Visiting Naples from the Amalfi Coast

How to take a daytrip or excursion from the Amalfi Coast to Naples

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How to get to Naples from the Amalfi Coast

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Guided excursions & tours (transportation included)

Oddly enough, there are few tours to Naples from the Amalfi Coast towns. There is, however, a Naples day tour that leaves from Sorrento, so just make your way back there for the departure:

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Eat Pray and Love Naples: Day Trip from Sorrento
Enjoy a full-day walking tour in Naples from Sorrento, and explore the mysteries of this fascinating and legendary city. Led by a knowledgeable and professional guide, cross famous streets and pass by the main churches. At lunch enjoy a delicious pizza, and visit the city's highlights in the afternoon before returning to Sorrento...
Duration: 8 hours; Cost: $86 per person
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Tours & private guides (transportation on your own)

(Note this is just a sampling. You can find many more Naples tours and activities on the "Tours" page in the full Naples section. » more)

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Naples City Walking Tour
Follow an informative guide on a morning or afternoon Naples walking tour to discover the city’s historical sights, buzzing plazas and cultural delights. Highlights include the Royal Palace of Naples (Palazzo Reale), Galleria Umberto I, the colorful Spaccanapoli promenade and Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest opera house in Italy. Finish with delicious cake at a traditional Neapolitan cafe in the historic city center...
Duration: 2.5 hours; Cost: $44 per person
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Discovering Naples' Masterpieces
The historic center of Naples is a feast for the eyes and the ears. Full of local color, its narrow lanes harbor over 2,400 years of precious artworks that rival those of any other European capital. Castel Nuovo is the starting point for this walking tour; a turreted medieval castle facing out to sea, it is one of the city's main architectural landmarks. Not far away is one of the world's oldest opera houses, Teatro San Carlo...
Duration: 3–3.5 hours; Private: from $150 per person
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Welcome to Naples

Naples is a complex, vibrant, and most of all, alive melting pot of epochs, cultures and expressions. From its ancient Greek roots to the bustling metropolis it is today, Naples has had many guises and continues to play out its dramas, its gifts, its sorrows and exhilarating joys as if in a Baroque drama, where all of the inhabitants are actors in the ongoing spectacle. Due its size and reputation, Naples can be a daunting place for a first time visitor–good advice and some insider tips and secrets will unveil an underbelly of this city that is not intimidating but, rather, welcoming, lively and fascinating. Our Naples Welcome service is aimed at arming you with everything you need to know to have a spectacular stay in the city and to get the most out of its excellent cultural institutions, its delectable food scene and its gregarious hospitality...
Duration: 3 hours; Private: $387 per group
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Private Tour: Scholar-Led Naples History Walk
Delve into the history of Naples on a fascinating, private 4-hour walking tour. Accompanied by a private guide who specializes in art or social history, explore the city’s cultural, historical and artistic highlights, such as Castel Nuovo, the Royal Palace of Naples (Palazzo Reale) and Castel dell’Ovo. Enjoy personalized attention from the private guide and come away with a deeper understanding of the history of Naples, from its ancient Greek origins through to modern times...
Duration: 3 hours; Cost: $68 per person
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Naples City Hop-on Hop-off Tour
Discover Naples in an open-top double-decker bus with the opportunity to hop-on and hop-off at 32 different stops whenever you wish, all day long. Tickets are valid for 24 hours and includes sights such as Piazza Municipio, Via S. Lucia, Piazza Vittoria, Mergellina and much, much more...
Duration: All day; Cost: $26 per person
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Caravaggio and the Baroque in Naples
Naples, an often-overlooked city within the realm of the history of Italian art, constantly proves itself to be an important destination for understanding the late Renaissance and Baroque period. This four-hour walk, in the company of an art historian, takes us through the heart of the old city and into important churches, chapels, and royal palaces, where we can view masterpieces in situ, as well as overlooked pieces that illustrate the artistic and social environment of the time...
Duration: 4 hours; Cost: $101 per person; Private: $454 per group
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Small Group Naples City Sightseeing Tour
Discover the legendary city of Naples on a personal small group tour by minibus. Led by a knowledgeable and professional guide, this small group morning tour gives you a comprehensive overview of Southern Italy's exuberant capital city. Numbers are limited on this small group tour of Naples, ensuring you'll receive personalized attention from your guide...
Duration: 2 hours; Cost: $34 per person
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La Vita Napoletana
This three-hour stroll takes us along the Naples' waterfront, exploring the political and social history of the city from its Greek origins as Neapolis (the new city) to modern times. It is led by either an art or social historian, and, while exploring rich scholarly themes, attempts to paint a realistic picture of life in Naples today, in all of its chaotic beauty...
Duration: 3 hours; Cost: $90 per person; Private: $387 per group
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Scholar-Led Naples History Walk
Discover the intriguing history of Naples and witness key historical sights on a 4-hour walking tour with an expert historian guide. Visit royal residences and castles, including the striking seaside fortresses of Castel Nuovo and Castel dell’Ovo, and the 17th-century Royal Palace of Naples (Palazzo Reale), once home to the Bourbon kings. Trace the city’s evolution from the ancient Greek settlement of Neapolis to the modern-day metropolis that stands before you today. This small-group tour is limited to six participants, ensuring you enjoy an intimate experience...
Duration: 3–4 hours; Cost: $101 per person
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Ancient Naples: Above and Underground
Naples is a city whose roots run deep. In fact, its complex history is so profound that only a visit beneath the present-day city surface will uncover the complete picture. The Neapolitan historical center articulates the stratification of various epochs and how preexisting levels have encompassed later ones. Underneath the chaotic alleys is a curious maze of tunnels, imperial structures, and cisterns. During our two-hour Ancient Naples walk, we will explore a series of spaces unassumingly scattered throughout the historical center and learn from an archaeologist how to peel back the layers of urban history to uncover the enigmatic past of this city...
Duration: 2 hours; Cost: $79 per person; Private: $320 per group
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Private Tour: Naples Sightseeing by Vespa
Discover Naples in a fun, exciting way on this private Vespa tour! Your experienced driver will whiz you around the city on a vintage Vespa scooter to famous sights such as the church of San Francesco di Paola, Parco Virgiliano, Castel Dell'Ovo and the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Historic Centre of Naples. Sit back and soak up the city’s old-world charm, history, culture and architecture, and hop off to explore by foot and break for coffee and cake at a local café...
Duration: 4.5 hours; Cost: $182 per person
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Amalfi Coast tourist info:
www.amalfitouristoffice.it

How long does the Amalfi Coast take?

Planning your time: Budget at least a day for the Amalfi Coast. Simply to drive the coast without getting out (except to change buses in Amalfi) takes at least five hours—that's three hours touring the coast from Sorrento to Salerno, plus another hour on each end to get to and from those gateway towns.

If you do want to pack it all into a single day—and actually stop and get out in a few towns—it might be best to just book a tour that picks you up at your hotel, gives you time in each of the main Amalfi Coast towns, and returns you to your hotel 6–9 hours later:

  • From Sorrento, group tours start from $40, private drivers from $60, and private tours from $90. » book
  • From Naples, group tours start from $97, private drivers from $55, and private tours from $85. » book

Otherwise, it makes far more sense to spend at least one night on the coast.

If, however, your schedule doesn't have that much leisure time, might I suggest riding the first leg—from Sorrento to Positano to Amalfi—taking a quick spin around Amalfi town, then catching a ferry either back up the coast to Sorrento or over to Capri.

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