Amalfi even worth it in November!
Hey everyone so as the title explains I’m trying to figure out if it would even be worth it to spend a night in Amalfi. We’re heading to Italy in about mid November and I wanted to go to Amalfi specifically on November 13 to the 14th to spend my birthday.
The issue is that my cousin is currently studying abroad in Florence and while she has been living there for the past month, she has never experienced November or winter in the Amalfi Coast.
After a lot of research my sister and I have read is that it will be rainy and windy and that there’s going to be a lot of closures. Also may be some travel issues and my cousin also did get stuck out there during the summer, resulting in a $200 cab ride back to their place. This is where the idea for the hotel stay for one night came in.
I’m just feeling a little discouraged but I don’t want to rearrange my entire birthday plan if there’s a chance that we could still enjoy it. Especially considering I have worked so hard to be able to afford this trip, and it isnt as easy to just go back as my cousin suggests. When her parents and my uncle are completely funding her to study abroad there and she is able to go see and do much more, like spending last weekend in the dolomites.
Obviously, the fact that I really want to go here as one of the 3 places I absolutely have to see in Italy, and that every time I bring it up to her, the idea seems to be pushed farther away from the itinerary has led me here to ask y’all what was your experience in the Amalfi Coast around those dates in November and if it’s even worth it trying to make the trip out there to spend the night or if we should just find somewhere else to go or something else to do.
EDIT: I feel i should add that money isnt the issue here as I have stated that I work hard and have planned to spend a good amount of funds, the issue is being forced to stay in Florence basically the entire duration of the trip because she will be busy with school. Hence why I am trying to figure out if the weather/travel is actually not worth it/makes it difficult to reach or if she is PARTLY just saying that so we will stay behind with her. I love her to death but this is our first time in Europe, she LIVES there and it isnt the kind of trip to be playing “I won’t go if you can’t go.” Nonetheless, I am now looking at 2-3 nights in the amalfi instead of 1 and 2-3 nights in rome and then ending in Florence with a day trip to Venice. Thank you everyone for the insights!