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A word about the Bay of Naples/Amalfi Coast area.
To get there., yes obviously take that train from Rome ( or vice versa ), or fly in if that's how you're doing things, but for the stay in the area, you do not need to stay in Naples itself and you should not ! I made that mistake myself, having split my hotel time 50/50 between Naples and Sorrento further to the south.
Understand :
1) Naples is generally horrible
2) What great excursions you can do from Naples ( and there are great ones ) can be done from Sorrento instead on the same Circumvesuviana train system.
3) Sorrento is nice.
4) What there is really worth seeing in Naples can be done as a day out from Sorrento, if you can be bothered.
5) Sorrento gives quicker access to the Amalfi towns.
Combining Rome and the Bay of Naples/Amalfi Coast really works. There's enough for a forthnights trip here, a packed 10 days or whatever. If only a week, I'd use Naples purely as a waypoint to Sorrento ( without coming back for an excursion there ) and get on with better stuff south in your limited time. If you only have a week, I'd just do Rome as a stand alone city break some time, or combine it with something else when you have a longer time. A week in the Bay of Naples/Amalfi coast alone would do it decent justice and make a nice weeks holiday, but trying to do both in the time would be too many compromises and too much pressure.
Btw, a tip for Sorrento. Rather than take a hotel with a tempting looking brochure view from up on a hillside, take a place down within easy walking of the train and bus station. The basis of your stay in Sorrento is excursions after all so it makes sense to give yourself this convenience at the start and finish of each. Thinking about it, most of your day time activity would be out on trips and using the pleasant little town of Sorrento mainly in the evenings.
Train - Pompei, Herculaneum ( and yes, do both ), Vesuvius ( add on bus ), Naples if you must
Buses south - Amalfi Coast towns Amalfi, Positano and Ravelo
Boats - from the town centre located harbour - Capri and other islands. Boats to/from the Amafli coastal towns, which you can use in combo with the buses, for variety and times that suit.
For heavens sake don't go when its too hot or in highest season, as the pretty little places get crowded out and the buses get mobbed ( standing pax sardines like ) |
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2-12-2019 22:15:00
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