Naples Airport is officially called Aeroporto Internazionale di Napoli, and it’s in Capodichino, so close to the city that the Alibus airport bus reaches the main station, Napoli Centrale, in around 15 minutes. There’s no metro or train to the airport yet, so getting from Naples Airport to the city centre comes down to the Alibus, a fixed-fare taxi or a car you’ve booked in advance.
Which is best depends on where you’re staying, how many of you there are and when you land. Here are all the options with fares and journey times, where to get off, and how to travel straight on to Sorrento, Pompeii, the Amalfi Coast and the islands in the bay. For the rough conversions I’ve used about £0.85 and $1.12 per euro.
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At a glance
- Alibus: €5 (about £4.20/$5.60), around 15 minutes to Piazza Garibaldi by Napoli Centrale and around 35 minutes to the port at Molo Beverello, runs about every quarter of an hour from early morning until around midnight.
- Taxi: A fixed fare of €21 (about £18/$23.50) to Napoli Centrale and the Centro Storico, €24 (about £20.50/$27) to the port and €28.50 (about £24/$32) to the hotels on Via Partenope, per car and around the clock.
- Uber and taxi apps: Uber shows you the price in the app before you book, and with the itTaxi app you can book a regular taxi.
- Private transfer: Booked before you travel, at a price agreed in advance.
- Bus to Sorrento: €13 (about £11/$14.50), around 1 hour and 15 minutes direct from the airport with a stop at Pompeii, eight departures a day.
Finding your transport at the airport
The Alibus starts and ends its route at the airport, and the ticket machines are at the exit from the arrivals terminal. Follow the signs for Bus and Alibus once you’ve collected your luggage. You can also buy your ticket from the driver or pay contactless on board, so you don’t have to queue at the machine.
The long-distance buses to Sorrento, Salerno and the Amalfi Coast stop somewhere else. They leave from the P Bus stop next to the P1 car park, and the bus is ready ten minutes before departure.
To find the taxis, follow the signs for Taxi. Ask for the fixed fare before the journey starts. If someone’s picking you up, the airport has a pick-up area in front of the arrivals hall where cars can wait free of charge for up to 15 minutes. If you book a car with Uber, the app shows you where to meet the driver.
A station on metro line 1 is being built at the airport, but it hasn’t opened yet, so for now it’s a bus or a car into the city. You’ll find the latest status on the website of the company behind the metro. The airport’s information desk is open every day from 08:00 to 20:00, and there are two left-luggage services at the airport. You’ll find details of buses, taxis and car hire on the airport’s arrivals page.
1. Alibus to Napoli Centrale and the port
The Alibus is the airport bus run by ANM, the city’s transport company, and it’s the cheapest way into Naples. It runs every day from the airport to Piazza Garibaldi by the main station, Napoli Centrale, and on into the port, where it first stops at Immacolatella/Porta di Massa and then terminates at Molo Angioino/Beverello by the Stazione Marittima. ANM allows 15 minutes to Napoli Centrale and 35 minutes to the port, but the bus runs in normal city traffic, so journey times depend on the traffic.
The bus runs about every quarter of an hour for most of the day and a little less often early in the morning and late in the evening. The first one leaves the airport at around 05:30 and the last at around midnight. The times change with the timetable, so check them with ANM if you’re landing early or late.
The Alibus suits you if you’re staying near Napoli Centrale or by the port, or if you’re travelling on by train or ferry. The catch is the ticket. You have to validate it as soon as you board, and you need to keep it until you get off. The city’s ordinary travel passes and the Artecard aren’t valid on the Alibus, so you need an Alibus ticket, even if you’ve bought a pass for the rest of your stay.
Fares and tickets
A single Alibus ticket costs €5 (about £4.20/$5.60) and is valid for one journey. ANM also sells the Unico Alibus ticket for the same price. It’s valid for 90 minutes from when you first validate it, for one journey on the Alibus and then on the rest of the city’s public transport, so it’s the one to choose if you’re continuing by metro from Piazza Garibaldi or from the port. ANM only has these two tickets, so you buy a new one for the journey back.
Under ANM’s rules for its buses, one child aged up to 6 travels free with an adult who has a ticket. If you have more young children with you, you buy one ticket for every two children.
