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Moorish-style hillside village on the southern
strip of the Amalfi Drive, Positano opens onto
the Tyrrhenian Sea with its legendary (now
privately owned) Sirenuse Islands, Homer's siren
islands in the Odyssey, which form the
mini-archipelago of Li Galli (The Cocks). Once,
Positano was part of the powerful Republic of
the Amalfis, a rival of Venice as a sea power in
the 10th century. It's said that the town was
"discovered" after World War II when Gen. Mark
Clark stationed troops in nearby Salerno. Like
many European resorts, it began as a sleepy
fishing village that was visited by painters and
writers (Paul Klee, Tennessee Williams) and then
taken over by visitors in search of bohemia,
until a full-scale tourism industry was born.
Today
smart boutiques dot the village, and bikinis add
vibrant colors to the gray beach, where you're
likely to get pebbles in your sand castle.
Prices have been rising sharply over the past
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