About Us

Our company was founded in 2007 as an idea from my father, Francesco, who for the first time in his life wanted to try to set up his own business by founding the Vervece charter company, having me with the role of administrator. The name is from the Vervece rock, located in front of the small port of Massa Lubrense, Marina della Lobra, which was made famous by the feat of Enzo Maiorca, who set the world record in freediving, reaching 87 meters in depth. To celebrate the occasion, a statue depicting the Madonna was placed 12 meters deep under the rock as a symbol of protection for divers and those who work in the sea. For this reason the Vervece is a symbolic and sacred place for men of the sea... And what better name could be chosen for this adventure?

The company first bought 3 Sorrentini gozzo boats to start recreational tourism experiences and later, after the first years of the start-up, my cousin Emiliano Russo took over the company. To date, the company has acquired new boats within its fleet, and has reached a workforce that has about 25 employees, including boat captains, on-board attendants, reception staff and office staff.

Vervece Charter specializes in recreational tourist experiences, which take place aboard the typical Sorrentine Gozzi boats along the coasts of Massa Lubrense, Capri and the Amalfi coast. For some of our tours, we also use motorboats from the Raffaelli shipyard which have allowed us to enter a higher level sector, offering increasingly tailor-made and luxury services. In this way, we are able to offer a fairly wide range of choices for customers. Are tours are mainly composed of two types of experiences: Private and shared experiences. In private boat excursions, guests (whether they are a family, a couple, a group of friends) rent a boat with a captain to enjoy a day at sea. For shared experiences, multiple small parties of people are grouped together on our boat excursion.

We can certainly say that our company is based on two cardinal principles:

- Organizational completeness

- Exclusivity of the experience

For organizational completeness we intend to offer the customer a "360 degree" service in which, once the tour has been booked all they have to do is be ready for their pickup time from their accommodation. Our drivers, with their authorized cars, will drive customers to the port where our staff in charge of passenger boarding procedures will welcome them. Upon return, customers will be picked up at the port and taken back to their hotel, station or other private accommodation. As for the exclusivity of the experience, we aim to provide a "cozy" experience, with more privacy and comfort than on ferries or hydrofoils. We offer a space that can accommodate up to 12 people on board. We have also made efforts in adjusting to the times of the pandemic by making sure guests have plenty of space on the boats while enjoying the open air and reconnecting with the nature that surrounds us.

In recent years we have enriched the range of services, starting with our "bestsellers", which are the Capri Boat Tour and the Massa Lubrense and Amalfi Coast boat tours. The first offers a tour of the island of Capri, with a view of the main caves (Blue, White and Green) and the opportunity to stop by both to swim in the crystal clear waters of the island and to visit the island. The second tour, on the other hand, proposes a visit to the protected marine area of Punta Campanella, up to Li Galli to discover the pearls of the Amalfi Coast, such as Praiano, Furore, Conca dei Marini and above all Positano and Amalfi, where it will be scheduled some free time to visit the villages. In addition to these two bestsellers, we have added evening experiences on the island of Capri, which allow you to savor the magic and nightlife of the most famous island in the world. We also offer half-day experiences, for those who want to indulge exclusively in the sea and islands without visiting the city; or sunset experiences often chosen to live romantic moments such as marriage proposals or anniversaries, in a magical setting.

Regarding the experience we offer to our customers, I can tell you that we have tried to create a service that is as professional as when you get on a scheduled plane and as fun in its development as when you are in a tourist village. The experience is truly unique and engaging, as with our tours the customer has the opportunity to enjoy the boat, the sun, swim along the coast, enjoy delicious Caprese sandwiches accompanied by drinks of their choice and, in the second part of the day , will be accompanied by a single portion of fresh fruit. The on-board staff, consisting mainly of captain and assistant, is available to customers to illustrate the tour, give explanations and assist with every request. The advantage that tourists have is certainly being able to optimize in a single day both the visit of the most beautiful villages of the Gulf (by sea which is certainly a unique point of view) and being able to enjoy a day of sun and sea at aboard our boats.

We believe we differentiate ourselves on the market, because we try to offer an "authentic" service, which, although it has seen us grow in recent years, continues to maintain a genuine and personalized character. The customer who comes aboard with us knows he will find competence and professionalism in the sector, gained in 13 years of experience. We were the first to enter a totally new sector for the tourism offer in the Sorrento Peninsula. Our strengths and what distinguishes us from other operators is undoubtedly having standardized the presence on board of a double staff, namely captain and steward (often speak several languages). This is an aspect that gives us a clear advantage in terms of customer service. All this is reflected in the numerous positive feedbacks we receive from multiple channels, the positive reactions on our social networks and online promotion portals, which in this way place us at the top of the offer in this field. The client is mainly composed of foreign tourists, especially Americans and Anglo-Saxons. But in general we have tourists who come from all over Europe.

Fortunately and unexpectedly, even if in the last two years, tourism has suffered a very strong backlash due to the world pandemic, especially in foreign presences that have suddenly stopped, we have had excellent feedback from Italian customers who have appreciated our offer. The important thing is to know how to manage these difficulties and try to get up again, as in our case, where the opportunity to offer outdoor tours and in small groups of people, has certainly helped and in this way it has been possible to offer a service to the height of the expectations of all customers, who lived the boat as a happy island where you can enjoy nature and our beautiful sea.

Nando

Founder & Owner, Vervece Charter