You can buy your ticket from the machines at the exit from the arrivals terminal, from the driver on the bus, in the UnicoCampania app and online on the airport’s website. It’s also sold at kiosks, tobacconists and bars at the airport, at Napoli Centrale and at the port, and at the ANM Point on Piazza Garibaldi.
GetYourGuide sells a bus ticket between the airport’s bus terminal and the Stazione Marittima at the port for the same price. See the bus ticket between Naples Airport and the port here, and check on the ticket which bus it’s valid for before you board.
Pay contactless with Tap&Go
You don’t need to buy a ticket in advance. The Alibus is part of the Tap&Go scheme, where you pay by holding a contactless payment card or your phone against the reader. On the Alibus, you only do this when you board. The scheme accepts Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, V Pay and American Express.
Tap&Go also works on metro lines 1 and 6 and on the funiculars, which are called funicolari in Naples. Here you hold the same card against the reader both when you go in and when you go out, and the system works out the cheapest fare for the day’s journeys by itself. If you forget to tap out, you pay the highest fare. A physical card and the same card on your phone count as two different cards, so use the same one every time.
Where to get off
Piazza Garibaldi: The first stop is the square by the main station, Napoli Centrale. Get off here if you’re staying near Garibaldi Station or travelling on by train. Metro lines 1 and 2 stop here, and the Circumvesuviana runs towards Pompeii and Sorrento from Napoli Garibaldi station. If you’re staying in the Centro Storico, this is also where you get off. You can walk from here, or you can take line 1 towards Piscinola, which stops at Duomo, Università, Toledo and Dante, among others. Dante station is on Piazza Dante, by Port’Alba.
Immacolatella/Porta di Massa: This stop is inside the port area. Get off here if your ferry leaves from Calata Porta di Massa or Molo Immacolatella. Your ferry ticket tells you which quay you need.
Molo Angioino/Beverello: The terminus is by the Stazione Marittima and Molo Beverello, where the fast ferries to Capri, Ischia and Sorrento leave. Get off here if you’re staying in Porto or going on by boat. Right next to it is Piazza Municipio, with the Maschio Angioino castle and Municipio metro station. From here, line 1 runs one stop to Toledo, by Via Toledo and Piazza del Plebiscito, and line 6 runs to Chiaia and San Pasquale stations in Chiaia. Check line 6’s operating hours with ANM before you count on it.
2. Fixed-fare taxis, Uber and private transfers
A taxi is the easiest option if there are several of you, you have lots of luggage or your hotel is some way from the Alibus stops. The city council has set fixed fares for the most common journeys from the airport. They apply per car, not per person, and they’re the same day and night.
You have to ask for the fixed fare yourself when the journey starts. Say that you want the tariffa predeterminata before the driver starts the meter. The fixed fare includes the airport supplement, luggage, the night and public holiday supplement and the fee for calling a taxi. On top of that, there may be motorway tolls, plus €5 (about £4.20/$5.60) if there are more than four of you and you need a minibus.
Fixed taxi fares from the airport
From the airport, the fare is €21 (about £18/$23.50) to Napoli Centrale, Piazza Garibaldi and the Centro Storico. To the port at Molo Beverello and Piazza Municipio, to Teatro San Carlo and to the MANN archaeological museum, it’s €24 (about £20.50/$27). To the hotels on Via Partenope along the Lungomare, to Mergellina and to Museo di San Martino, it’s €28.50 (about £24/$32). All the fares are listed on the city council’s fare sheet.
If you’re going to an address that isn’t on the list, the taxi runs on the meter. The starting fare is then €4 (about £3.40/$4.50) on weekdays between 06:00 and 22:00 and €7.50 (about £6.40/$8.40) at night and on Sundays and public holidays. On top of that, there’s an airport supplement of €5 (about £4.20/$5.60) and €0.50 (about £0.42/$0.56) for each large suitcase, and the minimum fare is €5 (about £4.20/$5.60).
Uber and taxi apps
Uber also operates at the airport. You can book Uber Black and Van here, and the app has regular taxis too. It shows you the price before you book and where to meet the driver, which isn’t always at the nearest exit. Find out more from Uber. If you’d rather book a regular taxi through an app, the nationwide taxi app itTaxi also covers Naples.
