Amalfi Coast 7-Day Itinerary 2026: Capri on Day 5 Is the Single Best Amalfi Week Addition, Paestum's Greek Temples Are 50 Minutes From Amalfi and Nobody Goes, the Specific Best Amalfi Town to Sleep In Is Neither Positano Nor Amalfi, and a Week on the Amalfi Coast Costs Less Than You Think If You Know the SITA Bus Trick
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Last updated: May 2026 — verified by the editorial team of www.tourleaderpro.com
An Amalfi Coast itinerary 7 days (un itinerario di 7 giorni sulla Costiera Amalfitana) is the single most comprehensive Amalfi travel format and the one that adds the 3 specific dimensions that the 5-day programme leaves out: the Capri day trip (the most specifically dramatic single Amalfi Coast area day excursion), the Paestum archaeological site (the most specifically important single site within a 50-minute drive of Amalfi that virtually every Amalfi visitor misses), and the specific slower rhythm that allows the Ravello music festival evening, the Praiano sunset aperitivo, and the Cetara anchovy lunch to happen without rushing to the next town. The Amalfi Coast 7-day itinerary costs approximately 200-300 euros more than the 5-day version (2 additional nights accommodation) but delivers 60% more specific Amalfi experience.
Amalfi Coast 7-Day Itinerary: The Full Week
Days 1-5: See the Amalfi Coast 5-Day Itinerary
The first 5 days follow the Amalfi Coast 5-Day Itinerary programme exactly (Sorrento Day 1, Positano Day 2, Amalfi and Ravello Day 3, Sentiero degli Dei Day 4, Cetara and Vietri Day 5). The 7-day programme extends the week with 2 additional days that cover the specific Capri island and the Paestum archaeological detour.
Day 6: Capri Day Trip
Ferry from Sorrento to Capri (the Caremar or SNAV hydrofoil: 25-35 minutes, approximately 20-22 euros one-way): the most specifically rewarding single Amalfi area day trip. Capri programme: avoid the Piazzetta at mid-morning (maximum crowd density 10:30-14:00) and plan the Villa Jovis hike (see the Villa Jovis Capri Guide for the full programme) for the 9:30-12:00 morning slot (the most specifically crowd-free single Capri historical site). The Blue Grotto (the Grotta Azzurra — GPS: 40.5617°N, 14.2006°E): the most hyped and the most specifically overpriced single Capri sight (the rowboat entry: 14 euros entry + 14 euros rowboat = 28 euros for a 3-4 minute experience inside the cave) — worth visiting if you accept the specific price-to-time-in-cave ratio; the specific alternative for the free Blue Grotto effect: the specific Grotta Verde on the Capri south coast (accessible by 30-minute boat circumnavigation from Marina Piccola: approximately 15 euros per person) whose specific green-blue light effect (different wavelength from the Azzurra but equally spectacular) has zero waiting queue. The Anacapri cable car alternative (the Monte Solaro chair lift from Anacapri (GPS: 40.5548°N, 14.2173°E): 12 euros return, 13-minute ride to the 589m summit with the most specifically 360° panoramic single Capri view).
Day 7: Paestum and Departure
Paestum (GPS: 40.4213°N, 15.0049°E — the most specifically important single archaeological site within reach of the Amalfi Coast: 50 minutes drive from Amalfi on the SS163 + SP430 or 1h20m by the SITA bus via Salerno). The specific Paestum importance: the 3 Greek Doric temples (the Tempio di Nettuno (450 BCE — the best-preserved single Greek Doric temple in the world outside the Hephaestion in Athens (the specific 36-column Doric peristyle whose specific honey-gold travertine stone has the most specifically warm single Greek temple colour of any Italian Magna Graecia site)), the Basilica (550 BCE — the oldest surviving Greek temple on the Italian mainland), and the Tempio di Cerere (500 BCE)): admission 18 euros. The specific Museo Nazionale di Paestum (the GPS: 40.4213°N, 15.0054°E — the most specifically important single southern Italian Greek archaeology collection (the specific Tomb of the Diver (the Tomba del Tuffatore — the 480 BCE Greek painted tomb (the only single fully painted Greek tomb anywhere in the world: all 5 painted slabs (the 4 walls + the lid) depicting the specific symposium scene and the specific diver plunging into the specific sea (the most specifically debated single image in ancient Mediterranean art — the diver representing the specific leap from life to death or the specific Olympic athletic metaphor or the specific Pythagorean concept of the soul's journey between worlds)))). Return to Naples for departure (1h train from Paestum to Naples Centrale on the Trenitalia Regionale).
Q&A: Amalfi Coast 7-Day Itinerary
What is the Amalfi Coast 7-day itinerary cost for 2 people?
The specific Amalfi Coast 7-day mid-range budget for 2 people (2026 verified): accommodation (Praiano or Sorrento 3-star hotel: 100-170 euros per night × 7 nights = 700-1,190 euros); SITA buses and ferries (total for 7 days of transport: approximately 80-120 euros for 2 people); food (the Amalfi Coast mid-range restaurant: 40-55 euros per person per day × 7 days × 2 people = 560-770 euros); site admissions (Villa Jovis, Paestum, Amalfi Duomo, Ravello villas: approximately 60 euros per person = 120 euros total); Capri ferry (approximately 45 euros per person round-trip = 90 euros): total for 7 days without flights approximately 1,550-2,290 euros for 2 people. The specific Amalfi Coast 7-day honest assessment: it is the most specifically expensive single Italian coastal destination per day (approximately 40-60% more expensive than the comparable Puglia or Sardinia coastal programme) but it is simultaneously the most specifically internationally famous and the most specifically scenically dramatic — the price is what the specific demand for this specific scenery costs.