Amalfi Coast: Boat and Snorkelling Tour with a Captain
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Overview
- Run by passionate local captains and guides for a truly Amalfitan experience
- Avoid tourist traps and big groups with a boat tour limited to a few guests only
- Admire stunning views and attractions inaccessible any other way
Activity location
- Positano
- Positano, Campania, Italy
Meeting/Redemption Point
- Molo, Darsena, 84011 Amalfi SA, Italy | Meeting point is in Amalfi town center at Darsena pier, the one in front of Hotel Residence in Piazza Flavio Gioia (the pier where small private boats dock, not the one for the ferries). Once at the pier, you'll recognize the crew wearing orange t-shirts and hats or holding an orange umbrella.
- Amalfi, Provincia di Salerno, Italy
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Sorry this activity isn't available on Thu, 31 Oct
What's included, what's not
- English and Italian-speaking local captains and guides
- Toilet on board
- Shower on board
- Canopy for shade
- Snorkelling equipment (mask and snorkel)
- Life jackets (on request)
- Floating devices (pool noodles)
- Italian prosecco, Amalfi Coast limoncello, beer, soft drinks, water
- Fresh fruit
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Know before you book
- Not allowed: Luggage or large bags, Oversize luggage, Pets
What you can expect
Board an Amalfitan Gozzo boat for a scenic ride along the Amalfi coast. Admire natural wonders, including the Natural Arch and the Fjord of Furore. Swim and snorkel or relax on the shores of secluded beaches.
Once everybody has jumped on board and had a little briefing about how you're going to spend the day, you will be ready to set off to the west towards Positano.
The route will take you along Amalfi Coast’s finest beaches as well as close to natural rock arches and into sea caves, giving you the opportunity to admire the old watchtowers that dot the entire length of this coast.
You will pause at beaches reachable only by sea and have time to go snorkelling or swimming in crystal-clear waters and into grottoes.
Not too far from the starting point, right after leaving the centre of Amalfi, you will get close to Saint Andrew's Grotto, a huge natural sea cave full of stalactites named after the patron saint of Amalfi (Andrea).
Then, once passed Duoglio and Santa Croce beaches, you will stop by the “Arc of Lovers”, a natural rock arch created millions of years ago by the erosion of the sea whose shape recalls two elephants in the act of kissing.
A little later you will cruise in front of the ancient fishing village of Conca dei Marini, passing near the villa of Sophia Loren and seeing the historic hotel “Il Saraceno” located on La Vite Beach.
From here you will also have a stunning view of the Santa Rosa Monastery, a former convent now converted into a luxury hotel, once home of the Dominican nuns.
It's right in the kitchens of this monastery that the delicious “Sfogliatella Santa Rosa” was born, a shell-shaped pastry filled with ricotta cheese-based cream and little dried fruit pieces, typical of the local culinary tradition (don't forget to taste it before leaving!).
Once past the seaside of Conca dei Marini you will enter its western basin, where you will have a beautiful view of Furore and Praiano villages and Li Galli islands.
Further inside this basin we will find the little Runghetiello Grotto and its tiny beach, where you will anchor for a break to go swimming or snorkelling.
You will reach then the famous Furore Fjord, the only natural fjord in Italy and location of the international diving competition “MarMeeting”: every year in July, professional divers from around the world compete by jumping from the top of the bridge which is 28 metres high.
Navigating a little farther onward to the village of Praiano you will be able to have a close look at a bigger sea cave, the Africana Grotto, where the water has a distinctive blue colour thanks to the unique refraction of light.
Finally you will go round Capo Sottile and continue cruising to Positano, where you will have another break for snorkelling at a beach reachable only by the sea and so not crowded at all: La Porta.
The return trip to Amalfi will give you a different but equally remarkable view of both sea and land.
Location
Activity location
- Positano
- Positano, Campania, Italy
Meeting/Redemption Point
- Molo, Darsena, 84011 Amalfi SA, Italy | Meeting point is in Amalfi town center at Darsena pier, the one in front of Hotel Residence in Piazza Flavio Gioia (the pier where small private boats dock, not the one for the ferries). Once at the pier, you'll recognize the crew wearing orange t-shirts and hats or holding an orange umbrella.
- Amalfi, Provincia di Salerno, Italy