Amalfi Coast hike, boat & kayak holiday

Description of Amalfi Coast hike, boat & kayak holiday

This multi-activity trip around the magnificent Amalfi Coast immerses you in one of the most picturesque regions of Italy, with glorious Mediterranean scenery to bask in throughout. You’ll start in the historic port city of Naples, famed not just for its pizza and ice cream, but its decadent pastries.

A short hop by private minibus takes you to Pompeii, perhaps the best-known archaeological site in the world. The chariot-marked streets, homes and public buildings have been astonishingly well-preserved in the sulphurous ash that covered them when nearby Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD. You’ll learn more about that event as later on you hike around the smoking rim of the volcano itself - an incredible experience.

Free time is set aside for you to make the most of hiking trails around the pretty town of Agerola, perhaps as a gentle warm-up for the ‘Pathway of the Gods’ - this is one of the most revered walking routes in all Italy, taking you through scenes of rural tranquility, vineyards, pastures full of goats and a deep limestone gorge on the way to Positano.

There will be more hiking on the beautiful Isle of Capri, where Roman emperors had their holiday homes and the waters are crystal-clear, and between Amalfi and Ravello, long a favoured haunt of writers, musicians and artists.

Although none of these hikes are especially strenuous, an afternoon is set aside to give your feet a rest and give your upper body something to do, as you kayak off the coast of Amalfi.

Picture yourself sipping limoncello in the shade of fragrant pine trees, admiring cliff top views of the Med, and escaping the crowds through pastoral walks for days on end - this is the finest way to see the Amalfi coast.