Spiaggia Grande
Arienzo Beach
Laurito
Fornillo
Il San Pietro Cove
Walk down from Nocelle along the Path of the Gods
Visit Santa Maria Assunta’s majolica-tiled dome
Browse the boutiques of the Moda Positano movement
Explore the hillside village of Montepertuso
Swim at the quiet cove of Laurito
Nocelle
Montepertuso
Praiano
Santa Maria Assunta
Spiaggia Grande
Late May through September gives the most reliable weather and the full run of open beach clubs and restaurants, with July and August the busiest and priciest. June and September offer calmer anchorages and cooler evenings without losing much sunshine, making them the better window for guests who want Positano’s atmosphere without the peak-season crowds along Spiaggia Grande and the seafront promenade.
Naples Capodichino (NAP) is the nearest major airport, roughly 60 kilometres and about an hour and a half away by road along the coastal SS163, longer in summer traffic. Many guests prefer to skip the drive entirely and join their yacht directly at anchor, or take a seasonal hydrofoil from Naples or Sorrento, which reaches Positano’s harbour in well under an hour.
The water off Spiaggia Grande, the main beach, puts guests closest to the town’s restaurants, boutiques and the majolica-domed church above the harbour. For more privacy, Arienzo and Laurito, both reached by boat or by long flights of steps from the clifftop road, offer quieter swimming coves within a few minutes’ tender ride of the main anchorage.
One full day covers the town itself comfortably, including time ashore for the boutiques, the cathedral and a beach club lunch. Most charters treat Positano as part of a longer Amalfi Coast itinerary, pairing it with a night or two exploring Amalfi, Ravello and the smaller coves between them, since the whole coastline is compact enough to cover well within a week.
Yes, in an informal way. From the late 1950s, Positano’s tailors began stitching loose cotton dresses, roomy blouses and simple leather sandals for the postwar travellers arriving in growing numbers, a look that became known as Moda Positano. It caught on internationally in the early 1960s once style icons including Brigitte Bardot and Jackie Onassis were photographed wearing Positano-made sandals, and boutiques selling the look still line the town’s stepped lanes today.
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