Campania · Salerno
Furore
The Amalfi Coast village with no piazza and no center, scattered on rock walls 300 meters above the only fjord in southern Italy.
Known for
THE FJORD
Schiato torrent ria, the only fjord in southern Italy, crossed by an arched road bridge thirty meters above the water.
PAINTED VILLAGE
Murals on house walls added each September since 1980 under Silvio Vetrano's Paese Dipinto project, hence the village that doesn't exist.
FIORDUVA
Costa d'Amalfi Furore Bianco DOC from Marisa Cuomo, grown on cliff terraces above the fjord and known beyond Italy since the 1990s.
When to visit
Best · May–Sep
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- Hot or crowded
- Quiet
- Mostly closed
The festa: Pasquale Baylón, 17 May
Why come
Furore stretches up the cliff between Praiano and Conca dei Marini on the UNESCO-listed Costiera Amalfitana, six hundred and eighty-eight people across houses that don't share a single piazza. The main settlement sits in the upper Vallone del Furore; the commune drops to sea level at the Fiordo di Furore, a narrow ria carved by the Schiato torrent that flows down from Agerola. The historian Matteo Camera traced the name to the roar storms make through the gorge.
Since the late 1980s the painter Silvio Vetrano's project Il Paese Dipinto has invited artists each September to paint murals on the village walls, which is why Furore is sometimes called the painted village or the village that doesn't exist. The commune is a Borgo più bello d'Italia and a Città del Vino: the Fiorduva white from the Marisa Cuomo winery is grown on terraces above the fjord.
The Sunday letter
We haven’t written Furore’s letter yet.
One town every Sunday, with the photo, the food, the festa. Be there when this one comes up. Free, by Peter & Sophia from Pietrasanta.
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What to see
Fiordo di Furore
Narrow ria cut by the Schiato torrent, southern Italy's only fjord, with a stone bridge crossed by the SS163 and a pebble beach below.
Il Paese Dipinto
Open-air mural circuit started in 1980 by Silvio Vetrano, with new works added each September by invited Italian and international artists.
Chiesa di Sant'Elia Profeta
Parish church on the upper part of the village, with a majolica-tiled dome and a small square overlooking the terraces below.
Vigneti di Fiorduva
Cliff-top vineyards above the fjord where Marisa Cuomo's Costa d'Amalfi Furore Bianco Fiorduva is grown on near-vertical terraces.
Sentieri di Furore
Footpaths between Furore, Agerola and Praiano including stretches of the Sentiero degli Dei, with steps cut into the rock.
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Where to eat and stay
Not our picks, but places the guides put their name to — a Michelin star, a Gambero Rosso fork, a Slow Food snail, a Michelin Key for the hotels. Worth a table, a counter, or a night when you pass through.
Bluh FuroreRistorante
Bluh Furore carries one Michelin star, plus two Gambero Rosso forks (80/100).
Hostaria BaccofuroreRistorante
Hostaria Baccofurore has one Gambero Rosso fork (78/100) and a spot in the Michelin Guide.
MelchiòRistorante
Melchiò carries one Gambero Rosso fork (79/100).
Living here
- Population 688
- In-betweeni
- Pharmacy in town
- High school within a 30-minute drive
- Nearest airport Naples / Salerno, 58 min drive
- Regional capital Napoli, 52 min drive
Tags & datadesignations · numbers · sources
The numbers
- Elevation: 300 m
- Population: 688
- Surface area: 1.88 km²
These figures were compiled from public directories — ISTAT, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata — and from the official listings of the guides named on this page. Town details change; verify with official sources before you travel.
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