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Positano
Positano is a cliffside village on the Amalfi Coast in Campania, built up a steep hillside above a pebble beach.
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Best things to do in Positano
The one thing not to miss
Visit Pompeii, the Roman city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Tickets are sold online with timed entry, so check the current rules before you go.
Pompeii1. Pompeii
The Roman city buried under 4 to 6 metres of ash and pumice when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. It lies in the municipality of Pompei near Naples, in Campania, and is on UNESCO's World Heritage List.
The official site sells tickets online and at the entrances, and has introduced timed entry with a daily cap of 20,000 visitors. Check the current rules before you go.
91,072 readers a month
2. Mount Vesuvius
A volcano on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, about 9 km east of Naples. It has a large cone partly ringed by the rim of a summit caldera, and is one of several volcanoes in the Campanian volcanic arc.
We have not confirmed how access to the crater is arranged; check with the park authority before you plan the trip.
54,405 readers a month
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3. Herculaneum
An ancient Roman town in the modern comune of Ercolano, buried by a pyroclastic flow in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
We have not confirmed ticket arrangements from an official source; check before you go.
22,655 readers a month
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4. A day trip to Capri
An island in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrento Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples. It has been a resort since Roman Republic times and has about 13,500 residents.
The trip needs a boat crossing; we have not confirmed sailing details from an official source, so check before you plan the day.
19,570 readers a month
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No machine-readable author provided. Sudodana2048 assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 5. Amalfi and its cathedral
A town in the province of Salerno on the Gulf of Salerno, set where a ravine meets the sea below Monte Cerreto. It was the capital of the Duchy of Amalfi, a seafaring republic and major Mediterranean trading power from 839 until about 1200. Amalfi Cathedral is its main church.
We have not confirmed this from an official source; check before you go.
10,869 readers a month
6. A day trip to Sorrento
A town on the Sorrentine Peninsula overlooking the Bay of Naples, a popular tourist destination known for small ceramics, lacework and marquetry shops. It is the southern end of a main branch of the Circumvesuviana railway, with access from Naples and Pompeii.
Check train times before you travel.
10,206 readers a month
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7. Paestum
An ancient Greek city on the Tyrrhenian coast, famous for three Doric temples dating from about 550 to 450 BCE that are in an excellent state of preservation. The city walls and amphitheatre are largely intact, and a national museum stands on the site.
We have not confirmed this from an official source; check before you go.
8,261 readers a month
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8. Ravello and its villas
A hill town above the Amalfi Coast with roughly 2,500 residents, listed as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Villa Cimbrone and Villa Rufolo are historic villas there.
We have not confirmed villa opening or ticket details; check before you go.
4,841 readers a month
9. Atrani
A village and comune on the Amalfi Coast in Salerno province, just east of Amalfi.
3,851 readers a month
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10. Maiori
A town on the Amalfi Coast that has been a holiday resort since Roman times. It has the longest unbroken stretch of beach on the coast.
1,228 readers a month
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Just missed the list: Minori (11th by readers; an Amalfi Coast town); Praiano (12th by readers; an Amalfi Coast village)
How we ranked these
By how many people read about each place on English Wikipedia in a typical month, measured October 2026. It is a popularity measure, not our opinion. Pompeii leads with about 91,072 readers a month. Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences; the author and licence are on each photo.
Research required. Area notes for this destination are not written yet. The top 10 above is sourced; the rest of this page is an outline.
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