5 Oct 2019. Put Ravello as a must see on your list. It was well worth the treacherous bus ride on a wet day up steep and windy roads on a bus with foggy windows and no de-mister. The town itself is delightful and the ‘Wine & Drugs’ stores make you do a double take. But the gardens are the jewel in the crown. I was pretty impressed with the garden right in the historic centre, Villa Rufolo, despite the wet and dull morning. This is the one that pops up in most of the tourist brochures. And then I checked the map and decided it was worth a ten minute walk to see if Villa Cimbrone was any good. I thought it might be a bit of a let down after the grandeur of Villa Rufolo. But, Oh My God, I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. Photos simply don’t do it justice. And the photos on Google really don’t don’t do it any favours. Book your flights now and go and see it for yourself. Stunning! Stunning! Stunning! Every which way you turn, there’s so much to delight the eyes from curved cottage style gardens to great sweeping views to manicured lawns and urn adorned walkways and hidden gardens and gorgeous gazebos and so much more. I could have spent days there taking photos! As it was I flattened three batteries.
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