Sorrento & Amalfi Coast Day Trip from Naples

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Duration8h

GroupUp to 11

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Four Clifftop Villages in One Day Along Italy's Most Dramatic Shore

You travel by shared minivan from Naples through Sorrento and along the UNESCO Amalfi Coast to Positano, Amalfi and Ravello, with an hour of free time in each village to explore, eat and shop independently. Transport and driver are included; entry fees and meals are your own expense. The full day takes you from your hotel or train station back to the city center.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Sorrento and Amalfi Coast

Meet driver in Naples
Travel to Sorrento by minivan
Explore Sorrento for one hour
Drive along Amalfi Coast to Positano
Free time in Positano for one hour
Arrive in Amalfi and explore for one hour
Visit Ravello and explore for one hour
Return to Naples

The Experience

Hands grip the minivan's overhead rail as the driver leans into another hairpin turn, the Mediterranean suddenly visible far below through the window. That's you, about two hours into the day, already past Sorrento and now tracing the Amalfi Coast's winding cliffside road toward Positano. The route itself is the main event here — a 40-mile stretch of UNESCO-listed coastline that most people only see in photos, and you're moving through it slowly enough to actually absorb it. Your driver knows the road; you just watch the lemon groves and pastel villages appear and disappear as the car hugs each curve.

The day starts at your Naples hotel or the central train station, where you board an air-conditioned minibus with a small group. Sorrento comes first — an hour to wander Piazza Tasso, duck into shops, or climb the steps to the 15th-century cathedral if that appeals to you. Nothing is scheduled; you move at your own pace. Then the coast road opens up, and Positano arrives like a postcard: houses in cream and peach and terracotta stacked down a cliff face to the water, with a tiled dome of the Church of St Maria Assunta catching the light. Another hour here, then Amalfi's 9th-century cathedral and its hidden lane restaurants, then Ravello higher up the cliffs, where the pedestrian streets and the 13th-century Villa Rufolo's gardens sit so far above the sea that the view stops you mid-step. Each stop gives you an hour. Meals and entry fees are on you, which means you're not herded into a set lunch or a mandatory museum — you choose what matters.

The constraint is real: stairs in Ravello and Amalfi are unavoidable, and the villages themselves are built vertical. Comfortable walking shoes matter. You also need to respect the timing — the driver waits, but not indefinitely, and the whole loop needs to close before dark. What you get in return is a minivan tour of the Amalfi Coast that doesn't feel like a tour: you see four distinct places, you have actual time in each one, and you're not sitting on a coach with forty other people listening to a microphone. The return to Naples happens at your original departure point or anywhere in the city center you choose.

What’s included

Your day includes shared minivan transport with an air-conditioned vehicle and driver, hotel or train station pickup and drop-off in Naples, and access to all four villages on the Amalfi Coast.
Meals, drinks, and entrance fees to attractions like Villa Rufolo in Ravello are at your own expense.
You have one hour of free time in each of the four stops — Sorrento, Positano, Amalfi and Ravello — to explore, eat and shop as you wish.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Project Napoli Service

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see the Amalfi Coast's main villages in a single day without renting a car or navigating the cliffside road yourself — the minivan and driver handle the logistics, and the free time in each place means you're not locked into a group pace or a set itinerary.