While the Amalfi Coast is world renowned as a glistening getaway for the summer’s international jet set, there is something almost quaint about visiting the region in the autumn months.  The crowds begin to subside by mid-October without ever really clearing completely. Temperatures drop to a balmy 15 degrees and the air begins to smell of campfires. Occasionally the sun shines so brightly that an unexpected swim in the sea is possible.  

Chestnuts and porcinis arrive at local markets and ancient nonnas dry walnuts on terraces and carve pumpkins to grill and preserve. The quiet pageantry of the Amalfi Coast in late fall on the eve of Christmas markets and New Years revelry is perhaps the only time a visitor can peer into the old world ways of this storied coastline. And the best way to view the diorama like beauty of the Coast is from above while hiking one of the many old shepherds’ trails crossing the region.