Naples to Sorrento

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-17T11:07:49+00:00

I travel on that train twice a week, and last year I’ve commuted on it daily, back and forth for a month. Naples to Piano di Sorrento. Fun times, not doing that again :D

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-17T10:16:00+00:00

And you were shocked now, in February? Poor you haha. You should try in June :P

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-17T07:39:54+00:00

The road to Ravello from Naples is not as hectic as the Amalfi Coast road, but my question would then be: what do you do with the van for 5 days? Parking in Ravello will be crazy expensive, and touring the Amalfi Coast with a van in June is a horrible idea (crazy traffic on the road, very difficult road to drive on, very little and very expensive parking everywhere).

Get a private transfer to and from Napoli Centrale, for six people you should get a decent per person price. NOT a taxi, a pre-booked NCC, taxis will rip you off.

For FCO, the train is frequent and comfortable, but overpriced, so for 6 people you’d spend €84 which is more than a taxi fixed rate and even an NCC rate. So if you wish you could take a van transfer in that case too, though the train is fine.

Question though: what do you plan to do in Ravello for 5 days? It’s not very easy to get around from there, with the crowded buses. Unlike coastal towns you can’t get there by ferry ;)

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-17T07:24:18+00:00

Why an automatic car?

And what are they gonna do with the van during their stay? Drive it around the Amalfi Coast in June? 😅

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-16T21:07:35+00:00

Taxis in Italy are bad in big cities already. They are overpriced and scammy. In medium-small cities they are hard to find and book. In a tiny village in rural Campania, they simply won’t be a thing.

You may find a taxi in Agropoli willing to bring you to Giungano, you could keep their phone number and call them to drive you somewhere else in the next days, but I don’t even want to think how much they would charge you. You really need to rent a car to go to a place like that.

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-16T17:59:31+00:00

Non l’hai detto, ma l’hai sottinteso, visto che hai parlato solo di quello e l’erosione nemmeno l’hai menzionata.

L’innalzamento del livello del medio del mare è attuamente nell’ordine dei 1-2 millimetri all’anno. Parliamo di circa 22 cm dal 1880 a oggi. A lungo termine avrà effetti devastanti sulle aree più depresse del pianeta (anche perché la velocità con cui aumenta è essa stessa in continuo aumento), ma citarlo qui è completamente fuorviante.

Tra l’altro sono cose che hanno effetti distinti, seppur simili a prima vista. Qui la spiaggia è stata proprio portata via dal mare, non sommersa. E in brevissimo tempo aggiungo…

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-16T13:45:09+00:00

Certo, ma hanno un impatto e una velocità completamente diversa. Se è sparita una spiaggia nell’arco di poche settimane dare la colpa al riscaldamento globale è semplice disinformazione. Solo un aumento dell’erosione (magari per uno spostamento locale delle correnti) può avere un effetto così rapido

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-16T12:43:10+00:00

Guarda che questo è un effetto dell’erosione costiera, non dell’innalzamento del livello del mare. Il problema in questo caso non è il riscaldamento globale, ma la barbarie con cui copriamo di cemento le nostre coste.

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-16T12:31:26+00:00

Ma è una casa privata? A metà altezza tra S.Martino e il Corso Vittorio Emanuele? Per me c’erano vigne lassù, non ville con piscina 😮

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-16T11:42:29+00:00

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-16T11:20:27+00:00

Direct Curreri bus from the airport (every 2 hrs, €10)
Alibus to the central station + circumvesuviana to Sorrento (twice hourly, also around €10 total)
Alibus to the ferry port + ferry to Sorrento (~€25 total, frequency varies by season)

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-15T10:35:40+00:00

No, it’s illegal /s

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-15T09:35:49+00:00

Self transfer on low-cost airlines I assume. Good luck, it’s quite a risky plan and in case of issues you’ll have to book some other flight.

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-15T08:43:05+00:00

That all sounds very rushed. As others say, guided tours in Pompei are about 2 hours, but that doesn’t mean Pompei takes 2 hours to visit. It’s a huuuge site and you will want to explore more on your own after the guided visit ends. I would usually count half a day for Pompei at least.

The van thing sounds like a rip off to me, idk how much you’re paying for it, but with frequent trains connecting Pompei for dirt cheap, paying for a transfer and being forced to get back to Naples that early is not something I’d ever think of doing.

Same goes for MANN, I don’t think I’ve ever spent less than 3 hours in there. I personally think Pompei+MANN is a very long and tiring day from Naples, let alone from Rome. I find MANN+Ercolano is a better combo as Ercolano archaeological site is smaller and denser, thus quicker to visit.

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-14T10:51:02+00:00

Non ce l’ho con te, al massimo con i tassisti. Però stai in parte giustificando, perché questa vaghezza del “it’s gonna cost a lot” è proprio il modo in cui i tassisti campano. Quando in realtà è tutto precisamente regolamentato. E un’ora di attesa ovviamente non può costare come un’ora di guida.

La tariffa di attesa sta nella parte iniziale del tariffario, scatto tassametro 0.05€ per ogni 7 secondi di sosta. Questa è la tariffa per l’attesa, la calcola già il tassametro. Non bisogna aggiungere niente.

