Doing the Boot of Italy

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city of hotel

Holiday Inn, free parking
39-081-5095150
The Holiday Inn Resort is ideally situated for excursions to the ancient city of Pompei, Ercolaneum, Flegrean Fields, the Islands of Capri and Ischia,Free shuttle-bus to and from downtown, port, train station and airport. This service is available on a first come first served basis. There are 8 seats available on the bus.

Leave in am see Sorrento catch ferry to capri

p 481 Naple to Sorrento 1 hour
hydro ferry leaves 14.50 euros 8:05,8:25,8:45,9:15,10:20,2:30
http://www.capri.net/en/ship-timetable
from the North on the A/2 Milan-Naples motorway, proceeding with the Naples-Salerno A/3 to the Castellammare di Stabia turnoff;

nonresident cars are NOT permitted
Funicular railway
The red funicular railway train enables visitors to reach the center of Capri in just 5 minutes, via a panoramic route over the lemon trees and vegetable gardens.
Trains depart every 15 minutes
Tickets can be purchased at the Funicular railway ticket office in the center of Capri or in Marina Grande, to the left of the port, where all the ticket offices for the various hydrofoil and ferry companies are located.

Bus
Little orange buses travel along the routes Capri-Anacapri, Capri-Marina Piccola, Capri-Marina Grande (the so-called S.Costanzo line), Capri-Damecuta, Marina Piccola-Anacapri (during the summer season only), Anacapri-Grotta Azzura, and Anacapri-Faro.
Buses run frequently, but times are subject to variation.
Tickets can be purchased directly on board, at the Funicular railway ticket office in Marina Grande, or in Piazza Martiri d’Ungheria, close to the Piazzetta, where the bus station is situated. Tickets are valid for all forms of public transport. 3 types of ticket are available: corsa singola (single), orario (hourly) and giornaliero (daily).
the routes taken by the buses can also be followed on foot, offering pleasurable and often extremely panoramic walks.
Rent a scooter???
See blue grotta,chair lift from anicapri

At the moment the scooter (comfortable for 2 passengers) is consigned, clients are given:
- Crash helmets
- Holder for helmets
- Insurance
- Sufficient petrol for the duration of the rental period
- A personalised map of the island
- Indications of the roads open to traffic, parking places, beaches, and the islands most celebrated locations
- Immediate assistance at any time of day and in any part of the island
€15 xh
€60 xday all included: Gasol, helmet, insurance

Buses can take visitors to within 200 meters of the summit of Vesuvius. There you can buy a ticket to the top. Remember that it can be considerably cooler at the summit, especially when there are low clouds.
Once you have purchased you ticket, you ascend on a wide trail of volcanic stone pocked with larger rocks. Staunch shoes are recommended. The trail switches back several times, then circles the crater. Refreshments are found at the summit and at an intermediate point along the trail.
At the summit you can hire a guide, buy a guidebook, or just peek into the crater on your own.
The trail is a wide path of volcanic stones interspersed with some larger rocks that have probably fallen from above. The trails have guard rails provided by fencing, as you can see in the picture. The grade is fairly steep and constant. It will take a moderately conditioned person about 20 minutes to walk to the refreshment stand at the summit where guides can be hired The crater is 1,282 meters above sea level, 230 meters deep, and has a diameter of about 650 meters.

Able to hike $5E
The Solfatara is about 10 km. from Naples By auto If you are coming from the Autostrada you must exit and, after the pay toll booth, take the entrance to the Tangenziale of Naples and ride it all the way to exit n.11 of Agnano at about 4 Km. from the Solfatara, therefore follow the directions for Pozzuoli and the signs “Vulcano Solfatara”.
The Solfatara is open everyday from 8:30 AM to one hour before dusk.