Campania

Naples

An hour and ten minutes from Rome and an entirely different country. Naples is also the interchange for Pompeii, Herculaneum, Sorrento and the Amalfi coast — none of which are on the national network.

Arriving

Stations

Napoli Centrale

All Frecce and Intercity. The Circumvesuviana platforms are downstairs under the name Napoli Garibaldi.

Napoli Afragola

A Zaha Hadid box out in the suburbs. Fast interchange, useless for the city.

From the airport

Capodichino is fifteen minutes from Centrale on the Alibus. No rail link, no pass relevance.

Onward

Connections

To	Fastest	Operator	Reservation	Frequency
Rome	1h 10m	Frecciarossa	€13	2 per hour
Salerno	35m	Frecciarossa	€13	Hourly
Florence	2h 45m	Frecciarossa	€13	Hourly
Bari	3h 20m	Intercity	€3	5 per day
Reggio Calabria	4h 20m	Frecciarossa	€13	4 per day

Naples to Bari on an Intercity costs one travel day and a €3 reservation. The same crossing on a Freccia costs €13. Take the Intercity.

See

Worth your time

Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Everything good that was dug out of Pompeii is here, not there. Go before the site, not after.
Napoli Sotterranea
Greek cisterns and wartime shelters under the old centre.
Cappella Sansevero
The Veiled Christ. Book ahead; the room holds very few people.
Spaccanapoli
The straight cut through the old city. Walk it end to end.

Eat

What to order

Pizza in Via dei Tribunali
Take a number and wait. Twenty minutes, €6, better than anything at home.
Sfogliatella riccia
Eat it hot from the tray, from a bakery, before ten in the morning.
Friggitoria
Fried everything in a paper cone. The proper Neapolitan street lunch.

Day trips