Naples' Capodochino
airport
(enquiries tel 081.789.6111) is a
little way northwest of the city
centre at Viale Umberto Maddalena.
It is connected with Piazza
Garibaldi (the stop is next to the
Hotel
Cavour ) by buses #14 and #15
approximately every fifteen minutes,
and the journey takes twenty to
thirty minutes; buy tickets
(L1500/0.77) from the
tabacchi
in the departures hall. There is
also an official airport bus,
operated by CLP (enquiries tel
081.531.1706), which runs to Piazza
Garibaldi and Piazza Municipio every
thirty minutes between 6.30am and
11.30pm (6am-midnight in the
opposite direction), although it
isn't very much quicker and is
double the price (L3000/1.55);
however, it does have the advantage
of continuing to Molo Beverello,
from where hydrofoils depart for the
islands. Taxis, too, tend to take
almost as long as buses to reach the
centre, and cost up to
L40,000/20.66; if you do use one,
make sure the meter is switched on
when you get in.
By train , you're most
likely to arrive at Napoli Centrale,
situated on the edge of the city
centre at one end of Piazza
Garibaldi, at the main hub of city
(and suburban) transport services;
there's a left luggage office
here (open 24hr). Some trains also
pull in to Stazione Mergellina, on
the opposite side of the city centre,
which is connected with Piazza
Garibaldi by the underground metropolitana
. For train enquiries tel
1478.88.088 (7am-9pm) or go to the
information booths at Napoli
Centrale and be prepared to queue
(daily 7.30am-10pm).
City and suburban buses
also stop on Piazza Garibaldi. SITA
buses (enquiries tel 081.552.2176)
to Salerno pull up and leave from
Via Pisanelli, just off Piazza
Municipio. CTP buses (enquiries tel
081.700.1111) to outlying towns like
Avellino, Benevento, Cápua, Caserta
and so on, stop on Piazza Capuana,
just north of the Piazza Garibaldi.
