Food & Drink
Taste the lemons and the limoncello
Amalfi Coast · Campania
QUICK INFORMATION
- CATEGORY
- Food & Drink
- COUNTRY
- Italy
- REGION
- Amalfi Coast · Campania
- DURATION
- A tasting
- DIFFICULTY
- No effort — order and taste.
- BEST TIME
- Year-round; the limoncello is served ice-cold in any season.
ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE
The sfusato amalfitano is the long, sweet lemon of the Amalfi Coast, grown on the terraced groves that climb the cliffs above the villages, and it is the taste of the coast. The lemons are eaten sliced in salads, used in the pasta dishes of the coast, and above all made into limoncello, the sweet yellow liqueur made by steeping the peel in alcohol and sugar. The limoncello of the Amalfi Coast is the most famous in Italy, and it is served ice-cold at the end of the meal. Tasting the lemons and the limoncello, ideally on a terrace above the sea, is the most Amalfite way to end a day.
WHAT YOU’LL EXPERIENCE
What you’ll experience
THE EXPERIENCE IN DETAIL
What it’s really like
HIGHLIGHTS
Moments worth savouring
The sfusato lemons — the long, sweet lemons of the coast, grown on the terraced groves.
Limoncello — the sweet yellow liqueur made from the lemon peel, served ice-cold.
The lemon groves — the terraced groves above the villages, the most striking agricultural landscape on the coast.
The lemon dishes — the delizia al limone, the lemon cake, and the pasta al limone of the coast.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Good to know before you go
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Before you go
MAP & LOCATION
Taste the lemons and the limoncello
Taste the lemons and the limoncello, Amalfi Coast, Campania, Italy
40.6340, 14.6027
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MORE EXPERIENCES
More to do in Amalfi Coast
FOOD & DRINK
Where to eat nearby
Da Adolfo — a beach restaurant at Laurito reachable by boat from Positano, for grilled fish and the sunbeds
La Caravella — a historic Michelin-starred restaurant in Amalfi, for refined Amalfitan cooking
Rossellini’s — the restaurant of the Palazzo Avitorea in Ravello, for the terrace and the cooking
Casa e Bottega — a farm-to-table restaurant above Positano, for seasonal cooking and the view
Da Maria — a simple trattoria in Amalfi for honest Amalfitan dishes and the lemon menu
HOTELS & STAYS
Where to stay nearby
Le Sirenuse — the celebrated hotel in Positano, a former 18th-century palace, the most famous on the coast
Hotel Santa Caterina — a grand hotel above Amalfi with a sea-water pool and a private beach
Palazzo Murat — a boutique hotel in an 18th-century palace in the heart of Positano
Hotel Villa Cimbrone — a hotel in the gardens of Villa Cimbrone in Ravello, with the Terrace of Infinity
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