NAPLES: GETTING THERE AND AROUND


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TO / FROM THE AIRPORT
Capodichino airport is 8km north-east of the city centre. It is the main airport in southern Italy and links Naples with Italian and European destinations.
The following major airlines operate from Naples:
Alitalia: Internal flights and international connections via Rome and Milan.
Tel. 081 7093333 or 848 865642
Air France: Daily flights to Paris. Tel. 081 884466
British Airways: Daily flights to London, Gatwick. Tel. 081 789 6259 or 848 812266
Go: Regular flights to London, Stansted. Tel. 848 887766

ANM (http://www.anm.it) bus no. 14 runs from Piazza Garibaldi to the airport every 15 minutes. The journey is 30 mins, cost 0.65
CLP’s airport bus, runs hourly from Piazza Municipio to the airport. The journey is 20 minutes, tel. 081 251 4157, Euro 1.55
A taxi from the airport to the city centre will cost about Euro 21





BUS
Piazza Garibaldi is the major terminal for buses to Italian and European cities. There are no signs so double check before you board.
Some of the companies include:
Maco – operates to Bari, tel. 080 3105185
Micoolis – operates to Taranto, Lecce and Brindisi, tel. 099 735 3754
CLP – operates to Foggia, te. 081 5311707
SITA – operates to Pompeii, Ercolano, Sorrento, towns on the Amalfi Coast, Salerno, also operates with Bari and Potenza and a service to Germany. Tel. 081 552 2176, http://www.sita-on-line.it

City buses or ANM buses operate mostly from Piazza Garibaldi. The most frequent routes are R1, R2, R3 and R4 and connect to other less frequent buses that run out of the centre.
Some useful bus lines routes include:
R1 Piazza Medaglie d’Oro – Piazza Carita - Piazza Dante - Piazza Bovio
R2 Stazione Centrale - Corso Umberto 1 - Piazza Bovio - Piazza Municipio - Piazza Trento e Trieste
R3 Mergellina – Riviera di Chiaia – Piazza Municipio – Piazza Bovio – Piazza Dante – Piazza Carita
Nos 14 & 14R Piazza Garibaldi – airport – north of the city
No 24 Parco Castello – Piazza Trento e Trieste – Via Toledo – Via Roma - Capodimonte
No 110 Stazione Centrale – Museo Archeologico Nazionale – Capodimonte - north
No 137R Piazza Dante – Capodimonte – north – Piazza Dante
No 401 Stazione Centrale – Rivieria di Chiaia – Pozzuoli – return (night only from midnight to 5am, hourly departures on the hour).





TRAMS
1 and 1 B – Stazione Centrale – Piazza Garibaldi – city centre – waterfront – Riviera di Chiaia
2B Piazza Garibaldi – city centre – Corso G Garibaldi





TRAINS
Naples is a major train hub either south or north. Most trains originating in the north or from Rome pass here. The two major stations are Stazione Centrale (tel. 081 5543188) or Stazione Garibaldi.
Trains passing through include regionale, diretto, Intercity and Eurostar trains. For more information go to our general getting around information on trains in Italy. Up to 30 trains run from Naples to Rome daily.
Other train networks include:
Ferrovia Cumana and Circumflegrea, tel. 081 551 3328

Reservations are advised on all long distance trips. Check the boards in the train station or go online via trenitalia (http://www.trenitalia.it) for more information. For more information tel. 166 10 50 50





METROPOLITANA
The city railway is actually mostly above ground. The line starts from Gianturco east of Stazione Centrale. Stops include Piazza Garibaldi, Piazza Cavour, Montesanto, Piazza Amedeo, Mergellina, Piazza Leopardi, Campi Flegrei, Cavaleggeri d’Aosta, Bagnoli and Pozzuoli. The other major line is called Metropolitana Collinare. It starts from Piazza Vanvitelli and runs to Piazza Medaglie d’Oro and several stops further. A third line is planed to link Piazza Garibaldi, the cathedral, Piazza Bovio, Piazza Carita, Piazza Dante, Museo Archeologico Nazionale and Piazza Vanvitelli.





FUNICULAR
There are four funicular railways in Naples. Three connect downtown with Vomero.
Funicolare Central: Via Toledo to Piazza Fuga
Funicolare di Chiaia: Via del Parco Margherita – Via D Cimarosa
Funicolare di Montesanto: Piazza Montesanto – Via Raffaele Morghen
Funicolare di Mergellina – Via Mergellina – Via Manzoni
You can use Giranapoli tickets for one trip only.





