Getting Around -- Orange shuttle buses make the loop of Viale Pasitea, Via Cristoforo Colombo, and Via G. Marconi (SS 163), stopping several times along the way. They run every half-hour, saving your tired knees from some of the town's endless steps. You can purchase the 1€ ($1.40/70p) ticket on board.
A boat service links Marina Grande to Fornillo during the summer, with boats every half-hour.
Taxis can be called at tel. 089-875230.
Visitor Information -- The AAST tourist office is at Via del Saracino 4, 84017 Positano (tel. 089-875067; www.aziendaturismopositano.it). It is open Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 2pm, with additional hours (3:30 to 8pm) between July and August.
Fast Facts -- You'll find a pharmacy on Viale Pasitea (tel. 089-875863). For an ambulance, dial tel. 118. You can call the police at tel. 113 or at tel. 112. The post office (tel. 089-875142) is at Via G. Marconi 320 (SS 163), at the corner with Viale Pasitea; it is open Monday to Saturday 8am to 2pm. You will find several banks with ATMs, including a Banco di Napoli at Piazza dei Mulini 18 (tel. 089-8122367). The exchange office is in Piazza dei Mulini (tel. 089-875864).
Special Events -- Summer Music is an international chamber music festival that takes place from the end of August to the beginning of September every year (2007 marked its 40th anniversary). The Festival of the Assunta is a lively event held August 14 and 15, when the violent attack of the Saracens and the Madonna's miraculous intervention are reenacted, accompanied by much noise and fanfare by Positanese of all ages. The histrionics include a fake fire and colorful historic costumes.
