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Rome to the Amalfi Coast
RouteItaly9 days · 780 km

Rome to the Amalfi Coast

Nine days from Rome to Pompeii, Sorrento, and the SS163 between Positano, Amalfi, and Ravello. You sleep in the coast towns instead of day-tripping the cliff road; lemons in the air, the sea a floor beneath the hairpins. Finish with Paestum’s temples on the way back — Greek stone on a southern plain.

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Season: SS163 is narrow and slow; ferries between Salerno, Amalfi, and Positano help. No Alpine passes.

Nine days from Rome to Pompeii, Sorrento, and the SS163 between Positano, Amalfi, and Ravello. You sleep in the coast towns instead of day-tripping the cliff road; lemons in the air, the sea a floor beneath the hairpins. Finish with Paestum’s temples on the way back — Greek stone on a southern plain.

Day by day

Day 1

Rome

The Colosseum and a city buffer before the coast. Eat well; tomorrow Vesuvius is already on the skyline.

Why stop hereCharge nearby: Tesla Supercharger (Tesla Supercharger Rome) — typical arrival 17%, about 27 min to 80%. Short driving day: charge in the overnight town and keep the climbs honest.

Rome’s Colosseum before the coast takes over
Rome’s Colosseum before the coast takes overPhoto: Diliff / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5)
Day 3

Pompeii

Ruins with Vesuvius on the skyline; overnight nearby. Walk early, before the heat sits on the stones.

Why stop hereCharge nearby: Enel X (Enel X Pompeii) — typical arrival 18%, about 27 min to 80%. Access: walk, train or ferry from the overnight — leave the car.

Pompeii with Vesuvius on the skyline
Pompeii with Vesuvius on the skylinePhoto: Gary Todd / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Day 4

Sorrento

A cliff town and the start of the Amalfi drive. Lemons, a terrace, the sea a long way down.

Sorrento on the cliff before the Amalfi drive
Sorrento on the cliff before the Amalfi drivePhoto: Norbert Nagel / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Day 5

Positano

Sleep on the coast instead of day-tripping the SS163. The town is stacked; walk down to the beach and up again slowly.

Why stop hereAccess: walk, train or ferry from the overnight — leave the car.

Ravello’s gardens hanging over the sea
Ravello’s gardens hanging over the seaPhoto: Rigorius / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Day 6

Amalfi

Cathedral square of the old maritime republic. Paper, lemons, a harbour that still thinks it is a capital.

Paestum’s temples on the southern plain
Paestum’s temples on the southern plainPhoto: Diego Delso / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Day 7

Ravello

Villa Rufolo and Villa Cimbrone above the sea. The gardens are the point; the view does the talking.

Amalfi’s cathedral square of the old republic
Amalfi’s cathedral square of the old republicPhoto: Berthold Werner / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Day 8

Paestum

Greek temples on the plain south of Salerno. After the cliff road the sky is suddenly wide.

Day 9

Rome

Motorway return. The cliff road stays in the blood a little longer than the A1.

Why stop hereCharge nearby: Tesla Supercharger (Tesla Supercharger Rome) — typical arrival 17%, about 27 min to 80%. Short driving day: charge in the overnight town and keep the climbs honest.

Quiet charging pauses

  • Enel X in Salerno — a calm stop on this leg, about 25 min.
  • Tesla Supercharger in Rome — a calm stop on this leg, about 27 min.
  • Enel X in Rome — a calm stop on this leg, about 21 min.
  • Enel X in Pompei — a calm stop on this leg, about 27 min.

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