In the deepest inlet of the Amalfi Coast, between Amalfi amd Capo d'Orso (Bear's Cape) there are the two towns of Minori and Maiori, always joined by a common destiny, as underlined by their name. The Romans called Reginna Minor and Reginna Maior the two small rivers flowing in this bay, with their mouths divided by a small promontory. By those names they called also the villages which rose upon the rivers' mouths, but as time passed the name Reginna was lost because not distinctive anymore,and remained only the attributes. Minori was founded on the mouth of the river Reginna Minor, in the smaller westerly cove.

The first settlement of Minori was a Roman villa during the first imperial age, of which are nowadays visible some remains, discovered in 1932 but buried by an inundation in 1954 and excavated again. This villa is very important, because it is the only one remained among the numerous maritime villa built on the Amalfi Coast, according to the historic documents, so that we can today accept as true those written testimonies and study the style and structures of this kind of constructions. The Villa in Minori extended up to the seashore for more than 2500 sq.ms. and we can nowadays visit some rooms on the ground floor, among which the thermal baths with a mosaic pavement and the courtyard with arcaded sides and a pool in the middle.

In the Middle Ages Minori joined to the Republic of Amalfi, hosting some arsenals and specializing in the shipyard production. Faithful allied of Amalfi, Minori shared its success and decadance, and was hardly beaten by the forays done by the fleet of Pisa (rival of Amalfi) and by the Norman conquest, that put an end to the golden age of the Republic. Passed under the jurisdiction of the Reign of Naples, Minori was able to carve out a space in the new political context by changing over its economy and devoting to some factories (as paper and pasta production, leather tanning) and the citrus' commerce, all activities related to the abundance of water assured by the river Reginuolo (Italian name for Reginna).

This wealthy is testified by the construction of many religious and civilian buildings in the centre of Minori. Near the promenade is the Basilica of Santa Trofimena, of medieval structure but radically changed by following interventions. In its interior there is a marble pulpit of the 18th century and the relics of the saint, kept in an alabaster urn, which the tradition says had miracolously come here from the sea. The characteristic festivity of Santa Trofimena, venerated all over the Amalfi Coast, is held on 13th of July.

The beautiful beach of Minori occupies the whole small bay comprised between the promontory which divides the town from Maiori and the opposite cape, all covered by the houses and novble palaces of the historic centre, with some fortified towers on the sea. In the middle of the beach there is a small quay built as landing point for hydrofoils. On its extremity towards the open sea there is a platform for the landing of helicopters. Behind the beach, the beautiful tree-lined promenade.