On the other side of Capo Sottile, with wonderful view over Positano and the whole final part of the peninsula up to the isle of Capri, there is Vettica Maggiore, today hamlet of Praiano, but in the past autonomous village. It rouse around the church of San Gennaro Vescovo e Martire (Bishop and Martyr) built in 1589 upon the remains of a oreexisting church of the 13th century, always dedicated to the patron saint of Vettica, but mostly famous to be the patron saint of the city of Naples too. Upon the Renaissance plan with three naves, it rises a beautiful dome roofed with majolica, in the traditional style of Amalfi.

At a few distance of the centre of Vettica Maggiore, going down to the sea, there are the Tower of Grado, built by the Spanish during the Viceroyalty, and the Beach of Gavitella in the cove with the same name, the only beach on the Amalfi Coast lightened by the sun until sunset, for its favourable position facing the West and view over Positano and Capri.

Near Gavitella there are also the Fountain of the Altar, a natural swimming pool inside the entrance of a grotto, and the Beach of the Praie, reachable only by boat.

A characteristic aspect of Praiano are the "edicole votive" (votive niches) small chapels spread over the territory of Praiano as testimonies of the popular religious devotion. Generally done with painted majolica or fresco, they are on the border walls of the cultivated fields or on the external walls of houses. Tehy are expression of the ancient social customs: when a family settled on their new property, they relied on a sacred image both to invoke God's protection and to strenghten their right over the property.