Where are the best pizzas in Positano?
A tangle of houses climbs the hill of the costiera, a network of facades faded by the sun, shaded alleys and stairs, dozens of stairs that allow you to go up and down from the heavens to the sea with effort: we are in Positano, **one of those magical and exclusive towns of the Amalfinata Coast. **
The South of Italy is the land of mozarella, lemons, coffee granitas, sfogliatelle (a puff pastry usually filled with ricotta), fresh pasta with seafood. It is a land of sun, beach, sea and starry nights with views of the bay. There are places in the world that require respectful silence in the face of beauty. La Costiera and Positanos are some of them.
In the summer months, the Amalfi Coast is a hive of high-end tourists . The narrow road that runs from one end to the other of the coast becomes a coming and going of luxury cars, of brown bodies peering in the calm of heavy traffic at the precipices through which a fertile landscape of fruit trees, fields of farming, vineyards and privileged houses.
When you arrive in Positano, the car is parked at the top of the town and from there begins a journey of ups and downs through those narrow staggered alleys and thus passes from streets full of designer clothing stores, showrooms, jewelers and small and delicious restaurants almost always with sea views.
It is the town desired by actors, actresses, celebrities from all over the world . Many park their yacht off the coast of Positano and others prefer to stay in one of the privileged hotels in the area. But what everyone, famous or not, agrees on is to treat themselves to a table and tablecloth in one of the exclusive restaurants in town. Of all of them, you have to reserve a table at one without sea view but with one of the best menus in town, the Saraceno d'Oro.
It is located in the upper part of Positano, next to the Pensione Maria Luisa . A simple room controlled by the large and beautiful wood oven, and a small urban terrace decorated with taste and pampered by the owners of the restaurant, a family of pizzaiolos and hoteliers. It is a family business that over the years has earned the fame of having the best pizzas in the costiera but also to prepare one of the most delicious pasta with seafood in the area.
Being in Positano and on the coast almost requires us to try the scialatielli, which is the typical pasta of the area made with natural tomato and a kind of pulpit that here they call "totano" . It was born as a dish to save famine in times of war and is now one of the most delicious and luxurious dishes in southern Italy. For dessert, ricotta cake and pears.