What is Furore known for?

Schiato torrent ria, the only fjord in southern Italy, crossed by an arched road bridge thirty meters above the water. Murals on house walls added each September since 1980 under Silvio Vetrano's Paese Dipinto project, hence the village that doesn't exist. Costa d'Amalfi Furore Bianco DOC from Marisa Cuomo, grown on cliff terraces above the fjord and known beyond Italy since the 1990s.

Furore is a comune in the province of Salerno, Campania region of Italy, about 34 kilometers from Salerno.

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.

34 km / 21 mi

Nearest hub (Salerno)

688

Population

May–Sep

Best time to visit

Recognised as

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 sitsin 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.

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Known for

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.

When to visit

Best months · May–Sep

Best
Hot or crowded
Quiet
Mostly closed

May, June, September and early October are the strongest months on this stretch of the Amalfi Coast. The sea climbs past twenty degrees, the SS163 buses run on a working timetable, and the Fiordo di Furore beach is accessible without a queue. July and August are full: the day-trippers come up from Amalfi and the small parking pockets on the SS163 fill before nine. November through March is mostly closed. Many restaurants and hotels shut, the fjord stays cold, and the wind through the Vallone is exactly what gave Furore its name. The Marasà Cuomo cellars run tastings year-round by appointment.