Getting there and around

Getting there
Capodichino airport, about 8km (5mi) north-east of the city centre, is southern Italy's main airport.
Naples is the hub of the southern Italian train network and many trains originating in the north pass through Rome and terminate here. The city is well-served by regionale, diretto, Intercity and the superfast Eurostar trains. They arrive and depart from Stazione Centrale or Stazione Garibaldi. There are up to 30 trains daily between Naples and Rome.
Most buses for Italian and some European cities leave from Piazza Garibaldi in front of Stazione Centrale.
Boats and hydrofoils leave for Capri, Sorrento, Ischia, Procida and Forio from Molo Beverello in front of the Castel Nuovo. Longer distance ferries for Palermo, Cagliari, Milazzo, the Aeolian Islands and Tunisia leave from the Stazione Marittima.

Getting Around
Most city ANM buses depart from Piazza Garibaldi, where bus stops are appallingly signed. The city produces one rather vague bus map, but there is an ANM information office at the western end of the square. The Metropolitana (Underground) is, in fact, mostly above ground. The main line runs from Gianturco, just east of Stazione Centrale, via Piazza Garibaldi and Bagnoli to Pozzuoli. Funicular railways connect downtown with Vomero.
Forget driving in town unless you have a death wish. Mopeds are impossible to hire because of the high incidence of theft. Taxis generally ignore kerb-side arm wavers but there are taxi stands at most of the large piazzas. Be warned that traffic congestion makes taxis expensive.