European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Positano pitch Steep and narrow define life in i a masterpiece of natural the Amail coastline writhes its Way past tiny by Bob hover staff writer to one forgets Posluns first visits to this tiny jewel of a town Are most hut returning travellers always seem to recapture he mood of in Rwy from around the Globe they come Lack to stare Al the still life scene of White houses seemingly glued to lha above the sea a fairy land preserved in a thousand its the approach to Positano that stirs lire in even the oldest and most seasoned for there is no Way o prepare for arrival in a Community Hal is More suited for the habitation of goats than the first glimpse of Positano from the Road High above the sea provides a Steeple jacks View trial is known to produce butterflies in the strongest of built on sheer rocks in a protected Positano near Ibe Western Tern Lanui of the Amain a spectacular 39ralle Highway that and turns on a chiselled ledge along one of the worlds most magnificent Ball and air transport Are impossible in this forbidding Mediterranean terrain Only Highway and sea routes arc whether staging for an afternoon or a Many tract Lars Ujie the new they Park their cars and Sal Uff on Only Way to explore the from Suaza Sci Mimi it is n Short Steep downhill walk through paved alleyways lined with boutiques and to towns biggest photographers and artists inevitably Are drawn to the til where fishing boats Boh in die Blu Green water and where bathers of All shapes and sizes Wash their in the Cathedral court above the children mimicking soccer heroes Boot a Black and White Ball precariously close o the ear of an aging just off the a Young couple buys Post cards that will be sent to a sure sign that de spite its is a name to reckon with in the world of Lou were a tiny Toiven about permanent in a Beautiful place and that Why people come says Gianni a Book seller who has travelled l far and a Clentano prefers Positano As a plan to Ive seen much of the but i always come there is something about the lure of the Sis photos by Pete film wine and a postcard to Poge 10 the stars and stripes open to the coast and most visitors to posit Anoop for the trips to the taxi or car usually begin in with Good Luck and a break in traffic not Likely in summer it should take no More than an hour to make Sorrento or Salerno uie cities that Anchor the whether arriving from the route that takes in 70 per cent of the or from Sorrento in us Leaf fic plunges into Positano along a one Way downhill its h roller coaster Road that pitches Down a corks Crew route in a fish bowl from every Side curious pedestrians peer through the windows at the of of creeping air baking snorting cycles with svelte helmeted riders peach bound bathers on loot and a variety of dogs make up traffic that is a Challenge to the Compo Steof the most patient Ive been through this Drill three times and i Trade it for a new yorker but in glad believe theres no drive like the drive into near the Bottom of the fall the Road of before reaching Fiona Dei Mutiara the nearest thing to a Square in the entire but in reality no More than a postage stamp of the Positano Post a Cluster of bars and outdoor telephones that work Only fitfully and a car Park Hal always teems to be sur round the crowding on Pisan Dei Mulino compels Roost Drivers to mutter to then drive on up the past a line of Small neat hotels that look out to july 1977 and the sky and this marvelous with the sheer Cliffs pushing out of the Hal attract me and hold aside from there ii in pm Tao at t insolation from us of toe outside b this setting even Naples mid Rome scent born Here and inuit probably i shall die a ctr with new residents moving into Positano the Popilla Uon tripled Between 1955 and 10701 and with the influx foreign Celentano says the character of the town p v i the newcomers dont have the same philosophy those with roots Many tourists now com Positano with the primary purpose of going Home while recognizing changes Cor what they it would j be inaccurate to portray the old Positano As a place of isolated Bliss or to regard it As a Stripling among much of the evidence suggests an Early begin myth attributes the founding to but rians present a Strong Case for phoenician Ai roman in the Long years following dismemberment of Uwi roman Empire the town lived on in drowsy fishing Village unknown to the outside in the 20th foreign artists settling i along the coast let the cat out of the in no time at Positano lost its i along with the cities of Amalfi and it b one of those gems thai attract thousand of visitors la Italy most famous to be lure too much tourism could eventually this magnificent but How much is too much one while the matter is the cant continue to creep downhill into
