Amalfi cost Italy to visit Pompeii and Vesuvius

[Participant]

Hi all

Thinking of flying the family to Italy next July / August to visit some historical sites and some nice beaches. Either package hotel or self catering is fine.

Obviously it will be hot and busy in this season, but do people have any experience and recommendations please as to the best places to stay for this sort of trip?

I have no clue where to start looking. Many thanks.

 

[dlockers]

It's an incredible place, you can't go too far wrong. Pompeii is incredible - I just wondered around unguided and killed a day.

Positano is worth a visit, as is Sorrento. I think I stayed in Sorrento then did driving excursions.

Ironically I only did Amalfi the place for a few hours because once you'd done Sorrento and Positano it wasn't actually 'worth it'. The coastal drive is incredible tho.

Edit: just found my spreadsheet. We crammed in a lot but I guess with Italy you can always revisit again and again given it is so close. We ended up doing...

Rome -> Sorrento [stayed at Hotel Mega Mare Vico Equense] - I remember now this was a quaint hotel with absolutely epic views, right on the coast line. To quote Karl Pilkington - why be in Sorrento when you can be looking at Sorrento from your balcony.

Then from Vico Equnse we had main base to visit Sorrento, Positano, Amalfi etc.

Then from Sorrento we did Naples (Pompeii). I think we sacked off Vusuvious because we had done Etna and found it a bit underwhelming. Again, you get great views of Vus from Naples so didn't feel the need to go up it. Naples feels a bit like Delhi in places by the way, lol. A proper raw Italian experience when you go a few streets back.

Then we did Salento (Puglia) and flew home from Bari. Salento is the Maldives of Italy - stunning place.