Cornelius Amann
October 06, 2026
5/5
Amalfi Coast and Capri
8 days from Naples: the Path of the Gods, Ravello and Positano by boat, two nights on Capri and Pompeii in the late afternoon.
8 days · Round trip from Naples · up to 12 guests
Positano and the majolica dome of Santa Maria Assunta Photo: Nan Palmero, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Positano_Beach_(42250212884).jpg)
The facts
At a glance
- Length
- 8 days, 7 nights
- Start and end
- Round trip from Naples
- Group size
- 7 to 12 guests
- Activity level
Moderate
One harder walk, the Path of the Gods (about 7 to 8 km, 3 hours, mostly downhill on rough stone path), with an easier option. Other days are easy walking, but the coast is built on steps, so expect plenty of them.
- Meals included
- 7 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 2 dinners
- Room of your own
- + CAD 850
- Season
- Late April to early June and mid September to mid October
Highlights
Why this trip
- Walk the Path of the Gods from 8:00, before the heat and the crowds, with an easier option on the day
- Ravello at opening: the Terrace of Infinity at Villa Cimbrone and the gardens of Villa Rufolo
- Arrive in Positano by boat in the late light and stay for dusk on the beach
- Two nights on Capri: Monte Solaro before the crowds, a boat around the island and the Faraglioni after the day-trippers leave
- A free day in the middle of the trip, and an agriturismo cooking class and dinner in the hills
- Pompeii with a licensed guide in the quieter late afternoon, then a farewell seafood dinner in Sorrento
What makes this trip different
Free time is part of the plan
Free time and choices are marked on the days they fall.
Solo without the penalty
A room of your own is + CAD 850.
Day by day
Itinerary
Tap any stop on the map to open that dayClick any stop on the map to open that day
Arrive in Naples, sunset in Praiano
Naples to Praiano over the Lattari Mountains
- Welcome dinner
- Stay in Praiano
We meet you at Naples International Airport (NAP) or at Napoli Centrale station and drive you to the coast in our own vehicle, so there is no bus or ferry to work out on arrival. The road crosses the Lattari Mountains and comes down to the sea above the Amalfi Coast, listed by UNESCO in 1997 for its terraced lemon groves and cliff villages. Your base for four nights is Praiano, a quiet village between Positano and Amalfi. It faces west, which makes it one of the few places on this coast where you watch the sun go down over the water, towards Positano and Capri.
Evening
Your See Sight Tours guide meets the group for a short briefing on the walking ahead, then we sit down to a welcome dinner nearby.
Included
- Pick-up at Naples International Airport (NAP) or Napoli Centrale station
- Private transfer to Praiano
- Welcome briefing with your guide
- Welcome dinner
Free time: Free until the evening briefing
The Path of the Gods, early
Bomerano to Nocelle on foot, then back to Praiano
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Praiano
The hardest walk comes early in the trip, while legs are fresh, and it starts early in the day. Our van leaves Praiano around 7:30 for Bomerano, a village on the Agerola plateau about 20 minutes up the mountain, so we are on the Path of the Gods (Sentiero degli Dei) by 8:00, ahead of the heat and the crowds. The trail runs about 7 to 8 km along the cliffs, mostly downhill on rough stone, and takes about three hours with stops. About halfway, limestone overhangs frame the drop to the sea, with Positano, the Li Galli islets and, on a clear day, Capri ahead.
Afternoon
We finish at Nocelle, a hamlet high above Positano, for lunch at a family trattoria. The van brings you back to Praiano for a free afternoon: a swim at Marina di Praia or a rest.
Included
- Guided walk on the Path of the Gods from Bomerano to Nocelle
- Lunch in Nocelle
- Van transfers to the trailhead and back from Nocelle
Easier option: Walk the first section from Bomerano to the first viewpoints on the trail, then ride round in the van to meet the group in Nocelle for lunch.
More active option: After lunch, take the stone steps down from Nocelle to Positano (more than a thousand of them, about 40 minutes) and spend the afternoon there before the van brings you back.
Free time: Afternoon free
Activity: About 7 to 8 km and 3 hours on uneven stone path, mostly downhill, with some short climbs. Good shoes with grip, a hat and water.
