* Poetic Justice is quoted & my replies are inline below :
> Troy Piggins wrote:
>
>>Just wondering about buses to Positano.
> Can't help, mountain road phobia if someone else is driving:).
>
>>We are travelling to Naples, overnight
>>there, then we want to visit Pompei next
>>day and stay that night in Positano.
>
> Sounds like a good plan but you can avoid any backtracking and do it in
> 1 straight shot. Naples->Pompeii->Sorrento->Positano
Seems like most people are recommending that. Sounds like a
winner.
> I'm assuming you can handle your luggage down 1 long flight of stairs,
> *possibly* stand 30+mins on a commuter train and wheel or carry it ~100m
> outside?
Yeah, that's all cool. I'm a beefy bloke.
>>I see trains from Naples to Pompei and
>>back again are only around 25mins travel
>>time.
>
> I *believe*? you are checking the regular trains on trenitalia.com? for
> a Naples to Pompei journey which is 25± mins.
>
> Pompei (1 i) is the modern town and not the ruins which I believe is
> around a 20min walk from the train station thru town.
>
> What you want to take from Naples to the Pompeii ruins-> (scavi) is a
> commuter train called the Circumvesuviana which takes 38 min and drops
> you ~50m from the entrance.
I've seen both trains recommended. Thanks for your tip.
> This train also continues to Sorrento (last stop ~30min) where you can
> catch the bus to Positano.
>
> You can leave your luggage at the left luggage booth next to the
> Pompeii ruins ticket turnstiles.
Good to know.
> The Circumvesuviana train has its own station in Naples but its 1st
> stop is downstairs from the Naples Centrale Train Station and also the
> Piazza Garibaldi Train Station.
>
> Below is a post of mine for a Rome to Pompeii daytrip, skip past the
> Rome to Naples part to the Naples to Pompeii section for info.
> Also read the entire Thread because I and others have added updated
> info.
>
> www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fidtid4665492
> Regards, Walter
Excellent! Thanks Walter!
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