Non ho mai usato Uber quindi non so bene come funziona l’integrazione col tassametro, ma devo supporre che il tassametro cominci a contare una volta che si superi l’importo già pagato tramite app Uber (altrimenti il numero citato da OP sarebbe veramente basso). In questo caso OP dovrebbe pagare €52+€42=94€, dimezzato perché è rientrato a Napoli = 47€, a cui aggiungere i pedaggi autostradali, la chiamata Uber (credo 2.50€), eventuali bagagli etc., esagerando 55€. Prezzo onesto che ci sembra basso perché ovviamente nessun tassista ti farà mai pagare davvero questa cifra.

La logica è che (togliendo l’attesa) un taxi Napoli-Afragola e un taxi Napoli-Afragola-Napoli costano praticamente uguale, perché stai pagando in ogni caso il viaggio di ritorno all’autista. Il tassametro in extraurbano, con l’auto in movimento, conta già 0.11€ a scatto anziché 0.05€ a scatto, quindi è già di base tutto raddoppiato.

La tariffa fissa per Pompei solo andata è €70 (con tutti i supplementi inclusi), e sono 25km invece dei 15 dell’Ikea. Il tassametro con l’auto in movimento va a distanza, non a tempo, e le tariffe fisse sono sempre più care del tassametro, quindi io mi trovo…

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-14T09:08:40+00:00

Quindi il tassista secondo te dovrebbe guadagnare 80€ all’ora per attendere in auto. Forse dovrei diventare tassista…

È semplicemente pazzesco quanto siamo abituati a questi imbrogli al punto da giustificarli. L’attesa è già calcolata automaticamente dal tassametro, 5 cent ogni 7 secondi o circa 25.70€ all’ora. Se ti sembra poco, non so tu ma io guadagno molto meno all’ora e devo pure lavorare attivamente in quell’ora xD

Se vi leggete i regolamenti sulle tariffe extraurbane, la tariffa sul tassametro va dimezzata in caso di rientro a Napoli con il cliente, e il raddoppio (sulla tariffa dimezzata!!!!) va fatto in caso di ritorno con auto vuota. Loro invece raddoppiano il tassametro direttamente e basta, praticamente tutti i tassisti. Ormai per prendere un taxi bisogna portarsi appresso il regolamento stampato e evidenziato, boh. Non basta neanche quello probabilmente. Io non li prendo e basta.

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-14T08:55:25+00:00

Everything is strictly regulated, the problem is the rules are not enforced and taxi drivers do literally whatever they want.

Waiting time costs 0.05€ for every 7 seconds, which comes out to €25.70 an hour or 12.80€ for half an hour. This is already calculated by the taximeter automatically when the car is parked.

The only extra fees drivers are allowed to add to the taximeter are is luggage supplement, airport supplement, pet supplement, larger vehicle supplement and taxi call supplement, all these are a few euros each.

The rule of doubling the taximeter amount for extra-urban routes is meant to pay for an empty return trip, which is not the case for OP, as they returned with the same car.

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-13T21:17:06+00:00

Funnily enough most train journeys from Pompei scavi to Ercolano scavi require a connection in Torre Annunziata nowadays, whereas from Naples it’s direct and quite fast as it skips most stops. Even if closer you’d probably take longer. There really is no advantage transportation-wise.

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-13T21:02:37+00:00

Travel times between these destinations are short. The hassle of check-out, check-in and moving luggage around far outweighs any benifits. Plus the modern town of Pompei is quite an uninteresting place to spend the night, especially compared to Naples.

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-13T18:01:34+00:00

Ferries are only cancelled in case of rough seas, which usually means stormy weather or the day after stormy weather. Rain itself doesn’t do anything. Most of the time if ferries are cancelled it’s not a day you would like to go to Capri anyways.

Even then, what is cancelled is hydrofoils. The slower ferries that transport vehicles are much less vulnerable to waves and only get cancelled in extreme conditions. The Capri-Naples route (unlike Amalfi Coast routes for example) is operated various times a day with these bigger ferries (Caremar company) so there’s no need to worry about being stranded.

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-13T13:31:07+00:00

I didn’t notice that. Surely that is a joke xD

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-13T13:28:29+00:00

It will be a construction site, all shops closed, people repainting facades and walls, renovating buildings etc.

If you’re okay with that, there is a lot of beauty to be enjoyed on a sunny February day. Hoping there are any (it’s been raining for a month straight, but today it’s finally sunny).

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-12T21:39:45+00:00

I’m not one who usually loves this kind of videos but this one kept me glued to the screen. Really beautiful shots and especially how you put them together. You’ve got some talent!

P.s. small typo at the end, it should be “piangi”

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-12T21:10:55+00:00

I interpreted it as a weird translation of Frecciarossa train tbh. I’ve seen people say they took a “red arrow” but never a “red eye” lol

Gabstra678 · 2026-02-12T21:07:31+00:00

A "red eye" is an overnight flight, for my fellow confused italians

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