Agree re Amalfi coast traffic. It’s horrendous but you’ve no choice to use it to get around. We are off to Lake Como in May.
There are other choices, and in particular take to the water.
There are ferries up and down the coast.
Plus you can hire boats or go on boats tours to Capri etc.
Also shanks pony to do the stunning
Il Sentiero degli Dei - The Path of the Gods.
- We chose accommodation near where it finished and so only had to get transport to the start of the walk.
Base yourself in Positano, rather than Amalfi. It is much nicer and much easier to book accommodation with stunning views and IMO is the best base on the Amalfi Coast. You can then catch a a ferry to visit Amalfi.
While one can go on a tour, or pay for a guide, it is a pretty easy walk to self-navigate the
Il Sentiero degli Dei - The Path of the Gods.
One way down hill is best!
It is expensive to get a taxi to the start of the walk at
Bomerana, but the local bus is cheap though slow. ,Without the guide and taxi this becomes a very cheap half-day activity, but is a very beautiful walk.
We took the morning ferry to Amalfi, from where we were staying in
Positano, to enjoy the water views and a nice lunch. Then we took the local bus to Bomerano where we started the walk from there back to Positano. We stopped fora light dinner near the end to descend the final steep stairs to Positano in the dusk.
This site describes the walk well and has some excellent pics.
Hiking the Path of the Gods (And the Amalfi Coast on a Budget)/
As we flew into Naples we spent 2 nights in Pompei at a hotel just near the entrance so that we could spend a full day walking around the vast Pompei site. The next moring we caught the tain to Sorrento and stayed in an AirBnb for one night. We then had 4 nights at Positano which was ample to do the walk, take a day trip to Capri and thena couple of days just chilling in a beach club a short walk from our hotel.
We used
www.airportstaxitransfers.com to book limos (Meredes E Class) at good rate for Naples to Pompei, and from Sorrento to Positano. And then from Positano to Naples train station to catch a train to Rome.
We visited in August. Doing it this way we minimised battling the traffic and had a fantastic time. While we often very much try and avoid crowds I think being there in the height of summer is seeing the place at its best and you can enjoy the buzz on the beaches, the bars and the cafes/restaurants.
Watching the sunsets at a bar and just people watching is fantastic.
