Naples/Sorrento Sights

Hi Blake - Re. timetables -

You can find train timetables for the Naples-Pompeii-Sorrento route (Vesuviana) at:
http://www.massalubrense.it/treni-circumvesuviana/#more-42

For trains to Paestum* go to:
http://trenitalia.com/homepage_en.html

- *Note that there are no trains between 08.54 and 12.00
- the entrance to Paestum is 15-20 mins walk from Paestum station.

For Amalfi Coast bus services go to:
http://www.sitabus.it/sitabus/campania/orarioCAMPANIA/QUADROXV.pdf

Hopefully others will be able to help you re. the Campania Artecard.

Hope this helps ...

Steve

Hi bj,

If Pompeii is important to you, you should visit the Archaeological Museum in Naples.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples_National_Archaeological_Museum

Paestum and Herculaneum AND Pompeii? That's fine if you have a very lengthy stay, but it seems like Naples is getting very short shrift.

How many full days will you actually have in Naples itself?

Sorrento is a good town to use as a base - but isn't a small resort village like Amalfi or Positano.

Frankly I would stay in sorrento the whole time and just do the trips from there - esp as you have not targeted the museum in Naples.

Thanks for the links to the train schedule. I had no idea Paestum trains would not be available until after noon. I was able to see the times for departure/arrival, but I wasn't able to "purchase" to see the price. Does the site have that function?

I'm now thinking of going to Pompeii on the first day. I would check out of the Rome hotel that morning, train to Naples, check into the Naples hotel, and then go to Pompeii... would that be too rushed? I'm hoping for at least 5 hours at Pompeii since I'm interested in archeology.

Then, second day Paestum, and third day Mt. Vesuvius/Herculaneum.

On the fourth day, I was planning to visit Naple's Archaeological Museum in the morning before leaving for Sorrento, for 3 nights there (one day, Positano, another day, Amalfi).