Amalfi Coast Tours from Naples

Choose your experience

Day tours from Naples fall into six kinds. They differ in how you travel, which towns you reach and what you pay, so choose the kind of day first and the tour second. Prices are per person on GetYourGuide, checked October 2026.

A shared day trip by road

A minibus or coach collects you in Naples, drives the coast road and gives you free time in two or three towns. Worldtours’ From Naples: Sorrento, Positano & Amalfi Premium Tour is the most-reviewed of the 121 Naples-departure Amalfi Coast listings compared on GetYourGuide: 4.8 from 18,989 reviews, 8.5 hours, from $71 without lunch (our breakdown). Amalfi Coast day trips from Naples compares the other coach days.

A boat day on the water

On a boat day you ride from Naples to a harbor and see the coast from the sea, with free time ashore in Amalfi and Positano. HP Travel’s Boat Tour of Amalfi, Positano and Ravello is the most-reviewed boat tour on this site, 4.5 from 5,597 reviews, from $105 (our breakdown). Boats depend on the season and the sea; Amalfi Coast boat tours sets out the options.

A small group in a minivan

A smaller vehicle can reach places a big coach cannot, and you share the day with fewer people. HP Travel’s Positano, Amalfi and Sorrento Small Group Tour caps the group at 13 and costs $62, the lowest real-date price among the 24 tours with a page here. Small-group tours explains what “small” means on each listing.

A private driver for your party

Private days are priced per person but fall sharply as your party grows. On Viator, the Private Amalfi Coast Tour: Scenic Positano, Amalfi & Ravello works out at about $273 each when two travel and about $168 each for four. Private Amalfi Coast tours compares drivers, guides and party sizes.

A shore excursion from the cruise port

If your ship docks in Naples, the return time matters more than the towns. Several tours collect you at the port, and some day trips offer a cruise-terminal pickup. Cruise excursions lists the port options and how to match the return time to your ship.

Pompeii and the coast in one day

Combo tours add the ruins to one or two towns. Worldtours’ Amalfi Coast and Pompeii Full Experience Tour gives you 2 hours in Amalfi and a 2-hour guided walk in Pompeii, entry ticket included, from $90 (our breakdown). Pompeii and Amalfi Coast tours compares the three combos.

Still unsure? Which Amalfi Coast tour to book from Naples gives one pick per kind of traveler, from families to cruise passengers.

Where will you go?

Four places appear on almost every itinerary, and only three of them are on the Amalfi Coast.

Positano is the steep one, a town of staircases that climbs from the beach at Spiaggia Grande, with the majolica-tiled dome of Santa Maria Assunta near the water. Most tours stop here, but read the line: Giromondo’s Exclusive Tour of Amalfi Coast gives Positano a 15-minute photo stop outside the town, and NapoliCityVision’s Sorrento, Positano and Amalfi Small Luxury Tour goes down into Positano only when traffic and parking allow. Among the road tours on this site, Beducci’s $73 Amalfi Coast Day Trip in Positano & Amalfi gives Positano the longest stop, 3 hours (our breakdown).

Amalfi was an independent maritime republic until 1073, and its 11th-century Duomo di Sant’Andrea stands above the main square. Nearly every tour reaches it, and the boat days give it the most time: 3.5 hours on HP Travel’s boat tour when you skip the Ravello option.

Ravello sits on the hill above Amalfi, quieter, with the gardens of Villa Rufolo (€8 standard ticket, sold only on site). Three shared road tours visit Positano, Amalfi and Ravello and skip Sorrento, and none of them includes the villa entry. Our Positano, Amalfi and Ravello guide weighs that day.

Sorrento is not an Amalfi Coast town. It lies on the Sorrentine Peninsula, in the Metropolitan City of Naples, while the Amalfi Coast towns belong to the Province of Salerno. On a “Sorrento, Positano and Amalfi” day you visit two Amalfi Coast towns plus Sorrento, usually with a limoncello tasting. That suits many first-timers, and the itineraries page sets the two classic routes side by side.

Boat vs road: which is better

Start with the season. Road tours run all year. The NLG ferries from Molo Beverello to Amalfi and Positano run from 1 April to early November in 2026, and hydrofoils can be cancelled in rough seas. Some road tours also change with the season: Beducci’s day trip crosses from Positano to Amalfi by ferry from April to October and by bus from November to March.

Then think about comfort. The coast road is narrow and winding, and Touring Italy warns that its shore excursion does not suit anyone prone to carsickness. On the water, Worldtours says its hydrofoil cruise is not for people prone to seasickness. Choose the motion you handle better.

Time ashore differs too. Boat days give you long stops in Amalfi, but the transfers are long: HP Travel drives you to the port of Torre del Greco before you sail, and a few reviewers felt they spent much of the day getting there and back. On Worldtours’ road day, the driving legs add up to about four hours of the 8.5, with the coast views on the way.

For a summer day with calm seas, a boat gives you the view from the water. For a winter date, a tight schedule or a party that dislikes boats, go by road. Amalfi Coast boat tours compares the boat days with the plain ferry ticket.

Planning your day trip

Pickup. Most road tours collect you at hotels or central points in Naples. Worldtours offers 11 pickup points, from the Archaeological Museum to the Stazione Marittima (that one for cruise passengers only). Beducci uses bus stops from Molo Beverello at 08:10 onward, and HP Travel’s small-group day leaves only from Starhotels Terminus in Piazza Garibaldi. Where to stay in Naples for Amalfi Coast tours matches neighborhoods to pickup points.

Travel times. Worldtours allows about an hour from Naples to Sorrento, and Beducci about 1.5 hours to Positano. Ferries, trains and buses are covered in how to get from Naples to the Amalfi Coast.

Season and weather. In Naples, October and November are the wettest months, with 135.5 mm and 152.1 mm of rain on average, and July is the driest. Worldtours runs its day with at least 2 travelers from April to October and at least 4 from November to March, so a winter booking can be cancelled if too few people sign up.

Free time and lunch. A “photo stop” of 15 minutes is not a visit, so read the minutes for each town. Lunch is usually extra: Worldtours charges $99 with a set lunch against $71 without. The optional boat ride in Amalfi costs €15 per person, paid on site, and Villa Rufolo charges €8, so carry some euros in cash.

Mobility. Positano is all steps, and most listings say they are not suitable for wheelchair users. Di Sarno’s Group Tour to Positano, Amalfi, Ravello takes folding wheelchairs and strollers if you tell the operator in advance.

When you know your date and the kind of day you want, check availability for the Worldtours day, or compare the four main options in the table above.