Amalfi, Ravello and Positano by boat
Amalfi and Ravello, then the boat from Amalfi to Positano
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Praiano
- By boat
We reach Amalfi just after 8:00, when the wide staircase up to the Cathedral of Saint Andrew is almost empty and the striped facade in Arab-Norman style is free of crowds, long before the coaches and cruise groups arrive. Then up the hill to Ravello for opening time. At Villa Cimbrone the Terrace of Infinity, lined with marble busts, hangs over the coast hundreds of metres above the sea. At Villa Rufolo, a 13th-century palace whose gardens moved Richard Wagner on his visit in 1880, the terraces look down on the domes of Ravello and the bay.
Afternoon
After lunch in Ravello you can walk the old stepped path down to Atrani and Amalfi. In the late afternoon we board the boat to Positano and arrive by sea, the way the town looks best.
Evening
Stay on Spiaggia Grande for dusk, when the town lights up, and dinner, before the van takes you back to Praiano.
Included
- Amalfi and the Cathedral of Saint Andrew from the outside, early
- Villa Cimbrone and the Terrace of Infinity
- Villa Rufolo gardens
- Lunch in Ravello
- Boat from Amalfi to Positano
- Van back to Praiano in the evening
Easier option: Ride down from Ravello to Amalfi in the van instead of walking the steps.
More active option: Walk the stepped path from Ravello down to Atrani and along to Amalfi, about an hour, mostly steps.
Free time: Free time in Amalfi in the afternoon and in Positano in the evening
Activity: The path down from Ravello is all steps and hard on the knees; the van is always an option.
A free day, and dinner at an agriturismo
Free in Praiano, then the hills above the coast
- Breakfast and dinner
- Stay in Praiano
A whole day to yourself in the middle of the trip, so tired legs get a rest before Capri.
Morning
Early risers can join the guide at sunrise in Positano, when soft light falls on the pastel houses and the beach is empty apart from fishermen. Otherwise sleep in, swim from the rocks or the small beach at Marina di Praia, walk the steps down into the Fiordo di Furore, a narrow inlet crossed by a road bridge, or take a public boat to Amalfi on your own. Your guide is around to help with plans.
Afternoon
In the late afternoon the van takes us up to an agriturismo, a working farm in the hills above the coast.
Evening
You learn to make scialatielli, the local fresh pasta, try the fior di latte and provolone del Monaco cheeses of the Lattari Mountains, and stay for dinner with Costa d'Amalfi wine.
Included
- Cooking class and dinner at an agriturismo
- Van to the agriturismo and back
Optional experiences
- Sunrise in Positano with your guide, back for breakfast
Free time: Free until the late afternoon
By boat to Capri, Monte Solaro before the crowds
Praiano to Capri by boat, then Anacapri
- Breakfast
- Stay in Capri
- By boat
We leave Praiano by private boat around 8:00 and follow the coast west, past Positano from the water and the Li Galli islets, round the tip of the Sorrento peninsula and across to Capri. That puts us on the island before 10:00, ahead of most day-trippers. Porters take your bags up to the hotel while we go straight to Anacapri, the quieter upper town, and ride the single-seat chairlift up Monte Solaro, at 589 m the highest point of the island. From the top you look down on the Faraglioni rocks and across the Bay of Naples to the Amalfi Coast. If cloud sits on the summit, we swap the order and come back later.
Afternoon
Visit Villa San Michele, the house and garden of the Swedish doctor Axel Munthe, then the afternoon is yours.
Evening
In the evening, walk the Piazzetta once the last ferries have gone.
Included
- Private boat from Praiano to Capri
- Porterage from the harbour to your hotel
- Monte Solaro chairlift
- Villa San Michele in Anacapri
- Minibus between Capri and Anacapri
More active option: Walk down from Monte Solaro to Anacapri by the path past the Cetrella hermitage, about 45 minutes and steep in places.
Free time: Afternoon and evening free
Around Capri by boat, the Faraglioni in late light
A boat around the island, then the Pizzolungo path
- Breakfast
- Stay in Capri
- By boat
Morning
Early in the morning, before the harbour gets busy, a small boat takes us right around Capri. You pass the white and green grottoes, sea arches and the cliffs below Villa Jovis, where the emperor Tiberius ruled the Roman Empire from AD 27, and go through the arch in the middle stack of the Faraglioni, the three rocks off the south coast. If the sea is calm and the queue is short, you can switch to the little rowing boats and lie back to slip into the Blue Grotto; entry is on us, but we do not build the day around it. The middle of the day is free for a swim at Marina Piccola or the Gardens of Augustus.
