Change Forum
We will be in Florence for a few days and then would like to spend 5-6 days in Positano. Is there a train we can take to avoid Alitalia and the airport in Florence.
Florence to Positano
Recent Activity
View all Europe activity »
- 1 Paris - which arrondisement for solo woman traveller?
- 2 Help me enjoy Paris! PLease
- 3 Vienna - Staatsoper or Musikverein
- 4 Amsterdam's Six Collection, featuring a major Rembrandt, is open again
- 5 Visiting Nimes or not during the May Pentecost Feria??
- 6 Possible Itinerary in Romania?
- 7 Sorrento as a day trip?
- 8 Down to two hotels in Paris. Which to choose?
- 9 Tennessee Trio of Terror in Paris: Part III - the return of Heather and her mom!
- 10 Smartphone, Kindle or Nook
- 11 how to get from Tarnow, Poland to Lviv, Ukraine
- 12 Did anyone else eat this while in Iceland?
- 13 castles
- 14 Scotland Highland Help!
- 15 Hamburg - itinerary advice needed
- 16 Rome Day Trip
- 17 Transportion Rome airport to cruise port Civitavecchia
- 18 Traveling from Texas to London, Paris, Amstrdam, Germany
- 19 Spello or Bevagna?
- 20 Considering Ferry from Nice to Corsica and on to Tuscany
- 21 I haven't received my Thalys train ticket e-mail confirmation yet. Advice?
- 22 luxury small group tour company for Spain & Sicily
- 23 8 days in spain
- 24 Apartment suggestions Florence (or maybe hotel!)
- 25 Seville FC Tickets
You cannot take the train all the way to Positano, but you can get close and then take a bus, ferry or private car to Positano (you can't fly to Positano either). If you search Amalfi Coast on this forum, there will be numerous posts on the topic, some in the last couple of days. My recommendation would be to take the train to Salerno and then ferry to Positano, or train to Naples and take a private car to Positano.
Thanks, nothing comes up under Alamfi Coast...I'll keep on looking
Check the spelling, Amalfi instead of Alamfi, and there is a lot of information.
sorry for the typo....still no info comes up
Hi Dorie - For train timetables to Naples or Salerno see:
http://www.trenitalia.com/en/index.html
From SALERNO you can reach Positano by ferry (- 70 mins). For details:
http://www.salernocity.com/comune/trasporti/traghetti/costiera2.asp
.....
From NAPLES you can reach Positano by limo, hydrofoil or public transport:
- LIMO:
For a limo transfer (- € 100 approx) the following have all been recommended here:
www.positanocarservice.com
www.flaviogioia.com
www.limocarservice.net
www.benvenutolimos.com
www.francescomarrapese.com
www.cuomonet.it
www.tourofitaly.com
- HYDROFOIL:
Timetables are on:
www.metrodelmare.com
- PUBLIC TRANSPORT from Naples:
- take the Circumvesuviana train to Sorrento (- journey time 1 hr., deps. every 30 mins), then
- Sita bus (- 45 mins) Sorrento- Positano. Timetables on:
http://www.sitabus.it/sitabus/campania/orarioCA2005-2006/AmalfiSalernoUNICOCOSTIERA.pdf
Hope this helps ...
Steve
The SITA bus terminus is just outside the entrance of the Sorrento train station. In 2002 after not getting any assistance from the disinterested slob at the train counter I found out elsewhere I had to buy tickets in the Sorrento centre (200 or 300m) to validate on the bus. The driver did not handle cash. It may have changed now (I don't know about the apathetic train employee though).
Hi D,
When I entered <Amalfi Coast> in the "search this forum" box, I got at least 100 hits, and that was only back to June 23.
Thanks everyone for all of your help
Thanks Ira, I tried again and success!!
I guess we will drive down, 5 hrs if we are lucky. Planning for next July, I can't wait.....