Hello anyone, going to It. early Nov. and going to Naples and plan to base out of Sorrento, need adv. on Lodg. this Hotel Ravello sounds great sugst. please also will be taking train from airport to Naples(Rome to Naples) and overnight their.would appre. any tips and info you can provide tks Len

Steve. I guess the hydrofoils are out for me. Or maybe I can work around their shortened schedule. I will be there (hopefully)sometime during the middle of April until the end of April.

Sherry - Your ferry/hydrofoil options will almost certainly be reduced in April. All timetables for this area are on:- <BR> <BR>www.alilaurogruson.it/orari.htm <BR>www.capri.net/home/en/transport.php <BR>- so you can check these for up to date schedules before you go. <BR>To get to Capri you may have to sail from Sorrento - that will be your main inconvenience. I may be wrong but I think the Amalfi-Capri service only runs in summer. <BR> <BR>Bus services in this area are good. You can find all the timetables online if you wanted to plan your trips beforehand. Your most useful ones are:- <BR> <BR>www.uniplan.it/sita/s511_1.txt (Ravello-Amalfi) <BR>www.uniplan.it/sita/s509.txt (Amalfi-Positano-Meta-Sorrento) <BR>www.campaniatrasporti.it/sita/5121.htm (Amalfi-Salerno) <BR>www.costadiamalfi.it/orari.htm <BR> <BR>POMPEI - takes about 2 hours from Amalfi. There's an direct Amalfi-Pompei early morning bus, with a direct return leaving Pompei at 16.50. <BR>www.uniplan.it/sita/s500_2.txt <BR>The alternative is to go via META (near Sorrento), from where you can catch the Circumvesuviana train to Pompei. <BR> <BR>NAPLES - early morning direct bus from Amalfi (as above) OR by train from Salerno. <BR> <BR>ERCOLANO - 20 minutes from Naples or from Pompei by Circumvesuviana. Could be combined with either. <BR> <BR>PAESTUM - by train or bus from Salerno. <BR> <BR>'Golden Land Tours' in Amalfi offer guided tours by coach to all of the above plus others, e.g. Vesuvius/Pompei, Caserta/Casino, S.Giovanni Rotondo (Puglia). I'm not sure if they run in April, though. <BR> <BR>Hope this helps, Sherry. Let me know if I can be of more help ... <BR> <BR>Steve

Steve. You are a prince among men. <BR> <BR>Sherry

Steve, since you are a prince and anyone else with a kind heart... would you give me some advise on where to stay in Positano? I have posted my question under favorite places to stay in Amalfi on this Board. I am so excited about my trip in October, but I a getting nervous because I see others posting that they had trouble getting into the hotels of their choice even in the fall which I thought was past high season. THANKS!!