Afternoon
Late in the afternoon your guide walks you from the Arco Naturale along the Pizzolungo path to the Belvedere of Tragara, to see the Faraglioni glow once the day-trippers have left.
Included
- Small-boat trip around Capri
- Blue Grotto entry, if it is open and the wait is short
- Guided late-afternoon walk on the Pizzolungo path to the Belvedere of Tragara
Easier option: Skip the Pizzolungo path and walk the flat Via Tragara straight to the Belvedere, about 20 minutes from the Piazzetta.
More active option: Before the boat or in the free middle of the day, walk up to the ruins of Villa Jovis, about 45 minutes uphill from the Piazzetta.
Free time: Middle of the day and evening free
Activity: The Pizzolungo path is about 1.5 hours with steps up and down.
Ferry to Sorrento, Pompeii in the late afternoon
Capri to Sorrento by ferry, then Pompeii
- Breakfast and dinner
- Stay in Sorrento
- By ferry
Morning
A slow last morning on Capri: coffee in the Piazzetta, a final walk, or the shops of Via Camerelle. Late in the morning we take the fast ferry across to Sorrento, about 25 minutes, where our van meets the boat.
Afternoon
After lunch on your own in Sorrento we drive about 40 minutes to Pompeii, the Roman town buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 and listed by UNESCO in 1997. We go in the afternoon, when the morning tour groups are leaving and the stone is cooling, with a licensed archaeological guide for about three hours: the Forum with Vesuvius behind it, the bakeries with their millstones, painted houses, the theatres, and the plaster casts of people caught in the ash. We keep to one ancient site so you have time to take it in.
Evening
Back in Sorrento, we end the trip with a farewell seafood dinner by the fishing harbour.
Included
- Fast ferry from Capri to Sorrento
- Pompeii entry with a licensed archaeological guide
- Farewell seafood dinner in Sorrento
Free time: Morning on Capri free; lunch on your own in Sorrento
Activity: Pompeii is about three hours on foot over old Roman paving, with little shade. Bring a hat and water.
Sorrento to Naples
Sorrento to Naples airport or Napoli Centrale
- Breakfast
Morning
After breakfast there is time for a last walk in Sorrento, a town set on cliffs above the Bay of Naples. The terrace of the Villa Comunale gardens looks straight across the water to Vesuvius, and a few minutes away the Vallone dei Mulini is a deep green gorge with the ruins of an old mill at the bottom, right beside Piazza Tasso. The town is known for its lemons, so this is the place to buy limoncello or a bag of them to take home. Then our van takes you along the coast to Naples International Airport (NAP), or to Napoli Centrale if you are going on by train; fast trains reach Rome in a little over an hour. If your flight is early, tell us when you book and we arrange your transfer to suit.
Included
- Transfer to Naples International Airport (NAP) or Napoli Centrale station
Free time: Morning free in Sorrento
- Naplesstart
- Praiano4 nights
- Capri2 nights
- Sorrento1 night
- Naplesend
- Overnight stop
- Day trip
- By boat or train
Wildlife and weather: July and August are hot and very busy on the coast and Capri; late spring and early autumn are better for walking. Boats and many hotels close or cut back from November to March.
Before you book
Right for you?
Good for you if you want
- Travellers who want to walk the coast as well as see it
- Time on Capri early and late, not a rushed day trip
- A mix of guided days and free time
Not for you if you want
- Step-free access: the coast and Capri are built on stairs
- Travellers who want a beach holiday in one hotel
- A tour of Rome, Florence or Venice
Book flights after we confirm your seat.
7 nights
Where you'll stay
Your hotels are named in your trip confirmation.
