Minori

Minori sits at sea level on the Amalfi Coast between Maiori and Atrani, named for the Rheginna Minor, the smaller of the two streams that cut down through the cliffs. The Romans built a coastal villa here in the first century; its frescoed cryptoporticus and atrium pool survive almost intact under the modern town, four blocks from the marina. The Basilica di Santa Trofimena, rebuilt in the eighteenth century after the 987 cathedral was destroyed, holds the saint's relics in a crypt remodeled in the 1700s.

The town has the longest unbroken pasta-making tradition on the coast and is the home of Sal De Riso, the pastry chef whose delizia al limone, built in 1978, became the signature dessert of the Costiera. The Sentiero dei Limoni links Minori uphill to Maiori through working lemon terraces. UNESCO listed the coast in 1997.