Day 5 - Sentiero degli Dei 
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£710.00 (2012)
7 nights B&B, luggage transfers between hotels. Price shown for 7 night medium option, May and June. Contact us for low/high season prices
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Amalfi Coast (Italy)
Along the siren coast
How to get there:

ARRIVING BY AIR

 

The best "local airport" is Naples. Intercontinental flights may use Rome then take a train directly to Salerno (around 2½ hrs) - the transfer from Rome Fiumicino airport to Rome Termini station takes around 30mins. Flight information can change rapidly. Please do check for yourself directly with the airlines' websites before finalising any booking with us and do not book your flights until we have confirmed that we have provisionally reserved accommodation for you.

 

NAPLES

Land by: 14:30 (later arrivals possible, missing supper).

Return flight earliest: 10:00 (missing breakfast).

Land by/earliest return flight times not applicable if using a pre-booked taxi

 

Flights from UK and Eire airports:

Birmingham Thomson (not daily, seasonal); 

Bristol Easyjet (from May 2012, not daily, seasonal), Thomson (not daily, seasonal); 

Dublin Aer Lingus (not daily, seasonal), Thomson (not daily, seasonal); ;

East Midlands Airport Thomson (not daily, seasonal) BMI (via Frankfurt, not daily); bmibaby (not daily, seasonal)

Edinburgh Easyjet (not daily);

Gatwick BA, Easyjet, Thomson (not daily, seasonal);

Glasgow International Thomson (not daily; seasonal)

Liverpool Easyjet (not daily);

Manchester Thomson (not daily, seasonal);

Newcastle Thomson (not daily, seasonal);

Stansted Easyjet

 

See "Getting to the start of the walk" below for transfer information

 

ARRIVING BY TRAIN 

 

Nearest railway station:
Start: Salerno
Finish: Sorrento (Circumvesuviana Railway to Naples Centrale) 

 

Typical rail journey from UK via Paris and Rome:

London: Eurostar to Paris (N), transfer to Paris Bercy for sleeper train to Rome. Next morning take the train to Naples, change for Salerno and then for Amalfi. ~17 hrs. 

Sorrento: Circumvesuviana train to Naples, then Naples to Rome for the overnight train to Paris and then the Eurostar arriving London St Pancras International. ~22 hrs.

See www.seat61.com/Italy.htm for details and other ideas, www.bahn.de for local trains except for the Circumvesuviana timetable which can only be found at www.massalubrense.it/circum.htm.

 
Getting to the start of the walk:

The first hotel is in Amalfi and the last in Sorrento. Transfer times and methods are suggested for Naples airport below. For train arrival transfers see below.

 

NAPLES AIRPORT:

Outward:  Bus/bus or bus/train/bus or ferry (c. 3½ hrs) OR pre-booked taxi transfer from Naples airport to first hotel 
Return: Airport bus or train/bus shuttle (c. 1 ½ hrs) OR pre-booked taxi from final hotel to Naples airport

 

Transfers from train stations:

Outward: Bus or ferry from Salerno to Amalfi (c. 1 hr)

Return: Short walk or local taxi from Sorrento hotel to station for Circumvesuviana railway to Naples Central

 

For all pre-bookable taxi prices, see "Price includes"

 

Full transfer advice, including timetables, is provided in your Walkers' Pack. Contact us if you would like additional pre-booking information