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Maiori is a magnificent pearl of the Amalfitan Coast, an astonishing beauty. Its ancient name was "Reghinna Major" and it brings our thoughts back in the days thinking about the founders of this land, the Etruscans. One certain thing is that the Romans built in this place splendid villas leaving evident trails of their transit. Festival, religious feast and cultural events are important part of Maiori, closing this splendid panorama around a bright village that every year improve itsself offering an international high quality tourism. This territory is full of churches and ancient sanctuary where is possible to see important pieces of sacred art, many '300 and '500 paintings that everybody needs to watch and enjoy carefully.
If your idea of holiday is to lay down on a sunbed, there are no problems, it's possible to choose between a lot of seaside structures along the sandy beach of Maiori, you will find all the comforts needed. If you want to enjoy the unique sea of this village you need to move a little far from the crowded center finding little creeks not far away from the village, like the "Spiaggia del Cavallo Moroto" (dead horse's beach), where you can get only by boat understanding the name watching the shape on this beach that seems a horseshoe. Weird name which found its meaning in the ancient costume of the inhabitant of the zone that thrown away the dead or useless animals from the rocks. |
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Culinary Maiori
Maiori has an important gastronomic tradition made of products from the soil and sea mixed in extraordinary meals. Octopuses, anchovies and mussels are the most notorious products during the summer season. All this sea food are well shown in order to capture the sight and smell before to enjoy them cooked, so you can feel the freshness and the godness only watching them. After that the only thing to do is to let ravish our immagination by the aromas of zingara and lemon salad, the smells of "sorbetti", "zizze" and "monache", this last product has an irreverent name but a unique delightness. Don't worry if some sellers ask if you want "melanzane alla cioccolata" (eggplants with cioccolate), this is a typical meal in the village and it worth to be tasted, also if the unusual mix could seem very weird.
A brief history
The history of Maiori is very rich: Normann, French and Spanish have been on these beaches during the old times. Maiori was a strategic arsenals place during the Republic Marinare period, it was plundered by the Pisans and crushed by terrible floating and pludge. The village has always raise from these difficult periods of devastations, thanks to the activity of the people that has transformed this little marine village in a huge center of handmade products like wool and silk and base of the first paper mill in Italy. After the Anglo-American arrived in Maiori in the 60s, the village was transformed in a militar base. This little suburb has finally found its vocation, which is the tourism, that has slowly transformed this ancient village into a quality international turistic center well known all around the world.
