The smartest route avoids the SS163: A3 motorway → Salerno → RA2 → Vietri sul Mare → climb to Ravello via Scala. ~80 minutes, avoiding summer traffic. The coastal road via Amalfi adds 30–60 min in peak season.
Public transport: train to Salerno, bus to Amalfi, second bus to Ravello — 3–4 hours with connections. With luggage, genuinely exhausting.
Ravello: Villa Rufolo, Villa Cimbrone, Ravello Festival (June–September). Quieter and more refined than Positano. [Where to stay in Ravello](/blog/where-to-stay-in-ravello).