A week of Naples pizza, Roman streets, Capri gardens and Amalfi crafts, with three coastal bases and six nights.
Naples gives this journey a lively beginning: long historic streets, workshops, Roman collections and a pizzeria meal introduce a city with a character all its own. Its ancient street pattern reaches back to Greek Neapolis. The next day’s excavations at Pompeii bring another ancient city into focus, from its Forum and baths to the rooms of a Roman home.
From Naples, the route turns towards the sea. Sorrento offers an old quarter for afternoon walks and gnocchi alla sorrentina at dinner, with Capri’s town and gardens a ferry ride away. Finish in Amalfi, where a former galley shipyard and an old paper mill tell stories of the coast’s trade and crafts.
The six nights are divided between Naples, Sorrento and Amalfi, with Pompeii and Capri as day trips. Travel by train, seasonal passenger ferry and bus. May–June and September suit the walking days and coastal visits; the itinerary leaves each place time for a main visit, a meal and an evening near your base.
MANN’s frescoes and everyday objects offer an intimate introduction to the ancient cities around the bay. Outside, Naples’s long streets follow an older Greek plan. End the walk in a neighbourhood pizzeria, watching the pizzaiuolo shape dough for the oven: a local craft that belongs to the city’s present as much as its history.
A full day at Pompeii lets you move from the Forum’s public spaces to baths and the rooms of a house. Follow the surviving streets between them, pausing to imagine the different activities that once filled each setting. Return to Naples for dinner after a day devoted to the excavations.
Capri town’s lanes lead towards the Gardens of Augustus and views of the Faraglioni rock stacks. The following coastal stay brings a different story: Amalfi’s old arsenal recalls the galley building and trading networks of its medieval maritime republic. Island landscapes and seafaring history each have their place in the week.
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Spend three nights in Naples, two in Sorrento and one in Amalfi. Begin with Naples’s historic streets and archaeological collections, then give Pompeii a full day out from the city. Take the train to Sorrento on day four and visit Capri from there on day five. Continue to Amalfi on day six for its maritime history and papermaking heritage, departing on day seven. Rail, passenger ferries and buses connect the route, with an arranged road transfer available at extra cost. May–June and September suit this week of city walks, Roman ruins and time beside the sea.
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Begin with three Naples nights for the city and Pompeii. Spend the next two in Sorrento, with a Capri day trip, then finish with one night in Amalfi.
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Historic streets, archaeological collections and pizza-making
Choose the historic centre for evenings among Naples’s streets, workshops and pizzerias, or a stay convenient for the railway to Pompeii and Sorrento. Three nights give the city and the excavations a day each.
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Old-quarter walks and the ferry departure for Capri
Stay near Sorrento’s old quarter for afternoon walks and trattoria dinners. The station serves the arrival from Naples, while Marina Piccola is the departure point for the Capri day trip during these two nights.
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A former maritime republic, its arsenal and handmade paper
Amalfi’s compact centre puts the cathedral square, old arsenal and harbour within the final stay. A central room makes it easy to enjoy the town in the evening and fit a craft visit into a later departure morning.
Spend the first days with Naples and Pompeii, then travel to Sorrento for the town and Capri. Finish beside Amalfi’s harbour, with its maritime history and papermaking traditions.
Begin near your Naples hotel with a walk and a pizzeria meal. Along the waterfront, the exterior of Castel dell’Ovo and the open bay make a lovely first encounter with the city. In the historic centre, choose a nearby square and follow the streets towards dinner. Tomorrow brings a longer look at the ancient street pattern inherited from Greek Neapolis, beneath the buildings of later centuries. Tonight, enjoy the ordinary life around you: workshop windows, people crossing the squares and a table in a neighbourhood pizzeria. Watch the pizzaiuolo, or pizza maker, stretch and shape the dough before it goes into the oven. This continuing craft gives the first meal a connection to the city beyond its best-known monuments. An arrival evening can be as simple as that walk and dinner, with two full days in Naples still ahead.
Overnight: Naples
Begin at the National Archaeological Museum, known as MANN, where the ancient world takes on a human scale. Frescoes, household objects and furnishings from Pompeii help you picture the homes you will walk through tomorrow. The Farnese sculptures offer another way into Roman art, through monumental figures rather than domestic rooms. Spend time with the collections that interest you, then head into Naples’s historic centre for lunch. Its long streets preserve the plan of the ancient city beneath later buildings, so the walk itself continues the morning’s history. Look into a workshop, pause by a church and enjoy the contrast between museum rooms and a lively neighbourhood. The afternoon is a chance to get to know Naples at street level, with another local meal before the next day’s visit to Pompeii.
Overnight: Naples
Take the EAV Naples–Sorrento line to Pompei Scavi–Villa dei Misteri for the Porta Marina and Piazza Esedra entrances. Inside Pompeii, begin with the Forum, where public buildings help explain the civic life of the Roman city. Continue towards the Forum Baths and the House of the Vettii when its rooms are open. Together they bring different lives into view: the city’s shared institutions, the social world of bathing and the more private setting of a home. Give the streets between them time as well; their surviving spaces make the connection between individual monuments. A guide or the park’s own route information can help you read the remains. Allow several hours, with water, sun protection and breaks among the irregular streets and limited shade. Return to Naples for the third night and a meal near your familiar base.
