After a day off from sightseeing it was time to look around again. Plan today was to explore the neighborhood. Starting point was the harbor of Maratea (Maratea Porto). It looked rather small from the Jesus above, and indeed: it was rather small :-) However, the sun came out and we took the chance to live La Dolce Vita again: let's have a coffee at the yacht harbor, in the sun.
Maratea Porto is almost straight below the Jesus on Mt. San Biagio. The are a couple of old houses, a small harbor and three coffee bars, that's it.
I wondered if the other guests were actually yacht owners, they looked like this way. I had a very sweet Cafe Nocciola, which consisted of an Espresso on a thick layer of nougat cream. Not bad, but probably intended for female coffee drinker. 
Did I already mention the Italian signature house decoration: the clothesline? :-)
Nice boats, a mixture of freedom and luxury.....need to put some money aside :-)
Next three pictures without explanation, just some playing with the new lens.
Then we entered the beach (Spaggio) for the first time. Although it looked like summer water fun, the water was way too cold to swim. 
This time of the year the season has not started, so the beach was empty. The way I like it...
With the bare hills in the back it looked almost like an African shore. Well, Africa is not that far away, just across the Mediterranean Sea.
Unfortunately the sun left, so the last couple of pics look more grey. 
I still hear the sound of the surf, feel the late afternoon breeze and smell the fresh air, a perfect place to be (but only in off-season, without the millions of tourists).
Such rocky coast have surprising views like this, which we discovered after climbing along the cliff through the wild bushes. Ok, in truth it was mentioned in the travel guide. It was hard to reach, though.
