Boat rentals & boat tours in Positano
Renting a boat or taking a coastal cruise in Positano
Take a cruise along the Amalfi Coast from Positano.For more info on all seaworthy aspects of Positano: tel. +39-089-871-031, www.portodiamalfi.com.
Renting a small boat or a motorboat in Positano
You can rent small boats in Positano—rowboats, paddleboats, and motorboats—from Noleggio Barche Lucibello (tel. +39-089-875-032), right on the main Positano beach.
To rent a Zodiac or speedboat with a bit more power (or for a captained excursion), contact Signor Giacchino (tel. +39-338-264-0895 or +39-328-649-4192). Expect to pay about €230 per day, including fuel.
Boat tours and excursions from Positano
Sail the Amalfi Coast with a charter.If you'd rather leave the skippering to someone else, take a cruise-like excursion with a captain.
Noleggio Barche Lucibello (tel. +39-089-875-032), on the main Positano beach, runs an all-day boat tour from Positano to Capri, as well as a two-hour tour to the Grotta Smeraldo (Emerald Grotto)—or a half-day trip to the Emerald Grotto along with a swim at Li Galli islets). Entrance fees to the Emerald Grotto (or the Blue Grotto on Capri) are not included. They also run night excursions.
Signor Giacchino (tel. +39-338-264-0895 or +39-328-649-4192) also runs various captained tours of the coast and out to Capri for €150–€300.
Charter a sailboat for a Positano cruise
To charter a skippered sailboat, contact Amalfi Sails (tel. +39-335-645-1400, www.amalfisails.it). Expect to pay €600 per day.
Positano kayak tours
You can tour the surrounding coast by kayak with Mariella Di Nocera's Postiano Kayak (tel. +39-339-134-0368; positanokayak.com), with half-day and full-day excursions that leave out of the Stabilimento Pupetto on Fornillo Beach. By reservation only.
Tips & links
Amalfi Coast tours
Useful links & resources
- Airport transfers (Rome):
- Bus (total: €28–€30; 5+ hr): Marozzivt.it (bus Sorrento-Roma Tiburtina; €20–€22; 4 hr) + Trenitalia.com (train Tiburtina-airport; €8, 48 min)
- Private (€65–€120; 3 hr): Viator.com (note: Rome airport or hotel to Sorento or any Amalfi Coast town)
- Regional rail & access points
- Circumvesiviana train (Naples-Sorrento): Eavsrl.it
- Italian rail (Naples-Salerno): Trenitalia.com
- [The Amalfi Coast itself has no rail service, only bus and boat. Sorrento is the closest train station to the most popular A.C. towns, and the over-the-sea Sorrento-Salerno bus ride is more spectacular than the cliff-hugging Salerno-Sorrento reverse route.]
- Car resources
- Emergency service/tow: tel. 803-116
- Highway agency: Autostrade.it (traffic info, serivce areas, toll calculator, weather)
- Italian automotive club (~AAA): Aci.it
- ZTLs: Ztl-italia.blogspot.com (lightly outdated, but handy, links to cities' traffic-free zones)
- Ferries & hydrofoils
- Alicost.it (Sorrento-Positano-Amalfi; Capri-Positano-Amalfi-Salerno)
- Travelmar.it (Positano-Amalfi-Salerno; Amalfi-Minori-Maiori)
- Alilauro.it (connecting Sorrento and Naples, Amalfi, Positano, Capri, or Ischia; also connecting Amalfi, Positano, or Salerno with Capri or Ischia)
- Gescab.it (connecting Capri with: Sorrento, Positano, Amalfi, Salerno)
- Coopsantandrea.com (Sorrento-Positano-Amalfi-Minori-Maiori-Salerno; Amalfi-Capri)
- Caremar.it (Sorrento-Capri; Naples-Capri)
- Private boat transfer (Naples-Sorrento, Naples-Amalfi)
- Viator.com
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