The Path of the Gods

**You can if you are fit and used to a few hours of mountain walking — and should not attempt it otherwise.** ✅ **What it actually demands**: **3–4 hours of continuous walking** on **uneven rocky ground**, **with repeated climbing and descent** (⚠ **not a continuous downhill, as is sometimes said**), **and narrow sections near the cliff edge** ⚠ **without railings**; **then 1,500 steps down** at the end. ⚠ **Who should not attempt it**: **anyone afraid of heights** (⚠ **some sections are genuinely exposed**), **anyone with knee trouble** (descent is harder on the knee than climbing), **anyone unused to walking for hours**, **and small children**. ✅ **⚠ First alternative — walk half of it**: **start at Bomerano, walk an hour and a half to the finest viewpoints and turn back** — ✅ **you get the view for half the effort**. ✅ **Second — avoid the 1,500 steps**: **continue to Nocelle and take the local bus** down to Positano. ✅ **Third — the view without the walk**: **the terrace at Villa Cimbrone in Ravello** ✅ **gives you a view no less magnificent for no effort at all**.