Salerno's Molo Manfredi has served as the maritime gateway to the Costiera Amalfitana since the medieval Republic of Salerno controlled Mediterranean trade routes in the tenth century. Today the port handles over two hundred thousand passengers annually, dispatching ferries, hydrofoils, and private charters toward Positano, Amalfi, and Capri. The departure infrastructure modernized in 2019 with new floating pontoons and a digital booking kiosk at Piazza della Concordia, yet the waterfront retains its working-harbor character — fishing trawlers moor alongside tour vessels, and the morning fish market operates steps from the embarkation zone. Amalfi Coast boat tours from Salerno trace a coastline that UNESCO inscribed in 1997 for its terraced viticulture, vertical town planning, and unbroken cultural landscape stretching forty kilometers. Departures typically follow the western trajectory past Vietri sul Mare's ceramic-clad dome, then round Capo d'Orso where the limestone plunges six hundred meters into the Tyrrhenian. Operators pause at the Grotta dello Smeraldo, a submerged cavern discovered in 1932 when a fisherman noticed an otherworldly green glow refracting through the entrance. The water inside measures fourteen meters deep, illuminated by sunlight filtering through an underwater aperture. Further west, boats anchor off Furore Fjord, a narrow cleft in the cliffs where a stone bridge arches thirty meters overhead and divers compete each July in the world championships. The route to Positano passes beneath the terraced gardens of Praiano, where bougainvillea and lemon groves cascade to the sea. Tour vessels idle in the Spiaggia Grande anchorage long enough for passengers to photograph the pastel façades stacked above the beach, then continue to Li Galli, the three-island archipelago where Rudolf Nureyev maintained a villa until 1989. Return legs often include a swimming stop in a secluded cove near Conca dei Marini, where the water temperature averages twenty-four degrees Celsius in summer months. Operators typically include prosecco service or a chilled aperitivo as boats round back toward Salerno, passing the fortified tower at Cetara that once warned of Saracen incursions. The entire circuit covers roughly seventy nautical kilometers, with most departures returning to Molo Manfredi by early evening, timed to the port's operational window that runs daily from 09:00 to 18:00.