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Stemma di Tramonti

Campania · Salerno

Tramonti

The inland side of the Amalfi Coast, thirteen hamlets on the Lattari slopes producing the Costa d'Amalfi Tramonti DOC and an exported pizza dough.

Known for

  • PIZZA DIASPORA

    Long-fermented pizza dough taken north by Tramontani emigrants after the war, founding most of the historic pizzerias of Piedmont and Lombardy.

  • COSTA D'AMALFI DOC

    Terraced Tintore di Tramonti and Piedirosso parcels under the Costa d'Amalfi Tramonti DOC, with vines descended from pre-phylloxera stock.

  • LIMONCELLO

    Lemon liqueur distilled across the thirteen hamlets from Costa d'Amalfi IGP lemons, alongside chestnut and walnut variants from the higher slopes.

When to visit

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  • Mostly closed

Why come

Tramonti is the Amalfi Coast that does not face the sea. The comune covers thirteen hamlets on the inland Lattari slopes above Maiori, with the seat of Polvica and the higher frazioni climbing past six hundred. It was an important town of the Maritime Republic of Amalfi between 839 and around 1200, and the terraced vineyards still grow Tintore di Tramonti and Piedirosso for the Costa d'Amalfi Tramonti DOC, one of the steepest viticultures in Italy.

Two other exports made the village name travel further than the village itself: fiordilatte mozzarella from the high pastures, and the long-fermented pizza dough that Tramontani emigrants carried north in the post-war years, founding most of the historic pizzerias of Piedmont and Lombardy. The slopes are within the UNESCO Amalfi Coast site and the Monti Lattari Park, with chestnut forest and limoncello distilleries on every road.

The Sunday letter

We haven’t written Tramonti’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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Tramonti — photo 1
Tramonti — photo 2

What to see

  • Convento di San Francesco

    Fourteenth-century Franciscan convent at Polvica with cloister and a rare wooden Christ, founded by Beata Margherita Cigala in 1474.

  • Costa d'Amalfi Tramonti DOC vineyards

    Terraced parcels of Tintore di Tramonti and Piedirosso on the Lattari slopes, among the steepest viticultures in Italy and the oldest on the coast.

  • Thirteen frazioni of Tramonti

    Hamlets scattered up the Lattari ridges between 250 and 700 meters, each with its own parish and traditions, connected by old mule tracks.

  • Monti Lattari Regional Park

    Limestone ridge dividing Amalfi from the Sorrento peninsula, chestnut and beech forest, with trails to Ravello and the Valico di Chiunzi pass.

  • Torre dello Ziro

    Medieval watchtower above the Valico di Chiunzi, built to signal Saracen raids between Amalfi and the inland Sarno valley.

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Living here

  • Population 4,135
  • In-betweeni
  • Pharmacy in town
  • High school within a 30-minute drive
  • Nearest airport Naples / Salerno, 1 h 7 min drive
  • Regional capital Napoli, 1 h 0 min drive
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The numbers

  • Elevation: 321 m
  • Population: 4,135
  • Surface area: 24.83 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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