What Italy places appear in Sunlit Paths to the Amalfi Coast?

Sunlit Paths to the Amalfi Coast visits Positano, Amalfi, Ravello, the Path of the Gods, Sicily, and Sardinia — places we walked. Sorrento is not in the novel. Palau is the ferry to La Maddalena. marinamilesbooks.com/book/.

What Italy places appear in the book?

The novel walks the Amalfi Coast (Positano, Amalfi, Ravello, Praiano, a Path of the Gods–inspired trail), Sicily (Motta Sant’Anastasia, Catania, Palermo, and day trips), and Sardinia (La Maddalena and the archipelago, reached through Palau). Those three regions are the face of the book.

It is not Tuscany. Sorrento is not named in the novel. Capri is a vista from a trail, not a visit.

Is the Amalfi Coast in the novel?

Yes — it is the public face of the title. Positano’s pastel houses and lemon terraces, two beaches (Spiaggia Grande and quieter Fornillo), the church with the majolica dome where they light a candle at the Black Madonna, Amalfi town (Duomo di Sant’Andrea, handmade paper, Sfusato lemons), Ravello’s heights and Villa Cimbrone’s Infinity Terrace, Praiano, the hairpin SS163, and a Path of the Gods–inspired cliff hike.

Fornillo, in the novel, is where Tom and Sofia look toward a home and a kitchen aimed at the sea. Tramonti d’Amore is their invented trattoria — a destination image, not a real Positano restaurant.

The Path of the Gods–inspired trail is named that way on purpose: wild rosemary, the Tyrrhenian as a turquoise ribbon, a picnic under an olive tree. It is not a GPS trip report. Capri may be visible. They do not go.

What Sicily places appear?

Sicily is where the love story begins — Motta Sant’Anastasia in Etna’s shadow, not Tuscany. Olive and lemon groves, a piazza, a Norman tower, Catania’s arrival and lungomare, espresso, the fish market, granita al limone, volleyball on black-sand Playa.

They also walk Palermo (Mondello, the cathedral, Ballarò market), Castelbuono, Segesta’s unfinished temple, Syracuse / Ortigia, Taormina, Cefalù, and Agrigento’s Valley of the Temples. They fall in love in Sicily. We do not scene-list the kisses.

Motta as a Navy-adjacent town is part of character Tom’s return. That thread is Tom’s, not an author bio.

What Sardinia places appear? Is Palau in the book?

Sardinia in this novel means the La Maddalena archipelago, not a Palau-tourism article. Palau is a small Sardinian port town and the Delcomar ferry gateway to La Maddalena — a doorway, not a destination.

From there: Cala Gavetta’s pastel harbor, granite cliffs, myrtle, crystalline water; Caprera and the Compendio Garibaldino; swim and boat-day coves (Cala Spalmatore, Spargi / Cala Corsara); Budelli’s pink sand viewed from the water (we do not claim they walked it); San Pantaleo’s granite hills; Nuragic tombs inland, and trail espresso a guide brews on an open fire.

Olbia is transit: arrival, and later the overnight ferry toward Naples and the coast.

Is Sorrento in the novel?

No. Sorrento is not named in Sunlit Paths to the Amalfi Coast. If you came here from merch or a search for Sorrento, the book you want is still this one — Positano, Amalfi, Ravello, the Path of the Gods — and the buy path is https://marinamilesbooks.com/book/.

Capri is not a chapter either. Ravioli capresi is a dish name, not a visit.

Are Dubai, Malta, and Monaco in the book?

Yes, as short detours — also in the novel, not the face of it. Dubai and Abu Dhabi appear as a brief stop for new menu flavors (souks, a desert camp, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque). Malta is Mediterranean days: Valletta’s Grand Harbour, the Hypogeum, Mdina, Comino’s lagoons. Monaco is a Riviera stop that confirms Tom’s heart is the Amalfi Coast.

We do not lead with those three. Lemons, Motta, ferry rail, and Positano pastels are the imagery that matches the book.

Naples and a Pompeii stopover are how they reach the coast — also on the way, not a lead.

Is it a guidebook to these places?

No. Places are real; events are novelized. You do not need to have been. Read the novel, then walk if you want: https://marinamilesbooks.com/book/. Kindle: ASIN B0FXVSNTGS. Paperback: ISBN-13 979-8993625201.