Private transfer
If you’re landing late with children, or you’d like everything arranged before you travel, you can book a private transfer from Naples Airport here. The driver takes you to the door, and the price is agreed in advance. It’s higher than the fixed taxi fare, so for most addresses in the centre, the taxi is the better buy.
3. Direct bus to Pompeii and Sorrento
If you’re not going into Naples at all, Curreri Viaggi runs direct from the airport to Sorrento. On the way, the bus stops at Pompeii, Castellammare di Stabia, Vico Equense, Meta, Piano di Sorrento and Sant’Agnello, and it terminates at Sorrento train station. There are eight departures a day from the airport between 09:00 and 19:30, and the journey to Sorrento takes around 1 hour and 15 minutes. To Pompeii, it takes 25 minutes, but the bus only stops there if you’ve reserved.
The bus leaves from P Bus, the stop for tourist coaches next to the P1 car park, and it’s ready ten minutes before departure. No buses run on 1 January or 25 December.
Fares and tickets
A ticket to Sorrento costs €13 (about £11/$14.50) each way. Children under 3 travel free if they sit on an adult’s lap. You book your ticket online with Curreri Viaggi, and booking closes four hours before departure, so do it before you fly.
Taxis also have fixed fares out of the city. To Sorrento, the fare is €125 (about £106/$140), and to the excavations at Pompeii, it’s €70 (about £59/$78) per car, with motorway tolls on top. If you’d like a driver booked before you travel, you can book a private transfer from Naples to Sorrento here.
I’ve written a full guide to getting from Naples to Sorrento by train, ferry and taxi, and you can also read about where to stay in Sorrento.
Onward travel around Campania straight from the airport
Several bus companies run to Salerno from P Bus. Sita Sud has a line between the airport and Salerno, where a ticket costs €5.80 (about £4.90/$6.50), and the timetable is on the Sita Sud website. Pintour runs from the airport via Pompeii and Vietri to the Amalfi Coast. All the companies and their routes are listed on the airport’s bus page, and you buy your ticket from the bus company.
A fixed-fare taxi costs €145 (about £123/$162) to Positano and €155 (about £131/$174) to Amalfi, excluding motorway tolls. Read more about where to stay on the Amalfi Coast, and find inspiration in my guide to things to do on the Amalfi Coast.
If you’re heading to the islands, take the Alibus to the terminus at Molo Beverello. From here, NLG sails to Capri in 45 minutes, and SNAV sails to Casamicciola on Ischia in three quarters of an hour and also has routes to Capri and Procida. Alilauro sails to Ischia, Forio and Sorrento. You’ll find the sailing times on the websites of NLG, SNAV and Alilauro.
If you’re going to Pompeii or Sorrento by train, get off the Alibus at Piazza Garibaldi. From Napoli Garibaldi station, EAV’s trains on the Circumvesuviana line run between Naples and Sorrento about every 30 to 40 minutes. The journey takes around 35 minutes to Pompei Scavi Villa dei Misteri by the excavations and around 1 hour and 15 minutes to Sorrento, and you can pay contactless with Tap&Go at the ticket gates. The timetable is on the EAV website.
Napoli Centrale is also the station for the high-speed trains. Italo allows around 55 minutes to Rome, and Trenitalia’s Frecciarossa runs on the same route.
Getting back to the airport
Towards the airport, the Alibus runs from Molo Angioino/Beverello via Immacolatella/Porta di Massa, Varco Pisacane opposite the port authority building, and Piazza Garibaldi. The first bus leaves Piazza Garibaldi at around 05:10 and the port at around 05:30, and the last ones run shortly before midnight. Allow 15 minutes from Piazza Garibaldi and 35 minutes from the port, and leave extra time, as the bus runs in normal city traffic. You’re dropped off next to the P2 car park by the terminal.
If you need to be at the airport before the first Alibus runs, a taxi is the answer. The fixed fares also apply to journeys to the airport, and the fee for calling a taxi is included, so book one the evening before and ask for the fixed fare when you get in. According to its own website, the airport is closed from 22:30 to 03:30, except when flights are delayed, so you can’t spend the night in the terminal before a morning flight.
