What's on in Positano (Amalfi Coast), Italy through the year

Busy — Christmas holidays in Italy, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Town closes for winter (5 Nov – 20 Mar)

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Town closes for winter (5 Nov – 20 Mar)

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Opening

  Hotels and ferries reopen

  20 Mar – 1 May · usuallySummer season opens

  Most of the town wakes up around Easter: the beach clubs on Spiaggia Grande and Fornillo, the cliff hotels and the fast ferries from Sorrento and Amalfi all restart within a fortnight of each other. Source ↗

• Holiday

  Easter and Pasquetta

  4–6 AprEaster & Holy WeekCrowdedClosures

  Easter Sunday and Easter Monday (Pasquetta) are public holidays, and Italians use the long weekend for short breaks and day trips: trains and hotels fill, old towns and sights are busier than the weeks around, and many shops and some restaurants close on Easter Sunday. Source ↗

Still on: Town closes for winter (5 Nov – 20 Mar)

Peak crowds — Easter and Pasquetta, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Season

  Path of the Gods walking window

  1 Apr – 10 Jun · usuallyTrail season

  The ridge path from Bomerano down to Nocelle walks best in spring and again from mid-September. In July it is exposed rock with no water and no shade for two and a half hours.

• Holiday

  Spring bank-holiday bridges

  25 Apr – 2 JunNational holidayCrowdedBook early

  Liberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte. Those weekends bring domestic crowds, fuller trains and higher room rates, and some shops close on the day. Source ↗

Still on: Hotels and ferries reopen (20 Mar – 1 May (usually)), Easter and Pasquetta (4–6 Apr)

Busy — Spring bank-holiday bridges, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in May.

Still on: Hotels and ferries reopen (20 Mar – 1 May (usually)), Path of the Gods walking window (1 Apr – 10 Jun (usually)), Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 Apr – 2 Jun)

Peak crowds — Spring bank-holiday bridges, Summer holidays in Italy

• Rule

  Alternate number plates on the SS163

  1 Jun – 30 SepClosures

  The coast road runs odd and even plates on alternate dates between 10am and 6pm: weekends and holidays through June and July, then every day in August and September. Hotel guests with a booking are exempt. Source ↗

• Season

  Sea warm enough to swim

  15 Jun – 10 Oct · usually

  The pebble beaches drop away fast and the water is clear and warm from late June into October. Late September swims as well as August with a third of the boats in the bay.

Still on: Path of the Gods walking window (1 Apr – 10 Jun (usually)), Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 Apr – 2 Jun)

Busy — Summer holidays in Italy, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Alternate number plates on the SS163 (1 Jun – 30 Sep), Sea warm enough to swim (15 Jun – 10 Oct (usually))

Peak crowds — Ferragosto and Santa Maria Assunta, Summer holidays in Italy

• Holiday

  Ferragosto and Santa Maria Assunta

  8–22 AugSchool holidaysCrowdedBook early

  The town's patronal feast on 15 August, with a procession to the church of the black Madonna and fireworks from boats off the beach, in the fortnight when Italy itself is on the coast road. Source ↗

Still on: Alternate number plates on the SS163 (1 Jun – 30 Sep), Sea warm enough to swim (15 Jun – 10 Oct (usually))

Busy — Summer holidays in Italy, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Alternate number plates on the SS163 (1 Jun – 30 Sep), Sea warm enough to swim (15 Jun – 10 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (15 Jun – 10 Oct (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

• Closure

  Town closes for winter

  5 Nov – 20 Mar

  From early November most hotels, restaurants and the boutiques on Via dei Mulini shut until Easter, and the ferries stop entirely. The SITA bus down the coast road is the only way in. Source ↗

Busy — Christmas holidays in Italy, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Town closes for winter (5 Nov – 20 Mar)