 where the buses arrive and depart from in Amalfi by angiebabe | Tips for getting around Amalfi posted by real travelers and Amalfi locals. Amalfi Map |
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By car:
From Naples take motorway A3 and exit in Castellamare di Stabia then follow signs for Sorrento (SS145) and Costiera Amalfitana.
From Salerno take motorway A3 and exit in Vietri sul Mare then follow directions for Costiera Amalfitana.
By train / Bus:
From Naples Central train station take Circumvesuviana train to Sorrento, from here continue by SITA bus to Amalfi.
By air:
From Naples international airport you can reach Naples Centre by public bus or by private car, from here continue to Sorrento or Salerno by train leaving at hourly intervals.
By sea:
From Naples, Salerno and Sorrento during the summer there are many ferries leaving for the Amalfi Coast.
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Driving along the Amalfi Coast , except for the A3 to and from Salerno, means driving on winding two-lane narrow roads. Although (and perhaps because) driving there requires high levels of concentration, accidents are not frequent.
Even so, WATCH OUT ! Scooters and buses are everywere and it's amazing to see these people driving along these serpentine roads... If you don't have a bit of sense of adventure, do not drive there...
The roads are realy narrow and driving conditions are extreme but, on the other hand..... the views will make you forget all about it. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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You can see in the accompanying photo a blue bus parked - this is where the buses come in and leave from for all destinations except Ravello which the buses left from where i was standing to take this photo!
And to the right of the bus in the picture through the shrubbery to the buildings on the right is the cafeteria icecream shop where the bus tickets for all destinations can be bought from but you do have to buy your tickets before you get on the bus. They are influenced by the time it takes to get there, the destination and how long you think you will need - for example the ticket to get up to Ravello i knew i wanted to walk back so i only got a two hour ticket i think it was from San Lazzaro Agerola which also included the wait i thought i would have in between arriviing off that bus and leaving on the Ravello bus which i filled by running around the town centre and then my ticket was still valid.
Bus travel was very cheap - an estimated couple of euro per hour. so each stage of the journey never came to much ie from Salerno to Amalfi is only about an hour. Amalfi to San Lazzaro 40 minutes. Amalfi to Ravello is only half an hour and Amalfi to Positano an hour and a half or two hour ticket. Positano to Sorrento another hour.
Cheap but you do have to buy your tickets before you get on the bus and you can buy your hours of tickets in advance, particularly so you dont have to go find a shop that sells them when that time might mean missing a bus and waiting for the next one! (as theyre cheap but sometimes not as frequent ie hourly or two hourly) and then the driver stamps them as you get on. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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The bus is the best way to get there I am sure. The road is so narrow and difficult to negotiate I think that you need an experienced Italian driver to do this. The other, not so fun aspect of course is one based purely on my survival instinct. It goes like this.........if the bus has one wheel either front or back over the edge there is really little chance of it going the whole way........but put a car in the same position? Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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You might think from home that the beautiful winding roads of the picturesque Amalfi would be a lovely place for a romantic drive.
Think again. This spawn of Satan road is the most evil thing I encountered on my entire trip. Unless you are Schumacher or Montoya, dont even think about driving on this thing. First, it does as many twists and turns as a ballerina on cocaine. Second the streets are narrow and they have decided its a good spot to park cars along side the road to make it more narrow. People dont exactly obey the whole "you stay on your side of the road" motto. All of Italy is a "dive at your own risk", but this adds new meaning to it. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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The scenic way to get to Amalfi by car is to leave the A3 motorway (autostrada) in Salerno and drive along the S163 (Costiera Amalfitana).
Amalfi is a bus terminal for the costiera (on the front of Amalfi) and as such is a good base for exploring the area by local transport. Buses go in one direction to Atrani, Minori, Maori and down to Salerno, whilst in the other direction buses travel to Conca dei Marini, Positano and Sorrento.
Tickets must be purchased in advance and validated on the bus. Tickets are purchase for travel up to a certain time..for example a 1 euro ticket enables you to travel on a bus anywhere within I hour - so the further you go the better the value. Theme: Bus
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Busses connect all of the Amalfi Coast, from Naples all the way to Salerno (with stops in Sorrento). Besides being unreasonably slow (busses take twice as long as boats) the bus ride made me feel really sick. It's very twisty and turny, with lots of up up up and down down down. Then around and around. You've got decent views of the coastline from the bus... but it's not worth it in my opinion. In some places the busses are traveling on single-land roads, which leads to long waits, and in other places traffic is backed up for miles because some crazy person parked in the middle of the road! Why put yourself through the pain and torture when you could travel by boat so much more easily?
If you must take the bus, I've linked to Campania timetables below.
If you're a masochist, sit on the right-side window seat when travelling in the direction of Naples -> Salerno. You'll have the scariest view and the highest probability of vomiting! Leave a Comment
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Unless you're:
A) a Formula 1 driver
B) the owner of a high-performance vehicle
C) the rider of a motorini/motorcycle or
D) all of the above...
I would avoid the drive around the Amalfi Coast.
Large cars simply do not fit within most of the towns' narrow hair-pinned streets. Park your car (especially if it's large) in Sorrento or Salerno and take the bus into the other Amalfi Coast towns. This is the only way to keep your holiday free of stress and your car free of tickets (as parking is cliff-hanging and non-existent). Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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I cannot imagine why anyone should choose to drive the Amalfi coast road (a fantastic feat of engineering): you certainly won't be able to enjoy the views if you do! It's far too twisty, narrow and vertiginous to take pleasure in driving, in my opinion, unless you really want to be stuck behind coaches/lorries/buses etc. If you're happy to meet a coach on a narrow blind bend, or to crawl along behind a lorry with no chance of overtaking, and to see nothing whatsoever except the road in front of you for an hour or so (there are very, very few places where you can pull off the road to look), then do drive yourself.
A million times better is to let the experienced bus driver do all the hard work, whilst you gaze through the window at the fantastic coastal scenery, gawp at the vertical drops a few inches away from you, be amazed at the way traffic negotiates itself and the parked cars along the route.
It's a cheap experience (there are lots of buses) but one well worth taking, even if you don't stay long in Amalfi itself (I didn't).
Buses go from Sorrento (outside the Circumvesuviana station). On the SITA website below scroll down to Quadro 14, where you'll find the timetable.
See my Amalfi travelogues for more photos of this amazing journey. Leave a Comment
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Anne and I travelled through Europe for 4.5 weeks with another couple, Brian and Amanda. We flew into Rome and out of Paris. During these 9 days in Rome and Paris we did not require a vehicle so we leased a Peugot for 22 days.
This proved to be a cost effective move because we only paid approx AUS$1200 per couple for the car which included all of the insurance, taxes and stamp duties and the car came "fully insured with no excess!" When you think of the money you spend on trains/busabout tickets etc without the freedom of choice, this is an excellent way to see what you want to see! Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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