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I just came back from visiting Salerno, my Nonno was born there and I went to walk the streets were he was born and walked as a child it was fantastic..I loved every second I was there had the chance to stop in a local market and buy some cheese for my sister and the people treated me like a local even though my Italian is very poor! I look forward to returning soon!
We have just decided to choose Salerno as our home base for our second leg of our Italia 2025 trip next summer. Everywhere I go, I look forward to learning the history of the city of town i'm visiting, even if it's somewhere close in my home province of Québec, like Trois-Rivières, which is an 80 minute drive from our house. Of course, we will be visiting the Amalfi Coast because it'll be our first time in Italy. But we're not going there for the beach, we're going there to soak it all in, and in my case, and maybe my wife and our teenage daughter as well, learn about the history of the region as well. That's pretty much the attitude I have for every city I ever visited, London, Paris, Toronto, Ottawa, Boston, Quebec City, Kingston (Ontario), etc. Looking forward to being in Salerno. Cheers from Montreal, QC!
The "Out Of Bounds" sign that appears at 4:42 was written by Anglo-American soldiers during their stay in Salerno in 1943, after 'Operation Avalanche'.
Hi Ms Britaly, you are the one that has made me interested in Salerno. We can see you really have a heart for this city. It looks to me like an “everyday city”. I hope to visit Italy this year and I would like to see Naples, Sorrento, and Salerno. You are doing a great job, your channel is authentic and mature. I can't wait to visit, I have had enough of the US. My father was born in Pizzo and I will make my way down to Calabria. Cheers.
Ah thank you. Yes you must visit Salerno it’s so special. In fact yesterday I launched my first Digital Travel Guide dedicated to Salerno - you can find the link in the pinned comment/description box. When you visit these places you really do get a sense of everyday life here
It is stunning - in fact I launched my first Digital Travel Guide yesterday dedicated to Salerno, so if you end up visiting in the future it can be of help! The link is in the pinned comment/description box
Hi, thanks for this video! I'm booked for a month with a woman who works for MIUR and is a top Airhnb host, near the Port (via Porto) ....haggling out the travel insurance etc. but now figuring out all the other details of a Mid-Oct to Mid-November trip. I am dreading the travel but the reward of getting to Salerno and environs will be worth it!! I know what you mean about the tourist hordes! I'm so glad I spent 2 weeks in Italy 50 years ago! My other trips to Europse have never been with others...I prefer to try to blend in and not be a tourista! But, I"m afraid Salerno is on the verge of being ruined...I know some flights are now going into a section of the re-opened airport and the big plans for really expanding it will probably will be the last blow...Bad enough cruise ships are already docking there...I'm going to Salerno because my great grandfather was born near there and it's close to getting to Pompei/Naples on day trips, Paestum and I can get to Campobasso, across the boot, too. I will only have a few hours in Rome when I arrive before I sleep in a hotel and then off to Salerno....ALONE, age 73! EEK!
It will be an amazing experience and I'm so happy for you! Salerno is still a really special place and I hope it continues to feel like the gem it really is!
never understand when a tourist makes a disparaging comment about other tourists? You too are a tourist in Salerno correct, you relocated to Italy and not native to Italy, so if other people want to discover a new part of Italy why would that make you sad. Do you think someone felt that way about you discovering this part of Italy?
I do not mean to criticize, but comparing Amalfi to Vegas is a bit silly. Vegas is a fake city that is 100% facade, built is the desert. It couldn't be more basic. It's where basic people go to yell "wahoo!" Amalfi is still real. It might not be dirty, but high end resort towns are generally not filthy. Amalfi has history too. It existed during the Roman Empire. Around 1000 years ago, Amalfi, I forget exactly, but was top 10 most populated cities in Europe.
The comparison was based on a feeling more so than on facts. As I state in the video - of course Amalfi is not being compared for gambling etc but for the feeling it gave me as it is the same I had when I too visited Vegas some years ago. Amalfi is historic and full of character but my point is that many tourists get sucked into the parts that are designed for them, without ever getting to see the more ‘real’ parts of Amalfi. This is evident by the hoards of people in the lower part of the town and how that empties out, the further up the town you go. It’s that.
As I said some time ago commenting on another of your videos, Salerno has no affinity with mass tourism. The culture of Salerno is, so to speak, elitist: the medical school, the two principalities, three times the capital, philosophers, poets, writers, mathematicians, pioneers of cinema... It is difficult to "sell" all this to the masses, who are mostly interested in consuming rather than knowing.
I like how you mapped out the city. It sounds very interesting. Those traits remind me of New York City prior to 2001. Can you name a few poets, writers, and mathematicians? I'm interested in their philosophy, maybe it will give me more of an idea of the region.
@@MsBritaly Yes but for that " Work of Arts " there are places to have them ... They are destroying monuments, buildings etc. In Italy that is terrible all over, where you go. Milano, Roma, Firenze, Torino ecc. I lived there for 8 years and it has gotten worst ... The stupid graffiti all over ... so much ignorance and disrespect to the real art ...
**Check out my new Digital Travel Guide for Salerno**
A 46 page Guide with everything you need to know for your trip to Salerno!
msbritaly.com/travel-guides
I just came back from visiting Salerno, my Nonno was born there and I went to walk the streets were he was born and walked as a child it was fantastic..I loved every second I was there had the chance to stop in a local market and buy some cheese for my sister and the people treated me like a local even though my Italian is very poor! I look forward to returning soon!
We have just decided to choose Salerno as our home base for our second leg of our Italia 2025 trip next summer. Everywhere I go, I look forward to learning the history of the city of town i'm visiting, even if it's somewhere close in my home province of Québec, like Trois-Rivières, which is an 80 minute drive from our house.