TAXI
Official taxis are white, metered and have the Naples symbol on their front door. It is best to wait at taxi stands in the main piazza’s to access one or call the cooperatives.
Napoli, tel. 081 556 4444
Consortaxi, tel. 081 552 5252
There are additional costs for baggage and delays so it can be expensive. Insist on using a meter.





CAR / MOTORCYCLE
Most visitors find driving in Napoli a little too hairy however if you are experienced driving in Italy this should pose no problems. Most people choose not to drive in Napoli and we agree this is adviseable. Leave your car somewhere secure and enjoy the city on foot or public transport. If you want to day trip outside of the city then the freedom of exploration in a car will be beneficial and save you time on local transport.

Try the following specialists for renting a car:
Auto Europe tel. 800 223 5555 or 207 842 2000
Europe by Car tel. 212 581 3040 or 800 223 1516),
Avis, airport and near Stazione Centrale - Corso Arnaldo Lucci 203, tel. 199 100133
Hertz, airport and Stazione Centrale – Piazza Garibaldi 91b, tel 199 112211
Maggiore, airport and train station, tel. 848 867067

Naples is on the north-south Autostrade del Sole. It is numbered A1 heading to Rome and Milan and A3 south to Salerno and Calabria. The A30 is the ring road around Naples to the north-east, the A16 heads north-east to Bari.





TICKETS
Buy your tickets before boarding buses at tobacconists, newstands, major bus stops or vending machines. Tickets are purchased in time periods. Train tickets must also be purchased before boarding. Queues can be long and timely so try the automatic machines (although try and have the right change or you lose money). Remember to validate your ticket before boarding in the yellow machines on every platform.

The Giranapoli ticket can be purchased at stations, ANM booths and tobacconists. It costs just 0.80 and is valid for 90mins of unlimited travel by train, bus, tram, Metro, furnicular, Ferrobia Cumana or Circumflegrea.
Alternatively purchase a daily tourist ticket for 2.35 (not valid for Pompeii or Ercolano on Circumvesuviana trains).





FERRIES
Ferries leave for Capri, Sorrento, Ischia, Procida and Forio from Molo Beverello in front of the Castel Nuovo. You can purchase tickets at the booths on Molo Beverello and at Margellina.

For longer distance journies ferries leave from the Stazione Marittima next to Molo Beverello. Destinations include Palermo, Cagliari, Milazzo, Aeolian Islands (Isole Eolie) and Tunisia. To purchase tickets go the ferry office companies or travel agents.

Alilauro and SNAV operate hydrofoils to Ischia, Procida and Capri from Mergellina.

Here are the contact details and costs:

Alilauro (Tel. 081 5522838)
Ischia (11.40), Sorrento (13) and Forio (12.40)

Caremar ( Tel. 081 551 3882)
Capri (ferry 5.10, hydrofoil 10.40), Ischia (hydrofoil 9.10), Procida (hydrofoil 7.50)

Linee Lauro ( Tel. 081 551 3352)
Ischia (5.70), Tunis (weekly, deck 62-97, airline seats 67.25-98.20, bed in cabin (72.30-124), Sardinia and Corsica (deck 28.50-36.25, bed in shared cabin 36.25-72.30)

Navigazione Libera del Golfo ( Tel. 081 552 7209)
Capri (10.40), Amalfi (14.50 summer only)

Siremar ( Tel. 091 690 2555)
Aeolian Islands and Milazzo (36.15-40.80) 6 times a week in summer, about 3 in winter

SNAV (Tel. 199 123199)
Capri (10.40), Procida (8.80), Ischia (10.40). Summer to the Aeolian Islands

Tirrenia ( Tel. 199 123199 in Napoli, Tel. 091 333 300 in Palermo, Tel. 06 474 2041 in Rome).
Runs Naples to Palermo (13 hours)
Weekly boat to Cagliari (deck class 21.50-40.30, shared cabin 30.50-55.30), Palermo (deck class 30.25-39.80, shared cabin 35.20-51.20). Twice weekly in summer. You can access Tunisia from Palermo and Cagliari or Trapani.

Sicilia Jet hydrofoils (run by SNAV)
Tel. 081 761 2348
leave Naples Maritime Stazione at 5.30pm between April and October and take four hours to Palermo, Euro 55-69. The overnight ferry to Palermo (tel. 081 720 1111) is 8 hours and costs Euro 40 plus Euro 15-20 for a sleeping berth. It leaves Naples Maritime Stazione (catch tram 1 from Napoli Centrale) at 8pm daily.

Book well in advance in summer for all ferries.

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