Positano Travel Guide: Where Each Day Starts and What It Costs
Most tours sold for Positano start somewhere else. How the town works for a first visit, which days begin at your door, and what the fares leave out.
Short pieces for a stay in Positano: a first-visit guide, the town level by level, the facts that surprise people, the town with children, and boat against road for Capri and Pompeii. For the longer planning pieces see the guides; to compare fares, start with the tours from Positano listings.
Most tours sold for Positano start somewhere else. How the town works for a first visit, which days begin at your door, and what the fares leave out.
Spiaggia Grande, Fornillo, Chiesa Nuova, Montepertuso and Nocelle: what sits on each level of the staircase town and how you move between them.
A Roman villa nobody knew about until 2000, three private islets, three watchtowers, an icon with its own legend, and the essay that made the town famous.
Which boats take children, which beach suits small swimmers, and how to manage a town built on stairs with a pushchair and a tired seven-year-old.
The sea against the SS163 for the three days everyone plans from Positano: what each route costs in time, traffic and cash.
The practical answers sit on planning your visit and the FAQs, and every fare is compared on Positano Tours.