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Amalfi Coast
The Amalfi Coast is the cliff-hung coastline south of Naples: Positano, Amalfi and Ravello, with Capri and Pompeii nearby.
Best things to do in Amalfi Coast
The one thing not to miss
Take the day trip to Pompeii, the Roman city buried by Vesuvius in AD 79.
Pompeii (day trip)1. Pompeii (day trip)
The Roman city near Naples buried under 4 to 6 m of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of AD 79.
91,072 readers a month
2. Mount Vesuvius (day trip)
The volcano on the Gulf of Naples, about 9 km east of the city.
54,405 readers a month
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3. Capri and the Blue Grotto (boat trip)
The island off the Sorrento Peninsula, a resort since Roman times, with the Blue Grotto sea cave where reflected sunlight lights the water blue.
25,552 readers a month
4. Herculaneum (day trip)
The Roman town in modern Ercolano buried by a pyroclastic flow from Vesuvius in AD 79.
22,655 readers a month
No machine-readable author provided. Sudodana2048 assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 5. Amalfi and its cathedral
The town at the mouth of a ravine on the Gulf of Salerno, with its medieval cathedral of St Andrew.
10,869 readers a month
6. Sorrento
The town overlooking the Bay of Naples on the Sorrentine Peninsula.
10,206 readers a month
7. Positano
A small town of about 3,600 people on the hills above the Amalfi Coast.
9,820 readers a month
8. Paestum (day trip)
An ancient Greek city famous for three Doric temples from about 550 to 450 BC.
8,261 readers a month
9. Ravello and its villas
A town above the Amalfi Coast with Villa Rufolo, laid out in the 13th century, and Villa Cimbrone with its Terrace of Infinity viewpoint.
4,841 readers a month
Jensens, Public domain 10. Praiano
A town on the Amalfi Coast between Amalfi and Positano.
973 readers a month
Just missed the list: Furore (11th by readers); Emerald Grotto (12th by readers)
How we ranked these
By how many people read about each place on English Wikipedia in a typical month, measured October 2026. It is a popularity measure, not our opinion. Pompeii (day trip) leads with about 91,072 readers a month. Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences; the author and licence are on each photo.
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