amalfi coast - maiori - please recommend

[closethippie]

hi everyone - i am new here !

i would love to take my son to a safe beach on the amalfi coast. i love italy, i have been there 3 times before, but never to the amalfi coast.

i have read fab things about maiori in terms of being safe to swim, not too high up the cliffs, etc. good for public transport. any other beaches worth considering ?

could any one please recommend a self-catering place they have stayed at (with contact details please if you have them) ?

there is just 3 of us, (my son is 3.5 yrs) so wish to keep it cheap by getting self-catering and one bedroom is enough.

i have seen pics of one very clean looking one bed flat with a big terrace with nice views and they are offering it to me for about £560 for 14 days, near the beach. does that sound reasonable as i know maiori is very pricey ? it seems pretty cheap to me as most others are a lot more.

is it very noisy near the beach ?

we are planning to go the first two weeks of april, what is the weather like then ? will we be able to swim ?

i don't like going to italy in the summer. it is too hot for me. we went to venice in august about 5 years ago. big mistake, it was just far too hot !

thanks for any thoughts.

no one ever been then ?

thanks : )

I went to Positano for my honeymoon, was beautiful. Again nothing specific to recommen but you'll have an amazing time. Not very beach-y though I seem to recall...

Thanks flowery, we went to Barcelona for our honeymoon : )

I need a beach really for my son as he will get bored doing what I like doing (looking at beautiful buildings !) I have heard Positano is gorgeous, but from what I have read it is very upmarket, so sounds too expensive for my budget.

Any one been to Maiori ?

sorry haven't been to Maiori but did do Amalfi coast 5 yrs ago. Got budget flights to Naples, bus to port and then boat over to Ischia for 3 nights, Then hydrofoil to Sorrento for 3 nights and then train to Napels for last 3 nights. Public transport is cheap but usually jam packed full. Do go and do Pompeii - its brill and the train station is across the road from the main entrance too.

hi sunny, yes will defo. not bother hiring a car as i have heard it is too expensive and difficult to park. when did you go ? was it high season ? just wondering if it will that busy in march/april ?

we did it in August- yes rather busy but a great fun holiday, although the bus from Naples to Amalfi on a sunday was packed to bursting point. I would think March/April would be much less busy -good luck!!

thanks sunny - i am so looking forward to going to italy again - it is my favourite place on earth : )

I've stayed in Sorrento in March, it was nice weather - about 20 degrees C. The buses running along the coast shouldn't be too packed in April. Would also recommend a trip to Pompeii - there will be plenty of open space there for your DS to run off some energy!

Thanks chaos. Pompeii is defo. on the list !Yes, at 3.5 yrs he has loads of energy and needs to burn it off on a daily basis : ) It is his first trip ever to Italy, I doubt he will remember much of this trip in later life, but at least we will have loads of photos.