Rome to Positano via Salerno or Naples?

Old Sep 29th, 2015, 09:37 AM
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Rome to Positano via Salerno or Naples?

I have seen a few posts advocating taking a train from Rome Termini Station - 70 minutes to Naples, then from Naples to Positano.

When I look at the map, Positano is much closer to Salerno than to Naples: why do many people suggest going through Naples instead? is it because of the fast train (70 minutes)? Salerno to Rome most trains even the fast ones will take about 90 minutes. But that's only 20 minutes difference.

Does anyone know the travel time between Naples-Positano, versus Salerno-Positano? I though car or bus will take about 1.5 to 2 hours. Is that correct?

I am thinking of Rome - Salerno by train - then Salerno to Positano by ferry. On the way back, a private car from Positano to Naples, then train to Rome.
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Old Sep 29th, 2015, 11:58 AM
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My comment may not completely answer your question, but I remember having the same question and running the numbers on our last trip to the Amalfi Coast, which was (I can't even believe this) close to 10 years ago.

We ended up going from Rome to Salerno, then ferry to Positano for, perhaps, a slightly different reason. That was because we were doing it end of June, and the thought of getting trapped on a bus or in a private car from, say Naples or Sorrento, to Positano for hours didn't much appeal to me, whereas taking the ferry from Sorrento along the gorgeous Amalfi coast and being able to look up from the water at all of the beautiful mountains, villages, towns, and the highway at the top was a much more wonderful way to experience that part of the trip.

And, I suspect, with delays for traffic on the road, it probably ended up a much faster route in the long run.

You don't say WHEN you are planning the trip. Keep in mind the ferry schedules change.

After Positano, we took the ferry to Capri for a few days, then spent another few days in Sorrento, before training it back to Naples and up to Venice.

Some prefer taking the private driver, as you mention, from Positano to Naples because you travel next to the mountain, versus on the edge of a cliff because it may be scary to some. But that was not a reason for me, since I have traveled the coastal route in California about 50 times, and it doesn't bother me.
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Old Sep 29th, 2015, 12:38 PM
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Going through Naples requires taking the local train to Sorrento and changing to a bus there. Going through Salerno requires taking a bus to Amalfi and changing to a bus on to Positano. Ferries are possible on some routes (don't run as often as buses so times might not be convenient), but will depend on time of year.

Fast train Rome/Naples - 70 minutes
Circumvesuviana Naples/Sorrento - 75 minutes
Bus Sorrento/Positano - about an hour (depends on bus)

Fast train Rome/Salerno - 2-3 hours depending on train
Bus Salerno/Amalfi - about 1:15
Bus Amalfi/Positano - 40-45 minutes
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