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A 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 miniarchipelago 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.
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Le Sirenuse
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Positano 84017 Map Distance: 0.5 mi. (from destination center) Hotel Class: 
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Via Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
Naples, Italy Distance: 18.3 mi. (from destination center)
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Amalfi Coast Tours
Via Amalfi
Naples, Italy Distance: 18.3 mi. (from destination center)
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Il Grottino
34 Via Raffaele Morghen
Naples 80127 Italy Distance: 19.6 mi. (from destination center)
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