The Amalfi Coast & Villages - Example

Staying in high-quality hotels, you’ll discover one of the Mediterranean’s most beautiful coastlines on this self-guided, hotel-to-hotel walking holiday with luggage transported. The walking, which features stone stairways, is varied, with sweeping views, and there’s a chance to visit Pompeii.

South of Naples and the conical mass of Vesuvius, the rugged promontory of the Amalfi Coast – a UNESCO World Heritage Site – fuses an astonishing, mountainous landscape with picturesque villages whose construction, clinging to steep hillsides, appears to defy logic. The sparkling waters below are ever-present, the views breathtaking at every step.

Our route here is a thrilling discovery of this spectacular coastal region, with dramatic trails into the Lattari Mountains that form the promontory’s spine. There can be no better way to explore here than on foot, following mule paths and stone stairways that have linked the villages since ancient times. Despite the inevitable ups and downs (sometimes on stone steps), the routes delight the senses in every way – you walk amid lemons, olives and vineyards with the murmur of the waves below – and you will love the local fish and seafood.