Oct 8, 2024
Beautiful hike along the coast - Beautiful walk overlooking the coast. Our guide, Georgia, was great. She stopped along the way to tell us about the native plants and also about the history in the area. Also gave time for pictures and to catch your breath. Hiking poles a must (they provided)
The stop at shepherds hut for wine and light lunch was really nice. Primitive bathroom was available at the hut.
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Oct 7, 2024
Do not attempt on your own! - We considered attempting this walk on our own. Thank goodness we didn't. Just the convenience of a ride to and from the hike more than pays for the excursion.
The guides were fantastic and offered choices all along the way for the more experienced, the less experienced and the elderly
They were very knowledgeable and shared that knowledge.
The lunch at the shepherds house was entertaining and delicious.
All in all, a memorable experience and well worth it.
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Sep 29, 2024
Path of the Gods unforgettable experience - Our guide was super knowledgeable and we felt safe the entire time. The hike was moderately difficult with up and downhills a lot of the time. The views were spectacular and well worth the effort.
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Sep 11, 2024
Breathtaking views. Great guide - Great guide, Pepe. Very knowledgeable and amazing views/tour. Moderate fitness level required but very patient for those that required it.
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Sep 6, 2024
Fabulous - A 'must do' when visiting the Amalfi coast. Antonio, our guide, was wonderful. Lots of interesting information & stunning views!!
Meeting the farmer at his house & tasting his delicious cheese, tomatoes & honey was a memorable experience.
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Aug 15, 2024
Great experience, would do again! - We had a great time hiking with Nino. He was very knowledgeable about the area including all the plants we hiked past! The pit stop at the Shepherd’s hut was amazing. There was another guided group as well, and at one point you get the option to take the steeper or more flat terrain. We opted for the flatter path due to the heat and did not regret it! The views were spectacular and we even hiked a little longer to see Positano.
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Aug 13, 2024
Super fun and amazing experience! - Nino was amazing, everything about this hike was perfect! The food, the view, what we learned were all great!
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Oct 5, 2024
Fabulous guide- Georgia... - Fabulous guide- Georgia was fun, informative and easy to listen to. I am so grateful I did this hike with a guide as I learned so much about the area and so enjoyed our stop with the Shepherd! Food was delicious. My only wish is that I would hav liked to do more of the hike and thought the loop seemed kind of short. I wish we could have gone right to the bottom of Positano and did not feel this was a hard hike. The people were fabulous.
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Sep 7, 2024
Decently nice views, guides can share a lot, but we had a bad experience with our guide - I have a bad taste from this experience. I am very well traveled - lots of Viator bookings, many, many Trip Advisor reviews over 15+ years - I've never had an experience like this.
First the positives - the guide Nino is very knowledgeable, has given this hike many times over the years, and explains amazing and interesting details. The walk is good - nice views. I wasn't "in awe" after a while, but it is decent, and it is nice to see this rural life at such heights with nice views.
A short summary of what didn't go well: the guide gave us three options at one point - take the tough path, take the easy path, or wait in a cafe for 60 minutes (his words). We chose the third option. After 60 minutes no one had come to get us. We waited. After 75 we started to wonder how long we should wait since we also needed to get back to the transport on time. Once we reached 90, we had to make a decision sooner or later and this seemed like the right time. We told the cafe people to let the guide know that we are headed back.
Eventually we all met at the initial point. The guide was not happy since he had looked for us (after we had left). We weren't happy because we hadn't known what to do. That's OK - we can discuss maturely and understand views and each acknowledge that we could have handled it better - this is the professional approach which I would expect. Instead, Nino stated loudly in front of all tour participants: "You are Wrong!"
I was so embarrassed - no one has ever talked to me like this in this type of situation. I was so wanting to respond including noting that he said 60, hadn't come in 90, and he is saying we are wrong - ? But - someone needed to de-escalate the situation, so I kept quiet..
Ruined the experience and I'm still bitter about it (and feel like I should get a partial refund). Here are constructive suggestions which we could have come up with: (1) set a maximum wait time (2) set a time by when the return vehicle will leave and time needed to get back to the vehicle. This way we would have had some guidance on what to do in this type of situation.
Summary: (1) you can do the path on your own and save money, but guides like Nino can share a lot of interesting and fascinating information so good to get a guide (2) we did not have a good experience with Nino and feel the situation could have been handled more professionally
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Sep 25, 2024
Please read! - View was beautiful. Rained hard before our trip and instead of canceling they rushed us through a shorten version of the trip (for full price) the rain made the trip much more treacherous and the guides rushing us made the hike unenjoyable and dangerous. Even without rain this is not a beginner course and not meant for short individuals (large steps and gaps)
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