Book Description
This the 2018 update for todays travellers of the guide the Scottish botanist Nevile Reid wrote during the years he spent in Ravello. The town is luckily almost the same: great part of the palaces described by Reid look like they were at the time, even if converted into luxury hotels, while others are still in ruins as they were 100 years ago. Reid’s style is even now fresh and fascinating: he is like a traveller who is moved by every step he takes. We are sure this will be the case for the readers who will be able to find in this guide the traces to follow to discover a larger and more multicoloured territory than they could ever imagine at first sight. The book is divided into three sections. A prelude with the route following the coastal road as is described by F. Gregorovius. Two interludes which report the text by Reid integrated and expanded with itineraries in the mountain surroundings, which at the time of the first edition were off-limits because of the presence of bandits. A postlude with the essay “The true soul of Ravello” where the archaeologist G. Vallet gave a description of Ravello as unusual as it is poetic and enthralling. It is up to the reader to write the story of a new journey.