If you’re coming from Sorrento, Curreri Viaggi runs from Sorrento train station to the airport in about an hour and a half, with the first bus at 06:30. Both the bus company and the airport recommend taking a bus that leaves at least five hours before your flight, because traffic can delay the buses in high season. The long-distance buses drop you off in front of the departures hall.
If someone’s driving you, they have 15 minutes from entering to leaving the drop-off area. Cameras record the time, and if the car stays longer, there’s a fine. If you need more time, drive into the P1 car park, where the first 45 minutes are free. The rules are on the airport’s page about the traffic zone.
Which option should you choose?
Here’s what I’d recommend, depending on where you’re staying:
Centro Storico: The Alibus to Piazza Garibaldi is the cheapest option, and from there you can walk or take metro line 1 to Duomo, Università or Dante. If there are two or more of you, I’d choose the fixed-fare taxi. It costs €21 (about £18/$23.50) for the whole car and saves you changing with your suitcases.
Chiaia: Take a taxi, as the Alibus doesn’t go to Chiaia. The fixed fare to the hotels on Via Partenope and to Mergellina is €28.50 (about £24/$32). If your hotel is somewhere else in Chiaia, ask the driver whether the address is covered by a fixed fare before you set off. If you’d like to save money, take the Alibus to the terminus at Molo Beverello and continue on metro line 6 from Municipio.
Porto: Take the Alibus to the terminus, Molo Angioino/Beverello. The journey takes around 35 minutes and costs €5 (about £4.20/$5.60). A taxi to the port costs €24 (about £20.50/$27).
Near Garibaldi Station: Take the Alibus. Piazza Garibaldi is the first stop, after around 15 minutes, and the ticket costs the same as to the port.
If you land at night: The last Alibus runs at around midnight. After that, it’s a taxi, and the fixed fare is the same at night, because the night supplement is included.
If there are three or four of you: Three Alibus tickets cost €15 (about £12.50/$17), and four cost €20 (about £17/$22.50). A taxi to Napoli Centrale or the Centro Storico costs €21 (about £18/$23.50) for the whole car, so take the taxi.
If you have an early flight home: The first Alibus leaves Piazza Garibaldi at around 05:10. If you need to leave before then, book a taxi the evening before and ask for the fixed fare.
If you’re going to Sorrento or Pompeii: Take the Curreri bus direct from the airport if a departure suits you. Otherwise, take the Alibus to Piazza Garibaldi and the Circumvesuviana from there.
If you’re going to Capri, Ischia or Procida: Take the Alibus to the terminus at Molo Beverello, where the fast ferries leave.
Practical tips for getting from Naples Airport to the city centre
Ask for the fixed fare before the taxi sets off. The fixed fare only applies if you ask for it when the journey starts. Say tariffa predeterminata and give your address, and get the driver to confirm the amount before you set off.
Validate your Alibus ticket straight away. The ticket is only valid once it’s been validated on the bus, and you need to be able to show it until you get off. Without a valid ticket, you risk a fine.
Buy Unico Alibus if you’re continuing by metro. It’s valid for 90 minutes and covers both the Alibus and your onward journey by metro, bus or funicular, so you don’t need to buy a new ticket at Piazza Garibaldi.
Use the same card every time with Tap&Go. The system only works out the cheapest fare if you tap in and out with the same card or the same phone. If you switch between them, it counts as two journeys.
Book the Sorrento bus before you travel. Online booking with Curreri Viaggi closes four hours before departure, and the bus only stops at Pompeii for passengers with a reservation.
Choose your hotel with the connection in mind. If you’re staying near Piazza Garibaldi, you’ll be at your hotel about a quarter of an hour after the Alibus leaves the airport, and you can see hotels near Napoli Centrale here. If you’re staying by the port, the Alibus runs to Molo Beverello without a change, and you can see hotels by the port in Naples here.
If you’re not sure which neighbourhood suits you, read my guide to where to stay in Naples. If you land in Rome on another trip, I’ve written a similar guide to getting from Fiumicino to Rome.
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