Monday 15 June
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| Beata Solitudo entrance |
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| View from campsite |
This morning we broke camp and said goodbye to Paolo at the ironically named Campeggio Beata Solitudo and to the Amalfi Coast.
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| Ferry to Messina |
We had about 8 hours of solid driving through temperatures up to 35 degrees, however my mounting excitement at going to Sicily overcame the dehydration and tiredness and I was still annoyingly bouncy when we arrived at Stazzo about 5.45pm.
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| Sea front at Stazzo |
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| Stazzo harbour |
Our appartment is lovely although there is no lift, so there are a lot of stairs between us and the basement car park. The views are absolutely worth it though: from one terrace you can see Etna (smoking slightly when we arrived) and from the other you can see some sea which is only 2-300 metres away.
Stazzo has black pumice rock instead of a beach and platforms have been built over this so that you can swim without cutting your feet open getting to the water.
There's a small harbour and a few bars and shops and restaurants so a great little village to holiday in: I wish we were staying longer here.
We had a beer in the Blue Bar by the harbour then returned to the apartment for an tea and an early night since we were pretty hot and tired.
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| Etna at suppertime |
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