Multi-centre · Italy
10 Night Rome, Pompeii & the Amalfi Coast
An hour and ten minutes by train separates the Colosseum from the Bay of Naples. Three nights of ruins and one long dinner, then a week of cliff villages, ferries and lemon terraces.
An hour and ten minutes by train separates the Colosseum from the Bay of Naples. Three nights of ruins and one long dinner, then a week of cliff villages, ferries and lemon terraces.
Two decisions that make this trip work, and both go against what people instinctively book.
The high-speed train from Roma Termini to Napoli Centrale takes seventy minutes, city centre to city centre, and costs a fraction of a transfer. Then Sorrento rather than Positano: it's flat, it's on the Circumvesuviana line for Pompeii and Herculaneum, ferries leave from its harbour for Capri and the Amalfi villages, and it costs roughly half. You visit Positano by boat, which is also the best way to see it. People who book Positano itself spend the week climbing steps and paying for the privilege.
Ten nights, one train, and ferries thereafter. No hire car and no coast-road traffic.
1Three nights covers the Colosseum, the Vatican and one neighbourhood without the city wearing you down.
Where you stay: Centro Storico for a first visit, or Trastevere for the evenings and better value.
Getting there: 2h 40m direct from the UK.
2Flat, well connected, and half the price of the coast proper. The practical base for everything nearby.
Where you stay: Sorrento town, ideally with a terrace over the bay.
Getting there: 70 minutes by high-speed train from Rome to Naples, then the Circumvesuviana or a transfer.
3Three nights on the coast itself, once you've done the sightseeing from Sorrento.
Where you stay: Amalfi or Praiano for a flatter stay, Positano if you'll take the steps.
Getting there: Ferry from Sorrento in about 40 minutes.
Everything below is quoted up front. Nothing appears after you've paid a deposit.
Guide prices per person, two sharing, outside school holidays. The hotel standard is the biggest single variable.
| Standard | What that means | Guide price pp |
|---|---|---|
| 3-star | Comfortable central Rome hotel, Sorrento town, Amalfi or Praiano | £1,449 |
| 4-star | Better Rome location, sea-view Sorrento terrace, coastal hotel with a view | £1,949 |
| 4-star plus | Boutique Rome, cliffside Sorrento, Positano or Ravello with a terrace | £2,899 |
The Amalfi leg is where prices climb steeply — a sea-view room in Positano costs several times an equivalent in Sorrento. Rome is good value at every tier. If the budget is tight, spend it on the coastal hotel and take a simpler room in Rome, where you'll be out all day anyway.
May to June and September to October. Avoid July and August on the coast.
Peak summer brings 33°C in Rome, no shade at Pompeii, and a coast road gridlocked with coaches. May, June and September give warm sea, walkable temperatures and ferries running full schedules. October is quieter still and lovely, though some coastal hotels start closing. From November the ferries stop and the coast becomes hard to move around.
We'll book the train, the ferries and the timed entries, and write the payment plan out in full.
Flat ground, a train line to Pompeii, ferries to everywhere, and roughly half the price. You still see Positano — by boat, which is the better view.
Very. Seventy minutes from Roma Termini to Napoli Centrale, seats reserved, and city centre to city centre. Far easier than flying between them.
Herculaneum if you want it smaller, better preserved and quieter. Pompeii for scale. Both are on the same train line and you could do both.
Yes — two nights there works well and it's a different island once the day boats leave. Ask us and we'll price it.
Similar shapes, and the ones people most often weigh up alongside it.
Same approach, different shape. All reshapeable around your dates.
10 nights · Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct · from £1,349pp
11 nights · Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct, Dec · from £1,149pp
8 nights · Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct · from £849pp
8 nights · Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct · from £899pp
11 nights · May–Jun, Sep · from £1,149pp
10 nights · Mar–May, Sep–Nov · from £849pp
