Amalfi Coast Itineraries

Day trips from Naples follow one of two routes. Sorrento, Positano and Amalfi is the first-timer’s day: the most tours to choose from, prices from $62, and Sorrento’s old town on the way. Positano, Amalfi and Ravello skips Sorrento, which is on the Sorrentine Peninsula and not one of the Amalfi Coast towns, and ends in Ravello, high above the sea, with its villa gardens.

Di Sarno’s Group Tour to Positano, Amalfi, Ravello gives about 1 hour in Positano and 1.5 hours each in Amalfi and Ravello for $101 per person (checked October 2026), with 4.7 from 2,330 GetYourGuide reviews. On either route expect about an hour or two per town: no single day gives you long stops in three places.

Quick picks by route

• Ravello route with a cruise terminal option: the $101 Di Sarno day, 8 hours. Our breakdown
• Ravello route for less: Worldtours’ Positano, Amalfi & Ravello Premium Tour, $71, 4.8 from 517 reviews. Our breakdown
• Ravello route with a guide and a boat leg: Gray Line’s Positano, Amalfi & Ravello Day Trip, $122, boat from Positano to Amalfi from April to October. Our breakdown
• Sorrento route, most reviewed: the $71 Worldtours Sorrento, Positano & Amalfi day, 4.8 from 18,989 reviews. Our breakdown
• Sorrento route, lowest price: HP Travel’s $62 small group tour, which runs the route in reverse with Amalfi first. Our breakdown

Route 1: Sorrento, Positano and Amalfi

This is the route most tours run. You leave Naples for Sorrento, about an hour away, then cross the peninsula to Positano and continue along the coast road to Amalfi. Sorrento gives you an old town, lemon products and, on several tours, a limoncello tasting. Positano and Amalfi are the coast’s two best-known towns.

The minutes differ more than the titles suggest:

Giromondo’s Exclusive Tour adds Ravello as a fourth stop but only pauses above Positano, so treat it as a Sorrento, Amalfi and Ravello day. NapoliCityVision visits Ravello in place of Positano when it cannot stop there. Our Sorrento, Positano and Amalfi guide walks through this route hour by hour.

Route 2: Positano, Amalfi and Ravello

The Ravello route crosses the peninsula, stops in Positano, then continues east to Amalfi and climbs to Ravello. You give up Sorrento and gain the coast’s hill town, with Villa Rufolo and Villa Cimbrone and their sea views. Villa Rufolo’s standard ticket is €8, sold only on site, and none of the three tours below includes villa entry.

Gray Line goes from Positano to Amalfi by boat from April to October, sea conditions permitting, and by bus from November to March, when a visit to the Arsenal of the Amalfi Republic is included instead. Its official local guide stays with the group all day. Di Sarno and Worldtours use a driver or host and leave you free in each town. Our Positano, Amalfi and Ravello guide asks whether three towns in one day is too much.

How the two routes compare

Pick the Sorrento route if it is your first visit and you want the widest choice of dates, pickups and prices. It has the most-reviewed tour on this site and the lowest price, and Sorrento is an easy first stop after the drive from Naples. The cost is time: on most of these tours Positano gets about 75 minutes.

Pick the Ravello route if gardens and views matter more to you than shopping, or if you have already seen Sorrento. One 3-star reviewer on the Gray Line day found Positano and Amalfi too full of shops and suggested spending the most time in Ravello. You still get about an hour in Positano, and a 75-minute to 1.5-hour stop in Ravello leaves time for one villa garden if you go straight there.

Both routes share the same complaint in 3-star reviews: too little time per town. One reviewer on the Di Sarno day felt rushed because cruise passengers in the group had to be back at the port.

Variants: two towns, by sea, or with Pompeii

If three stops sounds like too much, three variants change the shape of the day:

• Two towns only: the Positano and Amalfi coach day, $73, lists about 3 hours in Positano and 2 in Amalfi, with a ferry between them from April to October. See our day trips page.
• By sea: HP Travel’s Boat Tour of Amalfi, Positano and Ravello drives you to Torre del Greco and goes the rest of the way by boat. Without Ravello ($105) you get 3.5 hours in Amalfi and 1 hour in Positano; the Ravello option ($151) gives 1 hour each in Ravello and Amalfi. Boat days depend on the sea, so see our boat tours page.
• With Pompeii: Worldtours’ Amalfi Coast and Pompeii Full Experience Tour, $90, gives 2 hours in Amalfi and a 2-hour guided visit of Pompeii with entry included. Our Pompeii combo page compares the options.

Three days from Naples

With three days based in Naples, you can see most of what these routes cover without repeating yourself. Take a Sorrento, Positano and Amalfi day first, then a Positano, Amalfi and Ravello day or a boat day for the view from the sea, and keep the third day for Pompeii and Amalfi. Road days run all year; boat days and the Positano to Amalfi ferry legs are seasonal, roughly April to early November.

Which route to choose

Book the $101 Di Sarno day if you want Ravello and a cruise terminal pickup option, or Worldtours’ $71 Ravello day for the same three towns for less. Book the $71 Worldtours Sorrento day if it is your first time and you want the most-reviewed option. Timings move with traffic and season, so check the itinerary for your date, then check availability for the Positano, Amalfi and Ravello day.