Where Amalfi Coast Vespa tours pick you up
Each of the four Vespa tours we compare begins in its own way, from a knock at your hotel door to a meeting point in a town center. Where you sleep decides which tours are easy to join and which mean an early ferry. Below, what each listing says about pickup, and how people reach the coast in the first place.
Four tours, four ways to begin
The tours we compare start from different corners of the coast. Two of the operators collect you at your hotel, while the others lean on a town base or a meeting point you reach on your own.
| Tour | Where it starts | Hotel pickup | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| NapolinVespa | Naples, Sorrento or Positano | Always with the driver option; self-drive meets in town | ~$421 |
| Federico, full day | Positano (Viator), the Sorrento side (GetYourGuide) | Hotel pickup and drop-off | ~$410 |
| Amalfi Moto Rent | Amalfi | Subject to availability | ~$364 |
| Federico, sunset ride | Sorrento or Positano | Private transportation listed | ~$319 |
The table gives the outline. The details below matter more if you are staying somewhere awkward, such as a hillside village above Positano or a hotel outside the towns. Prices, and what they leave out, are on our Vespa tour prices page.
NapolinVespa, from a hotel, a town center or Naples
NapolinVespa works from three bases, Naples, Sorrento and Positano. With the With Driver option, hotel pickup is always part of the price, and you ride pillion behind your own driver for the whole day.
The self-drive option works differently. From Sorrento or Positano you make your own way to a meeting point in the town center. Self-drive also means a card deposit and a short riding check, which our guide to driving or riding pillion explains.
Viator says the pickup spot can be agreed with the operator, so a train station or a ferry port can stand in for a hotel. That helps if you arrive on the morning of the tour, though confirming the exact spot in writing is the safer plan.
From Naples, both options include pickup, and the listing mentions a transfer by car to the coast. It is the only tour of the four that starts there. The NapolinVespa day from ~$421 is rated 5.0 from 200+ reviews on Viator.
Federico's day, collected at your hotel
Federico, who sells as Your Buddy On The Coast, lists hotel pickup and drop-off on GetYourGuide. An experienced driver comes with the tour, so you climb on behind the driver rather than hunting for a rental office.
The two listings place the day differently. Viator's itinerary starts in Positano and heads toward Furore and the Emerald Grotto, while GetYourGuide files it under Sorrento, with Marina Grande and a limoncello factory in Meta.
That difference points to the option rather than a contradiction. Read the option you book, and tell Federico where you are staying well before the day. Our route guide shows which stops each tour covers.
Picked up at your hotel door
Federico's private day comes with an experienced driver plus hotel pickup and drop-off, rated 5.0 from 200+ reviews on Viator. GetYourGuide also sells shorter options, so compare both before you choose.
Amalfi Moto Rent, based in Amalfi
Amalfi Moto Rent works from Amalfi itself. Its listing offers hotel pickup subject to availability, which means it is not guaranteed, so ask the operator before you book if you are staying outside town.
This is the tour where you drive your own automatic Vespa behind the guide, on a day that links Amalfi with Ravello and Positano. Staying in Amalfi, or next door in Atrani, makes the start easy. The guided Vespa day from ~$364 includes parking and fuel.
From Sorrento or Positano, getting to Amalfi in the morning takes planning. Buses and ferries both make the trip, but the road is slow in summer, so leave a wide margin rather than catching the last connection that might work.
The sunset ride from Sorrento or Positano
Federico's 3-hour sunset ride starts in Sorrento or Positano, and the listing names private transportation among what is included. Ask when you book which of the two towns applies to your option and where exactly you meet.
Because it runs late in the day, the sunset ride fits after a morning spent elsewhere, so the start point matters more than usual. Our sunset or full day guide compares it with the longer tours.
Where to stay for each tour
- Positano, the handiest base for both of Federico's tours and one of NapolinVespa's starts
- Sorrento, a start for NapolinVespa and the sunset ride, and the side GetYourGuide's version of Federico's day leans toward
- Amalfi or Atrani, closest to Amalfi Moto Rent's base
- Naples, where only NapolinVespa collects you, at the cost of a long day
Sorrento is larger, with more hotel choice and easy links to Naples, while Positano puts you on the most dramatic part of the drive. Neither choice rules out much, since three of the four tours start in one or the other.
Reaching the coast by ferry or bus
Most visitors reach the Amalfi Coast from Naples. From the city, people usually ride the local train to Sorrento, or take a ferry across the bay when the boats are running.
Along the coast, SITA buses run the coast road between Sorrento and Amalfi, stopping at Positano on the way. They fill up in summer and crawl through the same bends the Vespas ride, so a bus to a tour start needs slack in the timing.
Ferries link Positano with Amalfi and Sorrento in the warmer months, and they skip the road entirely. Timetables change through the year and boats stay in port in rough seas, so check the day before if a ferry is your way to the start.
Arriving by ferry or bus on the tour morning? Tell the operator early. NapolinVespa's Viator listing accepts a port or station pickup by agreement, and the other operators can only help if they know your plan.
A long day from Naples
Riding the coast from a Naples hotel is possible only with NapolinVespa. The car transfer adds travel at both ends of a tour that already lasts 6.5 hours on Viator and 6–8 hours on GetYourGuide.
That suits travelers who use Naples as their only base and have one day for the coast. With two nights to spare, sleeping in Sorrento or Positano makes the Vespa day calmer and leaves the evening free.
The best time guide helps you pick the dates, and our packing list covers what to bring. For the road you will share with buses on the way in, see our coast road safety guide.