Morning
Land at Naples Capodichino (NAP)
NAP sits inside the city — roughly 15 minutes by taxi to the centro storico, closer in than almost any European airport.
Afternoon / Day
Check in: Hotel Piazza Bellini
Via Santa Maria di Costantinopoli 101. A converted palazzo in the old centre, two minutes' walk from the archaeological museum.
Lunch at Trattoria da Nennella
Piazza Carità 22. Open since 1949, no reservations — put your name on the list outside. Order pasta, patate e provola. Closed Sundays, which is why it sits on day one.
Cappella Sansevero
Via Francesco De Sanctis 19. Sanmartino's Veiled Christ and the anatomical machines below. Open 9:00–19:00, closed Tuesdays; book online.
Via San Gregorio Armeno
The nativity-figure workshops carve year round, so June is the month to walk it without the December crush.
Evening
Sfogliatella at Gran Caffè Gambrinus
Via Chiaia 1, on Piazza Trieste e Trento. Open since 1860 — stand at the bar for a riccia and an espresso, it costs half the table price.
Dinner at Mimì alla Ferrovia
Via Alfonso d'Aragona 19, near Piazza Garibaldi. Neapolitan cooking since 1943; start with the octopus salad and finish on the babà.
Morning
Museo Archeologico Nazionale (MANN)
Piazza Museo 19. The frescoes, bronzes and mosaics lifted out of Pompeii and Herculaneum live here, not on site. Closed Tuesdays.
Via Toledo and its metro station
Ride one stop through Toledo station for the blue mosaic light well, then walk the street back up towards the Quartieri Spagnoli.
Afternoon / Day
Lunch at L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele
Via Cesare Sersale 1. Trading since 1870 and still serving only four pizzas — take a numbered ticket and wait outside.
Napoli Sotterranea
Piazza San Gaetano 69. English departures at 10, 12, 14, 16, 17 and 18 — about an hour, forty metres down through Greek quarries and war shelters.
Duomo di Napoli
Via Duomo 147, five minutes from Piazza San Gaetano. The nave is free; the San Gennaro treasure museum alongside it is a separate ticket.
Evening
Lungomare passeggiata
Via Partenope. Car-free seafront from Castel dell'Ovo out to Mergellina, with Vesuvius across the bay the whole way.
Dinner at 50 Kalò
Piazza Sannazaro 201/b, at the Mergellina end of the walk. Ciro Salvo's long-fermented dough; go early or expect to queue.
Morning
Train to Pompei
Napoli Centrale to Pompei on the Naples–Salerno line, then the Pompei Link shuttle, about 15 minutes from the station to the park gate.
Pompeii: Porta Marina gate
Piazza Porta Marina Inferiore, one of three gates with Piazza Esedra and Piazza Anfiteatro. Book on Vivaticket; mid-April to mid-October it opens 9:00–19:00, last admission 17:30.
The Forum and the House of the Faun
Head uphill from the gate to the Forum with Vesuvius framed at the end of it, then the Faun, the Stabian baths and the bakery on Via della Fortuna.
Afternoon / Day
Lunch at Casina dell'Aquila
The park's own self-service restaurant and wine bar inside the walls — the only real food without surrendering your re-entry.
Villa dei Misteri
Via Villa dei Misteri, ten minutes out past Porta Ercolano. The megalography frieze is the reason to walk it; exit by that gate afterwards.
Train to Salerno, ferry to Amalfi
Half an hour down the line from Pompei, then Travelmar from the Salerno waterfront. Sailings thin out early evening, so take the second-last one.
Evening
Check in: Hotel Marina Riviera
Via Pantaleone Comite 19. Family-run, in an early-1900s building on the sea just past the Duomo, with Terrazza 17 on the roof.
Dinner at Lido Azzurro
Via Lungomare dei Cavalieri 5. Terrace directly over the harbour; the menu follows whatever the boats landed that morning.
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Morning
Scorzette at Pasticceria Pansa
Piazza Duomo 40. On the cathedral square since 1830 — the candied lemon peel is the thing to carry home.
Cattedrale di Sant'Andrea
Piazza Duomo, up a long flight of steps from the square. The Cloister of Paradise, the Basilica of the Crucifix and the crypt come on one combined ticket.
Museo della Carta
Via delle Cartiere 23, up the Valle dei Mulini. A working mill, open daily 10:00–19:00. Book the guided visit with the handmade-paper experience if you want to pull a sheet yourself.
Afternoon / Day
Valle delle Ferriere walk
Carry on up the valley path above the paper museum past the ruined ironworks and the waterfalls. Two to three hours out and back, shaded most of the way.
