot be centered in their own way. Moreover, drivers in Amalfi, from my personal experience that consists of 10 years driving there, are always very prudent, even if driving really fast.
Giacomo, we took the view that many locals, although to our eyes drove carelessly, MUST be great drivers... we saw the most amazing sights of VERY busy intersections (in Florence, Naples, Bari, Rome, etc.) where any American would have crashed into cars OR PEOPLE... but the caos just sort of flows smoothly, even if the drivers are ignoring stop lights and stop signs! Ciao!
@@jerryfinzi3235 just systematic chaos
Awesome!! 👍👍 great upload. Ciao from italy🇮🇹🇮🇹
Lol at calling that Volvo a wide body beast 🤣
Got to say this , I like Americans but when they're out of their homeland they seem totally spooked by foreign lands and foreign cultures. In the UK we have a dozen other cultures only an hour or two away so are a lot less freaked out by other people . We just don't get as critical and sensitive as the Americans
Actually, I agree with your statement. That's one of the reasons why one of my goals with my GrandVoyageItaly.com blog is to educate Voyagers to be more tolerant. Admittedly, it's often difficult to do when traveling on a tight schedule and coming up against things like the 3 hour riposa (and you need to drop off a rental car to a closed office and you need to catch a train) or toilets without seats, or the dreaded ZTL zones.
A bit of perspective here: I lived in France for about a year a while back, and traveled on a moped 5000 miles throughout France and Switzerland and can't remember anything that came close to the odd way of life an American is confronted with in Italy.
Again, I'm never going to advocate them changing their way of life to suit any visitors, but only as respects the tourist trade (which is one of Italy's most profitable industries). In tourist hotels and rentals, bring plumbing and air-conditioning standards up to tourist expectations. In service industries, like car rental offices, forgo the riposa and have your employees do lunchtime shifts to keep the office/garage open.
Now back to driving... Italian drivers are truly amazing. Rules of the road barely exist, yet somehow everything works fine for them. Even though at times it was VERY frustrating and more than dangerous, having driven thousands of miles in Italy is a feather in my driving cap. Passing on blind curves? That's still pretty pazzo!
Ciao.
Grand Voyage Italy you are recommending a way of life that they don’t want and I’m so glad I got to enjoy 4 years there 84-89 before it got ruined by foreigners flooding the place.
Oh you think so? Most of these Amalfi coast videos are of English tourists screaming for their lives on buses calling the natives insane. I just watched a video of English tourists who literally caused an accident and blamed the Italian bus driver, even though the uploader's own comments on his own video said the insurance wouldn't pay after watching the video because they ruled it was his fault!
“We don’t criticize other cultures” - proceeds to criticize Americans. 🤦♂️
I thought my driving experience in Provence was bad…
Is there daily parking in Amalfi? Thinking about renting a car and going there in August. Thanks In advance!
Doesn’t look that bad I was expecting to be way worse?
This is similar to driving on the Hawks Nest in upstate NY. It’s not hard. Just keep right as possible, watch the blind spots, don’t go fast and you’ll be fine. I’m a first time driver and have no issues at all driving on that mountain. I don’t know why these people are freaking out so much.
Kara Simon just have a vino and chill
What's wrong with you people? There are narrow roads everywhere in the world , maybe except the US. It is difficult to navigate narrow streets with a lot of traffic but an experienced driver should have no problem doing it. I have driven all around Europe and Amalfi was pretty cool and not so difficult to drive there. It is much more stressful to drive in big European cities like Munich or Paris or Prague where you have to quickly change lanes all the time and react to all kinds of things happening in all directions. Amalfi is a piece of cake compared to busy city traffic.
A pity there weren't spectacular views of the sea.
There are lots of photos of our time on the Amalfi Coast on GrandVoyageItaly.com... just search for "Amalfi". To get good views of the sea, especially when driving west, the driver's side of the car is on the cliff side of the road and it's difficult to look out and down to the sea )aside from the places where there was no stone wall but just thin metal gates!) To get really good views I stopped often at wider pull-outs and soaked it all in.
just Google himachal bus drivers.
FYI: The new address is GrandVoyageItaly.com
Don’t say the Lords name in vain
Do me a favour, don't drive on the coast anymore. You're not ready.
Wow!
So ur annoyed at them cause there following the speed limit with always someone on there ass wanting to speed
@@petterderter6354 not for them. Not enough confidence or know how. Dangerous for everyone around them.