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Amalfi Coast Driving: Daily Odd-Even Plate Restrictions From 1 August 2026
The SS163 coast road's odd-even licence plate rule switches from weekends-only to every day of the week for August and September 2026.
What are targhe alterne, and what's new for 2026?
The SS163 Amalfitana — the single coast road linking Vietri sul Mare, Cetara, Maiori, Minori, Amalfi, Praiano and Positano — has run some form of odd-even licence plate restriction for years, to thin out summer traffic on a road that was never built for the volume it now carries. Through June and July 2026 the rule applied only on weekends; from 1 August through 30 September 2026, it runs every day of the week, confirmed by ANAS ordinance and reported by Salernotoday and the Distretto Turistico Costa d'Amalfi.
The road is single-carriageway for almost its entire length, cut into the cliffside with tour coaches, local buses and rental cars all sharing the same narrow lane — the reason a single stalled car or delivery van can back up traffic for a couple of kilometres. Extending the restriction to every day, rather than just weekends, is ANAS's response to a peak season that now runs well past the traditional Ferragosto rush.
How does the odd-even rule actually work?
Between 10:00 and 18:00 daily, cars with an even last digit on their plate can't drive the SS163 on even-numbered calendar days, and odd-last-digit plates are barred on odd-numbered days — so a plate ending in 4 can't be on the road on 4, 6 or 8 August and so on, but can drive on the 5th, 7th or 9th. Outside that eight-hour window, and after 30 September, the restriction doesn't apply.
Who's exempt, and what should visitors do?
Residents of the coast's thirteen municipalities plus Agerola, disabled permit holders travelling with the badge holder on board, taxis, NCC drivers and emergency vehicles are all exempt, and motorcycles and scooters aren't restricted at all. Tourists checking in or out of a booked stay on the coast that day can get a deroga (exemption) for that single trip — ask your accommodation for the paperwork before you drive in. For everyone else, the simplest fix is timing: drive the SS163 before 10:00 or after 18:00, or skip the road altogether and take the SITA bus or a Positano–Amalfi–Salerno ferry, which run on their own schedule regardless of your plate.
If you're arriving from Naples or Salerno by motorway and joining the coast at Vietri, the restriction only applies once you're actually on the SS163 itself — it doesn't touch the A3 approach. And it's worth remembering the ferry option isn't just a workaround: in peak August traffic, a boat between Salerno, Amalfi and Positano is often faster door-to-door than a car on the coast road, plate or no plate.
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