Late lunch at Trattoria da Gemma
Via Fra Gerardo Sasso 11, up a lane off the cathedral steps. Family-run since 1872; ask for the terrace when you book.
Walk round to Atrani
Piazza Umberto I, ten minutes on the path around the headland. The smallest town square on the coast, and almost nobody makes the walk.
Evening
Dinner at Terrazza 17
The Marina Riviera's rooftop at Via Pantaleone Comite 19 — you eat above the harbour lights without walking anywhere afterwards.
Morning
SITA Sud bus up to Ravello
From the seafront terminal in Amalfi, roughly 25 minutes of switchbacks up the Valle del Dragone. Buy the ticket at a tabaccheria before boarding.
Villa Rufolo
Piazza Duomo, Ravello. The Moorish cloister and the belvedere garden that Wagner turned into Klingsor's; the festival stage juts out over the drop.
Ravello Duomo
On the same square. Bronze doors cast in the 12th century and a mosaic pulpit carried on six spiral columns; the crypt museum is a separate ticket.
Afternoon / Day
Lunch at Villa Maria
Via Santa Chiara 2. Tables out in the terraced garden; the Palumbo family cook from their own plots on the slope below.
Villa Cimbrone gardens
Via Santa Chiara 26, a walk on out through the lanes past the restaurant. The Terrace of Infinity is the balustrade of marble busts at the far end.
Evening
Bus back down to Amalfi
Check the departure board at the Ravello terminal before you settle in — the last buses down get sparse well before the restaurants close.
Dinner at La Caravella
Via Matteo Camera 12, through an arch on the main street. One Michelin star and a famous cellar; closed Tuesdays, and booking is not optional.
Morning
Alicost hydrofoil to Capri
Alicost sails Amalfi to Capri in the morning, around 09:10. Capri charges a EUR 5 landing tax between 1 April and 31 October, on top of the fare.
Blue Grotto by rowing boat
Motorboats run out from Marina Grande to the Grotta Azzurra, which closes whenever the swell is up. Ask at the jetty before committing the morning.
Villa San Michele, Anacapri
Viale Axel Munthe 34, up from Marina Grande by island bus. Munthe's house and pergola over the whole bay; 9:00–19:00 in June, EUR 12.
Afternoon / Day
Monte Solaro chairlift
Piazza Vittoria, Anacapri. A single-seat chairlift lifts you to the island's highest point; buy the return at the base station and ride both ways.
Lunch at Da Paolino
Via Palazzo a Mare 11. Tables under a lemon pergola since 1960; open April to October and reservations are essential.
Gardens of Augustus and Via Krupp
Via Matteotti, Capri town. Terraces looking straight down on Marina Piccola and the Faraglioni, with Krupp's switchback path cut in below.
Evening
Hydrofoil back to Amalfi
The Amalfi Coast returns all sail mid-to-late afternoon and there are only a handful — miss the last one and you are on the Sorrento boat and a long bus.
Late plates at Cantina da Gemma
Via Fra Gerardo Sasso 11. The Gemma family's wine bar next door to the trattoria — a handful of seats, a long list, small plates after the boat.
Positano, Then Home
Morning
Ferry Amalfi to Positano
Travelmar hops along the coast in well under an hour, and Positano's jetty lands you on the beach — the bags never have to climb the stairs.
Santa Maria Assunta
Piazza Flavio Gioia, a minute from the sand. The majolica dome is the picture everyone takes of Positano; the Byzantine Black Madonna is inside.
MAR Positano: the Roman villa
Piazza Flavio Gioia 7, under the church. A villa buried by the same 79 AD eruption as Pompeii, frescoed triclinium intact; 9:00–21:00 April to October.
Afternoon / Day
Lunch at Chez Black
Via del Brigantino 19, right on Spiaggia Grande. Nautical fit-out, crew instead of waiters; order the sea urchin plate or the Gragnano pasta.
Linen on Via dei Mulini
The lane climbing from the beach is where moda Positano is still cut and sold. It is steep, so shop it on the way back down.
Ferry Positano to Salerno
Travelmar sails Positano–Amalfi–Salerno, so the last leg of the coast is done by sea as well. Salerno station is a short walk from the berth.
Evening
Train to Napoli Centrale
Frequent Trenitalia services run Salerno to Naples in well under an hour; the airport shuttle leaves from outside the station.
Fly out of Naples (NAP)
Capodichino is about 15 minutes from Napoli Centrale. Leave a real buffer — the ferry is the one leg the weather can cancel outright.
