7 Days on the Amalfi Coast & Cilento
A slow road trip along Italy's most dramatic coastline, where each bend reveals pastel fishing villages, terraced lemon farms and hidden beaches. Sleep in Salerno and explore north to Positano and south into the Cilento wilderness—the antidote to Amalfi's crowds.
What to expect
- Drive the SS163 to Positano: 13km of hairpins hugging thousand-metre cliffs.
- Hike Sentiero degli Dei (Path of the Gods) between Praiano and Positano.
- Eat fresh scampi and pasta alle vongole in family-run trattorias in Furore.
- Explore Paestum's Greek temples by car, then swim at Marina di Camerota.
- Browse ceramics and limoncello in the small hilltop town of Ravello.
Day by day
Arrive in Salerno and settle into your base near the waterfront.
Walk the old town's arcaded streets and eat lunch at Piazza Flavio Gioia.
Dine on fresh mozzarella and seafood pasta with a view of the gulf.
Drive the SS163 hairpins to Positano; park above town and walk the beach.
Hike Sentiero degli Dei to Praiano (3 hours), with Tyrrhenian views all the way.
Return to Salerno. Rest and eat grilled fish at the harbour restaurants.
Drive inland to Ravello (45 min); visit Villa Rufolo and its clifftop gardens.
Browse the ceramics shops on Via San Giovanni del Toro; taste local limoncello.
Sunset aperitivo at a rooftop bar, then dinner in Ravello's quiet piazzas.
Drive to Furore, hidden between two mountains, and kayak the fjord (optional).
Lunch at a waterside spot in Furore; explore the tiny village on foot.
Return to Salerno. Slow dinner of fresh pasta alle vongole.
Drive south to Paestum (90 min); explore the three Greek temples from 600 BCE.
Head to Marina di Camerota and swim at one of Cilento's emptier beaches.
Dinner in the marina village; fresh catch of the day.
Drive the coastal road past Acciaroli and Ascea; stop at viewpoints above Cilento.
Visit the Certosa di Padula monastery (inland, 1 hour); tour the vast Carthusian cloister.
Return to Salerno. Sunset walk along the promenade, final dinner in the old town.
Leisurely breakfast and last wander of Salerno's centre.
Drive to Naples airport or Salerno station for onward travel.
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