#11 of 79 · coastal
Amalfi Coast Road
Sorrento, Italy → Salerno
80 km · Apr – Jun, Sep – Oct · Moderate
SS163 between cliff and sea. Lemon groves, buses that take the whole lane, and a coast that has been photographed for a century and still works.
Viewpoints
Positano terrace
The stacked town. Stop once, not three times.
28 km
40 m
Amalfi harbour
The road drops to the water. The cathedral is the pause.
48 km
6 m
- Road
- Narrow, busy, well paved. Buses and scooters. Summer is a crawl. Spring and autumn are the road.
- Permits
- ZTL rules in the towns. Park outside Positano and Amalfi if you can.
Tips
- 01
Not August
The coast in high summer is a car park. May or late September.
- 02
Let the buses go
They know the corners. You do not. Pull in.
From the road
2 notes
Field reports from people who have driven this route.
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Chiara V.
May 2026
Positano at 7:10, Amalfi before the boats. A SITA bus owned the hairpin at Praiano — I reversed into a lemon grove and waited. That is the coast, not a failure.
Paolo D.
Oct 2025
August is a car park with a view. We went in October. The cliffs were the same; the road was finally a road.
