Italy Guide
Campania
Arrival
Naples' Capodichino airport ( 
081.848.88877, 
www.gesac.it ) is around 7km north of the city centre. It is connected with Piazza Garibaldi (the stop is in front of the station at the McDonald's corner) by bus #3S approximately every thirty minutes, and the journey takes twenty to thirty minutes; buy tickets (€1.10) from the tabacchi in the departures hall. There is also an official airport bus, Alibus, also operated by ANM ( 081.763.2177), which runs to piazzas Garibaldi and Municipio every twenty minutes between 6.30am and 11.30pm (6am– midnight in the opposite direction), although it isn't very much quicker and is almost triple the price (€3). Taxis tend to take about as long as buses to reach the centre, and cost €16–20. You can also reach Salerno and Sorrento direct from the airport; there are hourly departures to Sorrento and the journey takes an hour and a half, and four departures to Salerno – an hour's journey.
By train, you're most likely to arrive at Napoli Centrale, situated on the edge of the city centre at one end of Piazza Garibaldi, at the main hub of city (and suburban) transport services; there's a left luggage office here (open 24hr). Some trains also pull into Stazione Mergellina, on the opposite side of the city centre, which is connected with Piazza Garibaldi by the underground metropolitana. For train enquiries phone 848.888.088, check www.trenitalia.com or go to the information booths at Napoli Centrale (daily 7am–9pm) and be prepared to queue.
City and suburban buses also stop on Piazza Garibaldi, though you'll need to check the stops carefully as they are not well signed and are subject to change. CTP ( 081.700.1111) run buses to Caserta and FABN ( 800.127.157) to Benevento from here, but the main company, SITA ( 081.552.2176, www.sitabus.it ), which connects with Pompeii, Sorrento, the Amalfi coast and Salerno, leaves from Via G. Ferraris, just south of the Stazione Centrale and from their main office at Via Pisanelli 3/7, just off Piazza Municipio.