Salerno Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

SITA buses for Amalfi (€1.80, 1¼ hours, at least hourly) depart from Piazza Vittorio Veneto, in front of the train station, stopping en route at Vietri sul Mare, Cetara, Maiori and Minori. The Naples service, however, departs from outside Bar Cioffi (Corso Garibaldi 134), where you buy your €3.20 ticket.

CSTP (089 48 70 01; www.cstp.it in Italian) bus 50 runs from Piazza Vittorio Veneto to Pompeii (€1.80, one hour, 15 daily). For Paestum (€2.90, one hour 20 minutes, 14 daily) take bus 34 from Piazza della Concordia.

Buonotourist (199 68 06 80; www.buonotourist.it) runs daily services to Naples’ Capodichino airport, departing from the train station. Tickets (€7) can be bought on board; journey time is one hour.

Car & motorcycle

Salerno is on the A3 between Naples and Reggio di Calabria, which is toll-free from Salerno southwards.

Train

Salerno is a major stop on southbound routes to Calabria, Basilicata and Puglia. There are regular trains to Naples (€6.50, 35 minutes, half-hourly), Rome (€22.50, 2½ hours, hourly), and Reggio di Calabria (€32, 4½ hours, 15 daily).

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Boat

Between April and October, ferries and hydrofoils run from the Porto Turistico (200m down the pier from Piazza della Concordia) to Amalfi (€5) and Positano (€7). Buy tickets from the booths by the embarkation points.

Departures for Capri (€16.50) and Ischia (€19) leave from Molo Manfredi at the Porto Commerciale. Contact the tourist office for current schedules.

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