- Praiano4 nights
- Capri2 nights
- Sorrento1 night
One price
What's in the price
Included
Accommodation
- 7 nights: 4 in Praiano, 2 in Capri town, 1 in Sorrento
- Rooms shared, or your own for a supplement
Transport
- Pick-up at Naples International Airport (NAP) or Napoli Centrale on day 1, and drop-off on day 8
- A private vehicle and driver for the group on every road day
- Private boat from Praiano to Capri
- Boat from Amalfi to Positano
- Fast ferry from Capri to Sorrento
- Porterage on Capri
Activities
- Guided walk on the Path of the Gods
- Villa Cimbrone and Villa Rufolo in Ravello
- Monte Solaro chairlift and Villa San Michele on Capri
- Small-boat trip around Capri, with Blue Grotto entry when it is open
- Guided walk on the Pizzolungo path to the Belvedere of Tragara
- Cooking class at an agriturismo
- Pompeii with a licensed archaeological guide
Meals
- Breakfast daily
- Welcome dinner in Praiano
- Lunch on days 2 and 3
- Dinner at the agriturismo
- Farewell seafood dinner in Sorrento
Your guide
- A See Sight Tours guide for the whole trip, with a licensed local guide at Pompeii
Not included
- International flights to and from Naples
- Travel insurance
- Lunches and dinners not listed as included
- Drinks, apart from wine at the agriturismo dinner
- Anything you book on your own on the free day
- Tips
Extras
- Room of your own
- CAD 850
When you can go
Dates and prices
Pick your start date when you request to book. We confirm your departure within 24 hours.
Want your own dates? We can book the same hotels, transport and city tours for you to travel independently.
Before you book
Booking terms
Nothing is charged now. Full terms and the cancellation schedule come with your confirmation.
Business addresses
See Sight Tours Trips (USA): 3172 N Rainbow Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89108, United StatesSee Sight Tours Trips (Canada): 5305 50 Avenue, #1091, Red Deer, AB T4N 4B6, Canada+1-888-961-6584Guest reviews
What guests say
Reviews from guests on our day tours.
Jane
October 06, 2026
5/5
Susan
October 06, 2026
5/5
Tom L
October 05, 2026
5/5
MandL83
October 05, 2026
5/5
Darren O
October 05, 2026
5/5
Good to know
Questions
What does the price include?
Seven nights (four in Praiano, two on Capri, one in Sorrento), breakfast daily, a welcome dinner, lunch on the two walking days, an agriturismo cooking class and dinner, a farewell seafood dinner, a private vehicle and driver, all the boats and ferries in the day plan, the Ravello gardens, the Monte Solaro chairlift, the boat around Capri, a licensed guide at Pompeii, Naples transfers both ways and your See Sight Tours guide throughout.
How big is the group?
The small-group trip runs with 7 to 12 guests, so the group fits on one small boat, around one table and on narrow paths without a long line.
Can we travel privately or on our own dates?
Yes. Besides the small group, the trip comes as a private trip for your party only, on a date you choose. If you would rather travel independently on your own dates, ask us from the dates section: we can book the same hotels, boats, transfers and local guides for you.
How hard is the walking?
Moderate. The Path of the Gods on day 2 is about 7 to 8 km and three hours on uneven stone, mostly downhill, and there is an easier option on the day. The rest is easy walking, but the whole coast is built on steps, so good shoes with grip matter.
Why two nights on Capri?
Day-trippers fill Capri from mid-morning to late afternoon and then leave on the ferries. Staying two nights lets us ride up Monte Solaro before the crowds, go round the island by boat early, and walk to the Faraglioni in the late light when the island is quiet again.
Is the Blue Grotto included?
Yes, when it is open. It closes when the sea is rough and the queue can be long, so we offer it during the boat trip around Capri if conditions are good and pay the entry, but we do not plan the day around waiting for it.
Do we use the local buses?
No. The SITA buses on the coast road get very full in summer. We travel in our own vehicle with a driver, and by boat between Amalfi and Positano, to Capri and from Capri to Sorrento.
Where do I fly into and out of?
Naples International Airport (NAP), or arrive by train at Napoli Centrale, for example from Rome. We pick you up there on day 1 and take you back on day 8. Tell us your arrival and departure times when you book.
When is the best time to go?
Late April to early June and mid September to mid October: warm enough to swim, cool enough to walk, and quieter than July and August. Boats and many hotels close or cut back from November to March, so we do not run in winter.
How much does it cost?
Prices are per person sharing a room, with taxes, and differ by style: small group or private. The small group starts from CAD 3,975 per person, and a room of your own is from CAD 850 more. Pick your start date when you request to book, and we confirm your trip within 24 hours. Nothing is charged until then.
See Sight Tours has been providing travel services across North America since 2006. Operating in 20 cities across Canada and the USA, the company specializes in small group tours that offer personalized, high-quality experiences for travelers.
Book your Tour
Get in Touch
- Toll Free1-888-961-6584
- Local1-289-271-9767
© 2026 See Sight Tours. All rights reserved.