The square in Positano

There was a little square in Positano called Piazza Dei Mulini. The piazza was different than all of the other squares that I have seen in Italy. There were ceramic pottery shops and clothing boutiques lining both sides of the premises. The square had a hilly street coming off of it that appeared to be a tunnel because of all the purple flowers that were covering the distance between the walls of the alley.

Along the way there were tables set up against the wall filled with beaded jewelry and paintings for sale. The small road led you down to another piazza where there were artists painting scenic pictures in pastels or watercolors. There were lithographs available for a reasonable price, but I really wanted to buy an original copy even though they started at 100 euro a piece for the smallest size. The piazza overlooks a beach with vacationers laying under the sun or swimming in the Mediterranean Sea. There was another small street that stemmed in the opposite direction that led you to the Positano Bell Tower. Since it only takes ten minutes to walk the entire length of the town, the loud chime of the bells can be heard every morning from any location.

While we were in Positano there was a big annual festival that was going on. It was a celebration of San Vito, the protector of the small southern town. There were different performances throughout the day. There were young men dressed in skirts dancing with large red and white flags to entertain the guests at the piazza. At one point during the day there was also a band that marched through the town playing trumpets and clarinets.

If you were to walk up the steps to the right of the piazza there was a port that had ferries available to take tourists to the island of Capri and the Amalfi Coast. There were even private boats that offered excursion tours through the grottos of Capri. My parents and I walked around piazza all day browsing around the different shops and sitting by the dock watching the boats drive by filled with passengers. The town closes its hotels in the winter because not many tourists usually come to visit, but the stores and restaurants in the piazza normally stay open for local residents of towns close by.