Baia di Furore
The thing that stops you at the bridge is the scale of it: two limestone walls dropping nearly 200 metres to a strip of pebble beach barely 25 metres long, with the Schiato torrent still working away at the rock far below. The Romans called this stretch of coast Terra Furoris — land of fury — for the sound the waves made when storms pushed into the gorge.
Baia di Furore is the water-level floor of that gorge, the Fiordo di Furore. You reach it by descending 200 steps from the coastal highway above. The cliffs close in as you go down, the light changes, and the beach — when you finally reach it — feels genuinely removed from the road and the rest of the coast.
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People who come back tend to time their descent for mid-morning in summer, when the sun is high enough to clear the cliff tops but the beach hasn't yet filled. The lounger stand at the bottom is worth using — the pebbles are uneven and a mat makes the difference. Most also eat at one of the two restaurants above, partly because it solves the parking problem.
The story behind Baia di Furore
Furore began as a Roman settlement and later became an outlying hamlet of the Duchy of Amalfi — a place, according to local tradition, where citizens with inconvenient political views were sent. By 1532 the community numbered around 140 people across 28 households, growing to nearly 800 by the mid-18th century before declining again.
In the 17th century the cold, fast-running waters of the Schiato torrent made the gorge unexpectedly useful: paper mills and flour mills operated here, feeding into the wider Amalfi paper-making trade. In 1948 Roberto Rossellini filmed L'Amore here with Anna Magnani, who liked the place enough to buy a house and name it, with some irony, Villa della Storta.
Good to know
SITA bus 5070 on the Sorrento–Amalfi route stops at the Fiordo di Furore bridge — the most practical arrival. There is no road parking; the restaurants Euroconca and La Locanda del Fiordo have lots if you're driving. The beach is free and open at all hours.
Because the cliffs block low-angle light, the beach receives direct sun for roughly seven hours on a summer day — approximately 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. In winter the sun barely clears the rock walls at all, making the gorge cool and dim even on clear days. Late spring and early September offer the best balance of warmth and fewer visitors.
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What travellers say about Baia di Furore
I loved this place! It was absolutely stunning. We took a bus to Sorrento from Amalfi port to get there and had no issues at all. The ride was about 20–25 minutes from the port. However, the road is quite narrow, and at some points the driver had to reverse to let oncoming buses pass, which was a bit scary but still fine. We planned to go back around 7 pm, but unfortunately it wasn’t as easy as getting there. All the buses were full. Since the Fiordo stop is between Positano and Amalfi, buses coming from Positano in the evening are usually packed. We ended up waiting over an hour and eventually took a private shuttle, paying 10 euros per person to get back to Amalfi port.
Beautiful place to get some rest I’m there right now 😃😃😃
Great cove to swim. Park at the restaurant just before! The sun only hits from 12h00 but go earlier to secure lounger- €10 per lounger! We loved the little cafe at the back- freezing cold beers and magnum ice creams! 🍦 Decent bathrooms - and there is a shower! The place you would stay for 3/4 hours. We left around 3:30 - we think it would start to get shady around 4ish!
This place is amazing! Parking is a nightmare, illegal and an obstruction to traffic but you must find a way to safely get there. It looks like the businesses close over winter. The beach consists of millions pieces of old tile that have been polished smooth.
It's a beautiful place, but since August 2017 the beach has been closed off, apparently because of danger of falling rocks, and you can only take the stairs down almost to the beach and maybe take a picture. A visit won't take you more than 10 min. If you arrive by car, then I wish you the best of luck to find a parking spot - because there is no place to work. You'll have to park around 2 km from there and then walk the distance just to spend 10 min looking at the bridge and then walk back again.
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