The pastel-painted villages and cliffs terraced with lemon groves of Italy’s Amalfi Coast attract some five million tourists a year. But while the coastline is dreamy, the journey there is not. The easiest way to reach cities like Amalfi and Positano is to fly into Naples airport and then take a time-consuming combination of trains and buses to reach your final destination.

Travellers will be glad to hear that it will be easier to reach the UNESCO-designated region this year as a closer airport is set to start international flights. Salerno Costa d’Amalfi Airport is getting a facelift and opening as a commercial airport with flights starting in mid-July.