I’ve never ridden an e-bike before but it seemed like one of the more modern and unique ways to see the beautiful coastline of the Amalfi coast. Positano is famous as this little nested treasure of a town right in the center of Amalfi that is a very popular destination – below you can see why.
Every corner hits you in the face as a potential landscape masterpiece – no wonder everyone raves about this place the world over. I found the views were distracting my progress as I stopped at nearly ever corner to take in the view and get a photo.
It was also just exhilarating weaving through the Italian drivers on my e-Bike – they are so much fun I’m finding it hard not to stop and search the web for which one I want to buy when I get back to Australia – just absolutely loving the experience of weaving through traffic and powering up hills.
I wasn’t sure how much range I would get out of the bike, the young lady from the e-bike rental place told me in a mix of Italian and English that I should be fine for the day because I’d get about 50km range from the bike. However by the time I reached Positano from Minori I’d already done 25km and it was still showing 5-bars of power – impressive stuff so far.
Once I got to Positano I was so stunned by the visual beauty of it all I decided to do a round through the whole town just to see what I could find.
After one pass through though, I checked back on my e-bike console and was shocked to see it had suddenly fallen back to 1-bar of power – whoops – must have been camping that turbo a little bit too much. If I’m going to have to pedal back home (honestly happy to take my time) I was going to need to fuel up with some lunch – so off to one of the restaurants I went for a Pizza alla Saracena and a Limoncello Spritz.
While I was lingering here enjoying the view, the waiter came along to ask me if I wanted another Limoncello Spritz, to which I replied in perfectly clear Italian ‘Forse… Forse’ meaning ‘Maybe.. Maybe..’. Two minutes later of course another Limoncello Spritz appeared on my table. A good cultural lesson I think – never say maybe in Italy – it’s yes or no (a.k.a make up your mind or they’ll do it for you!)
After lunch I was prepared to face the music and pedal the whole 25kms back to base at Minori, so I hopped on my bike and set off. I don’t know if it was the largely downhill ride or the extra Limoncello Spritz talking, but the ride back was some of the most fun I’ve ever had.
Surprisingly, I was able to make it back the whole way without running out of batteries and even further up the hills on the other side over the neighbouring town of Maiori. Here’s the view as well as some shots of Minori as I passed through.
At the top of the hill I turned around and made the trek back to Minori, still with battery to spare, and handed in my E-Bike on the way to the ferry station. This was the best day of the entire trip so far – can’t describe with words or photos just how much fun this is – you simply must try it for yourself.