Naples Transportation

you can take a cab from there to your hotel and risk getting ripped off or take the train. Newcomers SHOULD NOT DRIVE!!!
Take the Metropolitana around the city. here is a website for train info
http://www.napolicuba.it/napoli/trasporti/collegamenti.html
drive at your own risk. I did for over six months and totaled a rental car and some moped riders ran into me one time. It's common to see 2-3 on a moped at once, and I once saw a family of four on one.

The metropolitana and buses are a great way to get around, but are rather cramped most of the time. risk a hefty fine if you don't purchase a ticket. You have to purchase them at a Tabacchi store or a newsstand.
Prices: Biglietto da novanta minuti: € 0,77. (90 minutes)
Biglietto giornaliero: € 2,32. (entire day)

Tabacchi's and newsstands usually close during 'Riposa' or midday when everyone goes home for lunch.

Napolitans are getting used to seat belts. It sorta cramps their style, but the polizia is cracking down on seat belt use.

I've driven my Chevy S-10 four wheel drive truck around without incident. Even in the commune of Pianura, where my wife is from. Newcomers should take public transportation.

Unlike northern Italy, Naples is NOT bicycle friendly. I would recommend not riding a bicycle on busy auto traffic roads. Trust me.

...life or death experience at times. If you dare drive.....WATCH OUT!! I can't stress that enough. Have a co-pilot to help navigate and warn of sudden potential hazards and life ending situations.

The moped in the picture actually hit my car and knocked off my left rear view mirror. The kids were riding double w/o a helmet, but were luckily not hurt. They were in the wrong, and Mariangela, my wife, told them off in Napolitan (different than Italian).

The metropolitana is the most common way to get around naples. We often must take one of the buses in conjundction with a train to reach our desired destinations. Catching the right trains and buses can be tough, but be sure to pick up one of the route maps located at newsstands in and around the train stations. The Cumana and Circumflegrea trains connect with metro stations to take you to outlying areas. To get from Pianura to downtown we take the Circumflegrea to Monte Santo, which is very close to the Centro Storico (Spaccanapoli) where Mariangela goes to school.

British Airways run two daily services to Naples from London Gatwick Airport, or you can go Alitalia via Milan Malpensa or Rome Fiumicino airports. From Rome, you can take the Intercity train from the central railway station, Termini, on to Naples. There's a reliable shuttle service, leaving every 30 minutes, between Rome Fiuminicino and the station, and the train journey takes under two hours. Departures are hourly until 9.10pm.

There are no direct flights from the US, Canada, Australia or New Zealand to Naples.
When in Naples,walking and public transport are the best ways of getting around Naples. Use a car only for trips outside the city. Buses, while useful, only skirt the historic city centre. There are few pedestrain streets, though on Sunday mornings some thoroughfares are closed to traffic. Otherwise you take your chances on foot along the narrow streets of the centre, ducking and diving to avoid cars and scooters.

In the centre of Naples the best ways to view the city are using public transport and your feet. A car is more trouble than it is worth because this must be one of the worst cities in Europe for parking. It is far better to use the metro and the funiculars.

My second cousin drove us to Agropoli from Rome. I don't know the particulars of the arrangements because in Italy family takes over the entire affair and you become a king or queen for the entire stay.

There is a good website at: http://www.crmpa.it/EPT/agropoli/

for more in depth info about travel to and around Agropoli. It also lists some tour agents.
Once in Agropoli you can walk almost everywhere. The town is divided into the Old Town on the top of the mountain and the New Town at the bottom.

There are various train lines, too, that can take you from Naples to Agropoli, and from there to other towns I will mention in the travelogue.

As always consult with a good travel agent in your home city and if you like, supplement that with info from some URLs I found for your use.

Plane, train or ship!It is very easy to get to Naples as it is one of the biggest cities of the South of Italy.
To go to Sorrento, Pompei or Ercolano use Circumvesuviana. You can get onto these local trains at the central station -Piazza Garibaldi-.
If you want to go to Capri -in the picture-, Ischia or Procida there are ferries leaving the port at any time of the day.
There are many parts of Naples such as Fuorigrotta and Vomero that can be reached with the metro.

The best way to get to the Naples in August (!) is air-conditioned vehicle. If you travel with your own car, place a towel under your seat and back. It will probably be soaked with your sweat in minutes, despite all your opened windows (be careful about the thiefs!). Trains are cheap, but very slow (at least the lokal ones).
Usually it is impossibly to find a free parking space in Napels. Even if you DO find something, that looks like a parking space, think twice! I have paid two penalties (but my car was registered on my friend from Napels, I hope they are more easy with the tourist cars with signs of other country). Try to use public transport, your feet or be there in August (thats when there are the best chance of finding free parking space since city is abandoned - but I havent promissed anything.)

Look at the picture: there is only ONE PART of the car on the right corner (irregularly parked, though). Amazing! The street is empty for a while.

I really recommend renting a scooter, if you want to get somewhere fast. Dont forget to wear a helmet, since you will be taking risk of crashing with a car! But a scooter is the fastest thing on the south of the Italy. Try not to ran out of gas in the middle of nowhere (beware of the possibility of broken empty gas indicator). Parking a scooter is very easy. You have special parking places (usually full, but you can squeeze in your vespa with a few gallant moves)and you can also improvise elsewhere... However, I have gained a very ugly scar on my knee (well, there goes my modeling career) - the last day, when I fall of the vespa at moderate speed.