Stepped white towns stacked on cliffs above deep blue water, with lemon terraces and a road cut into the rock.
What Amalfi Coast looks like
Amalfi's seafront sits below a pale rock face, with cream and white houses along the shore and a bell tower rising among the roofs. The water in front of the town is a deep blue. Behind the town, houses climb the slope in tiers. The stands at the top of a flight of steps above Piazza Duomo.
Positano's houses step down the slope toward the beach, and the coast road runs along the cliff above them. A coach and cars share that road at the top of the town. The houses are stacked tightly on the slope, and rooftop terraces with tables look out over the bay.
In Atrani, is cobbled and lined with cafés that have outdoor tables. Houses with iron balconies enclose the square, and an arch stands at the back. At night the tables sit under lamps on the stone paving. Above the village, the clings to the rock, reached by hundreds of steps.
Lemons grow in terraced gardens along the whole coastline. Between the villages, pale rock faces rise above wooded slopes and small terraces. At Ravello, the clifftop belvedere at looks out over the sea.
Shot in Amalfi Coast
Atrani was the main setting for The Equalizer 3 (2023). The production filmed on the village's square and at the Santuario Santa Maria del Bando above it. Tenet (2020) filmed on the belvedere at Villa Cimbrone in Ravello.
The Equalizer 3, 2023
Piazza Umberto I
Played Altamonte, Italy
The production filmed on the square, which is cobbled and lined with cafés with outdoor seating. The Netflix series Ripley also used Piazza Umberto I for its Atrani scenes. Street View
What Amalfi Coast can double for
Manarola in Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy
Vineyard terraces climb above Manarola, one of the five villages. The mountainsides are heavily terraced for grapes and olives. The terraces run right up to the cliffs over the Ligurian Sea, so the cliff and terrace look matches the Amalfi towns at village scale. Cars reach the villages only by narrow mountain roads, so a coast road shot needs another location. Try searching terraced cliffs above the sea now.
Bixby Creek Bridge in Monterey County, California
Bixby Creek Bridge sits on Highway 1 along the Big Sur coast, a road often cut into the face of towering seaside cliffs above the Pacific Ocean. Like the Amalfi road, it has sheer rock on one side and the drop to the water on the other. A wide shot of the bridge has no town in it, so the stacked village work needs another location. Try searching coast road above the ocean now.
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