Looks like rockfall on the shortest route between Sorrento and Positano has temporarily thrown both tourists and locals for a loop. The locals are not happy. Heck, nobody is happy.
https://www.positanonews.it/2026/07/tordigliano-rocciatori-in-azione-strada-totalmente-chiusa-da-piano-di-sorrento-per-positano/3848911/
Roughly translated via Safari:
"Tordigliano, rock climbers in action. Road totally closed from Piano di Sorrento to Positano. At this moment you can't go with scooters and motorcycles or even on foot to reach the town of the Amalfi Coast.
Event: Total closure of the road site for falling stone.
Where: Locality Tordigliano (Municipality of Vico Equense).
Interrupted section: From Piano di Sorrento towards Positano.
Alternative route: Detours via Agerola (estimated travel time: 2 hours).
The Amalfi Coast wakes up broken in half. Since last night, the State Road 163 Amalfitana has been completely closed to traffic due to a fall of stone on the roadway that occurred in Tordigliano, in the territory of the municipality of Vico Equense. The interruption is paralyzing the direct connections between the Sorrento Peninsula and Positano.
Rockers immediately at work
The rescue and recovery machine has been activated with the utmost urgency. Already this morning, teams of specialized climbers are in action on the rocky ridge to carry out the surveys, proceed with the dismocking the boulders in balance and begin the operations to secure the slope. A timely but complex intervention, essential to avert new collapses.
Huge inconvenience for tourists and workers
The impact of the closure on local mobility is devastating. The total traffic ban from the junction of Piano di Sorrento towards the Coast is causing enormous inconvenience to thousands of tourists and the many workers who move every day to reach Positano. The "pearl of the Amalfi Coast" finds itself, in fact, isolated from its northwestern access in the middle of the season.
Alternative traffic: a two-hour trip
With the SS 163 blocked in Tordigliano, the road has been diverted to the only alternative road available for those coming from Sorrento: the internal route that crosses the Lattari Mountains passing through Agerola. A detour that radically transforms travel times: to cover a route that would take just twenty minutes on an open road, it now takes about two hours to get to your destination.
Note: The situation is constantly evolving. Updates will follow in the next few hours to communicate the status of the work on the rock face and any timing for the reopening, even partial, of the State road."
Yes, there are seasonal ferries but if the plan involved a rental car, bus or driver....