Of course, we will be visiting the Amalfi Coast because it'll be our first time in Italy. But we're not going there for the beach, we're going there to soak it all in, and in my case, and maybe my wife and our teenage daughter as well, learn about the history of the region as well.
That's pretty much the attitude I have for every city I ever visited, London, Paris, Toronto, Ottawa, Boston, Quebec City, Kingston (Ontario), etc. Looking forward to being in Salerno. Cheers from Montreal, QC!
The "Out Of Bounds" sign that appears at 4:42 was written by Anglo-American soldiers during their stay in Salerno in 1943, after 'Operation Avalanche'.
Interesting!
The biggest landing in the history After Normandia.
Hi Ms Britaly, you are the one that has made me interested in Salerno. We can see you really have a heart for this city. It looks to me like an “everyday city”. I hope to visit Italy this year and I would like to see Naples, Sorrento, and Salerno. You are doing a great job, your channel is authentic and mature. I can't wait to visit, I have had enough of the US. My father was born in Pizzo and I will make my way down to Calabria. Cheers.
Ah thank you. Yes you must visit Salerno it’s so special. In fact yesterday I launched my first Digital Travel Guide dedicated to Salerno - you can find the link in the pinned comment/description box. When you visit these places you really do get a sense of everyday life here
I have never been to Salerno, but it's on my bucket list! Beautiful. I completely agree with your perspective.🥰
It is stunning - in fact I launched my first Digital Travel Guide yesterday dedicated to Salerno, so if you end up visiting in the future it can be of help! The link is in the pinned comment/description box
@@MsBritaly Oh, lovely ~ will definitely do it. 🩷 I appreciate it.
I saw around 1:30, what seemed like tracks along a pathway. Are those former tramway tracks from when the city had them from 1922 to 1937?
I'm not actually sure - quite possibly!
Great visual. Thank you.
Thank you!
Stay tuned for an exciting announcement about Salerno on Wednesday!
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Hi, thanks for this video! I'm booked for a month with a woman who works for MIUR and is a top Airhnb host, near the Port (via Porto) ....haggling out the travel insurance etc. but now figuring out all the other details of a Mid-Oct to Mid-November trip. I am dreading the travel but the reward of getting to Salerno and environs will be worth it!! I know what you mean about the tourist hordes! I'm so glad I spent 2 weeks in Italy 50 years ago! My other trips to Europse have never been with others...I prefer to try to blend in and not be a tourista! But, I"m afraid Salerno is on the verge of being ruined...I know some flights are now going into a section of the re-opened airport and the big plans for really expanding it will probably will be the last blow...Bad enough cruise ships are already docking there...I'm going to Salerno because my great grandfather was born near there and it's close to getting to Pompei/Naples on day trips, Paestum and I can get to Campobasso, across the boot, too. I will only have a few hours in Rome when I arrive before I sleep in a hotel and then off to Salerno....ALONE, age 73! EEK!
It will be an amazing experience and I'm so happy for you! Salerno is still a really special place and I hope it continues to feel like the gem it really is!
Fabulous video ❤
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Good music! Thanks.
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Brilliant video 👍👌
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I like your views and the music.
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never understand when a tourist makes a disparaging comment about other tourists? You too are a tourist in Salerno correct, you relocated to Italy and not native to Italy, so if other people want to discover a new part of Italy why would that make you sad. Do you think someone felt that way about you discovering this part of Italy?
It’s the irony that you truly understand when you no longer visit a place on holiday but actually end up living there.
I do not mean to criticize, but comparing Amalfi to Vegas is a bit silly. Vegas is a fake city that is 100% facade, built is the desert. It couldn't be more basic. It's where basic people go to yell "wahoo!"
Amalfi is still real. It might not be dirty, but high end resort towns are generally not filthy. Amalfi has history too. It existed during the Roman Empire. Around 1000 years ago, Amalfi, I forget exactly, but was top 10 most populated cities in Europe.
The comparison was based on a feeling more so than on facts. As I state in the video - of course Amalfi is not being compared for gambling etc but for the feeling it gave me as it is the same I had when I too visited Vegas some years ago.
Amalfi is historic and full of character but my point is that many tourists get sucked into the parts that are designed for them, without ever getting to see the more ‘real’ parts of Amalfi. This is evident by the hoards of people in the lower part of the town and how that empties out, the further up the town you go. It’s that.
As I said some time ago commenting on another of your videos, Salerno has no affinity with mass tourism. The culture of Salerno is, so to speak, elitist: the medical school, the two principalities, three times the capital, philosophers, poets, writers, mathematicians, pioneers of cinema... It is difficult to "sell" all this to the masses, who are mostly interested in consuming rather than knowing.
I like how you mapped out the city. It sounds very interesting. Those traits remind me of New York City prior to 2001. Can you name a few poets, writers, and mathematicians? I'm interested in their philosophy, maybe it will give me more of an idea of the region.
Salerno is truly a gem
@@MsBritaly thank you with all my heart
@@joevallone7313 Alfonso Gatto, Nicola Abbagnano, Tommaso Guardati, Fabrizio Mordente, Elvira Notari.
So much graffiti ... so sad
It's a shame but it's also pretty normal here in Italy. I will say in defence, some of it is like a work of art!
@@MsBritaly Yes but for that " Work of Arts " there are places to have them ... They are destroying monuments, buildings etc. In Italy that is terrible all over, where you go. Milano, Roma, Firenze, Torino ecc. I lived there for 8 years and it has gotten worst ... The stupid graffiti all over ... so much ignorance and disrespect to the real art ...