Overnight: Naples
Take the EAV train to Sorrento, where the journey changes from city streets and excavations to the old quarter above the sea. Spend the afternoon walking through the centre, with the Church of San Francesco as a cultural stop. Its sixteenth-century church contains a wooden Saint Francis donated in 1663, a detail that gives the visit a particular story to follow. Look at the religious art, then continue through the surrounding streets towards a sea-facing walk. With two nights here, there is time to enjoy the town as well as tomorrow’s island outing. At dinner, try gnocchi alla sorrentina: potato dumplings baked with tomato and mozzarella. A trattoria meal and another short walk through the centre make an inviting first Sorrento evening, while the second night keeps the next day free for Capri.
Overnight: Sorrento
Cross from Sorrento’s Marina Piccola to Capri and continue from the harbour to Capri town. The Piazzetta area and surrounding lanes make a pleasant introduction before the Gardens of Augustus. From the gardens, look towards the Faraglioni rock stacks, whose shapes give the island’s seaward views their familiar outline. Enjoy this part of Capri on foot, with time for lunch between the town streets and the gardens. The pleasure of the outing lies in the change of setting: excavated Roman streets give way to an inhabited island town, terraces and open water. The Blue Grotto, Anacapri and a full boat circuit offer other ways to spend an island day; choose one of those in place of part of this town visit if it is your main interest. Return to Sorrento for the second night and another evening near the old quarter.
Overnight: Sorrento
Travel from Sorrento to Amalfi by seasonal passenger ferry, or take the coastal bus for the road journey. Begin in Amalfi’s cathedral square, then make the Arsenale della Repubblica the afternoon’s main cultural visit. The surviving vaulted aisles and stone pillars belonged to a shipyard where galleys were built and repaired. Its museum links this compact waterfront town to the trading networks of the medieval maritime republic, with navigation objects and a model of thirteenth-century Amalfi. The setting makes the history tangible: the sea outside was once a route into a much wider world, and the old arsenal was part of the town’s working life. Afterwards, wander around the harbour and enjoy dinner in Amalfi. This final overnight brings the journey to a small coastal town with a story beyond its views.
Overnight: Amalfi
For a later departure, spend the morning at Amalfi’s Paper Museum. Its thirteenth-century mill contains restored machinery powered by the Canneto stream, and a guided visit shows how rags became handmade sheets. After yesterday’s arsenal, this is another glimpse of the town at work: water, tools and skilled hands created a product with a life beyond the coast. It gives the final morning a craft tradition to remember alongside the harbour and cathedral square. Follow the visit with a short walk through the centre before leaving. Travelmar sailings towards Salerno, when running, and SITA buses provide public-transport exits from Amalfi; an arranged road transfer is another option at extra cost. Continue by your chosen onward rail or airport connection. The route ends today after six hotel nights, with Naples, Pompeii, Sorrento, Capri and Amalfi each contributing a different part of the week.
Base: Amalfi
These are the two hotel moves. Pompeii is a separate return trip from Naples, and Capri is a return crossing from Sorrento; neither changes the overnight sequence.
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Naples Sorrento
Take the EAV Naples–Sorrento line on day four. Arrive for an afternoon in Sorrento’s old quarter and a first dinner near your two-night base.
Sorrento Amalfi
The seasonal passenger ferry links Sorrento with Amalfi by sea. SITA’s coastal bus offers the road alternative; an arranged private transfer costs extra. Spend the arrival afternoon in Amalfi’s centre.
Estimated spending for two adults sharing one double room over six nights and seven days in May–June or September, dated 19 October 2026. Approximate USD equivalents use the ECB rate of 16 October 2026: €1 (≈ US$1.13), or US$1.1253 per euro.
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The markers show the three hotel bases: Naples for three nights, Sorrento for two and Amalfi for one. Pompeii and Capri are return outings; the accommodation search starts in Naples.
Naples, Pompeii, Capri and Amalfi route stops
Yes. This sequence gives you a Naples arrival evening, a full city day, a Pompeii day, Sorrento’s old quarter, a Capri outing and a final Amalfi stay. The contrasts are part of its appeal: Roman collections and excavations, pizza traditions, island gardens and coastal crafts. Add nights for a longer stay around Ravello, Positano, Vesuvius or Herculaneum.
Pompeii rewards several hours moving between streets, civic buildings, baths and houses. A separate day lets the Forum and domestic rooms become a connected visit, rather than a brief stop between hotels. Your main luggage stays in the occupied Naples room; you return there that evening and travel to Sorrento the following day.
Exchange days two and three while keeping all three Naples nights. MANN normally closes on Tuesdays. Its mosaics and Secret Cabinet were listed as closed from 21 September to 30 November 2026; frescoes, everyday objects and the Farnese sculptures provide other focuses for the museum visit.
Keep the second Sorrento night and spend the day in town. Explore more of the old quarter, visit San Francesco and enjoy a longer trattoria lunch or dinner. Capri crossings depend on sea conditions, so a cancelled sailing becomes a Sorrento day within the same itinerary.
Yes. The seasonal NLG passenger ferry makes the journey by sea, while SITA’s coastal bus provides the road alternative. An arranged private transfer is another option at extra cost. Arrive for Amalfi’s cathedral square, the old arsenal and an evening by the harbour.
For an early Naples flight, spend the final night in Naples or near your departure connection, or add another night to the trip. The Amalfi overnight in this version suits an arrival evening and a later departure, with the Paper Museum as an optional morning visit.
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How this route was checked: Archaeological, museum and local tourism sources below cover the route’s Roman sites, food traditions, religious art and coastal crafts. Rail, ferry and bus sources support the journeys. The budget combines published fare examples with estimated room, meal and transport spending at the stated ECB reference rate.
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