06 Jun 2019
I did the 3 day tours from Sorrento (Pompeii and Herculaneum, Amalfi Coast, and Naples and this was my least favorite. Don’t get me wrong the three towns of Positano, Amalfi and Ravello were all superb as expected but the structure could have been better.
It wasn’t so much a tour as a ride with commentary and a seeming desire to on-sell other products. The bus was a small 10 seater and was a bit cramped and stuffy. Having said that our driver Giovanni did an amazing job. It is certainly not a road I’d like to navigate on my own. Be prepared to wait up to 10 minutes to go around a bend in some places!! We were also taken to a ceramics shop which I personally found unnecessary. We were offered a 45 minute boat trip which despite being a bit choppy was worthwhile. We were strongly encouraged - actually badgered into taking the lunch option. This annoyed me as it ended up costing more than the already inflated 15 euro for pizza and a drink promised (they charged for the water) and restaurant was also slow and ate into the little bit of free time we did have in Amalfi. Our guide / commentator was nice and doing what she had been asked. In the end the scenery was spectacular, the villages beautiful and I’m glad I did it. If you would find being cramped in a small bus all day a problem then my advice would be to take the boat tour to each village instead, but then driving that road is an experience in itself!!