Belvedere di Furore
Stand on the road above the Fiordo di Furore and the ground simply stops. The SS163 cuts across a narrow stone bridge, and below it the cliffs drop sheer into a thin slice of sea — a fjord so compressed it reads more like a crack in the earth than a coastline. From the belvedere, you take in the whole vertical drama at once: bridge, cliff face, the pale green water far below, and the abandoned fishermen's sheds clinging to the rock at the waterline.
The viewpoint itself asks nothing of you — no ticket, no queue. You step off the bus, cross to the seaward rail, and the Amalfi Coast reveals one of its least theatrical gestures: a place that looks exactly as strange as it sounds.
💛 What travellers fall for
People who come back tend to time it for early afternoon, when the sun finally clears the cliff tops and the water shifts from shadow to colour. The SITA bus from Amalfi drops you directly on the bridge — no hike required. Linger on the upstream side too, where the gorge narrows into darkness and the noise of the coast road fades.
The story behind Belvedere di Furore
Furore's name reaches back to its first settlers — Roman families, according to local tradition, who fled into the Lattari mountains to escape vandal raids and found refuge in this fractured terrain. They called it Terra Furoris, the land of fury, for the sound of storm waves forcing themselves into the narrow gorge below. By the era of the Duchy of Amalfi, Furore was classified as an extramenia hamlet — a settlement outside the city walls — and it remained marginal enough that the Carolino Land Register of 1752 described it as a very small town with almost no cultivated land.
The place acquired a different kind of attention in 1948, when Roberto Rossellini filmed the second episode of L'Amore here, with Anna Magnani. In 1983 Furore became a crossroads for artists, and today more than 120 painted and sculpted works are distributed across the village walls — a permanent open-air collection that gives the "town that does not exist" an unexpected second identity.
Good to know
Take the SITA SUD bus from Amalfi or Positano — there is no parking at the fiordo itself, and the nearest lot is roughly two kilometres away at Marina di Praia. The staircase down to the beach has been closed for safety reasons, so plan for the viewpoint only. Spring and early autumn give the best light and thinner crowds.
The gorge stays in shadow through the morning, which keeps it cool even in August — sun reaches the water only in early afternoon. April through June and September through October sit in the sweet spot: temperatures between 21°C and 25°C, dry enough for clear views, quiet enough to stand on the bridge without a crowd at your elbow.
Where is Belvedere di Furore?
Location
- In Furore
- 40.6175, 14.5345
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