AGROPOLI
We had picked Agropoli for our next night's destination for no other reason than it was a reasonable distance from Amalfi and it had a sheltered anchor field just inside the breakwater of the marina.
Well we got lucky as after anchoring and having a late lunch we decided to go find a supermarket and check out the few tents on the quay that looked like markets. When we climbed up (there’s a theme in Italy with building places on the side of hills!) to the town to look for an ATM and a shop we came across a lovely mall. There was a marching band about to get started so we stood and listened to them for a few songs before they headed off up the mall. We did our shopping and when we came out there was a procession coming down from the church on the hill. There was a festival celebrating the saint of the town happening that day and we just happened to stumble upon it. We then climbed up to the church which overlooked the bay, and our boat. We headed back to the quay and looked through the markets before heading back to the boat for a sundowner.
There was plenty of activity happening on the quay with live music and then fireworks from the roof of the church above us. The church bells had been ringing every 15mins so there was a festive atmosphere about the place. They even had Sunday mornings church service through a speaker so we could hear it from the boat. It started at 6.30am and was still going at 8.30am when we left. Got to love an early morning church service!!
Well we got lucky as after anchoring and having a late lunch we decided to go find a supermarket and check out the few tents on the quay that looked like markets. When we climbed up (there’s a theme in Italy with building places on the side of hills!) to the town to look for an ATM and a shop we came across a lovely mall. There was a marching band about to get started so we stood and listened to them for a few songs before they headed off up the mall. We did our shopping and when we came out there was a procession coming down from the church on the hill. There was a festival celebrating the saint of the town happening that day and we just happened to stumble upon it. We then climbed up to the church which overlooked the bay, and our boat. We headed back to the quay and looked through the markets before heading back to the boat for a sundowner.
There was plenty of activity happening on the quay with live music and then fireworks from the roof of the church above us. The church bells had been ringing every 15mins so there was a festive atmosphere about the place. They even had Sunday mornings church service through a speaker so we could hear it from the boat. It started at 6.30am and was still going at 8.30am when we left. Got to love an early morning church service!!