Port of Naples, or Porto di Napoli, at the Stazione Marittima is a great port building to get you…read moreintroduced to Naples, Italy. The interior is pretty expansive. There are some nice souvenir shops as well as some clothing stores. One store in particular was a favorite of mine - Real Luxury. Real Luxury is located just near the main entrance, specializes in high-end clothing and is run by a designer named Marco. He has designed, among many other items, an array of men's ties with multiple folds in the actual fabric. The most intricate of which is a "12-fold tie" that I think is just amazing. The port building is clean and easy to navigate. Once you're outside the main doors and ready to explore Naples and the surrounding areas, prepare yourself to be accosted by dozens of pushy taxi drivers. They engage you immediately to find out where you want to go and get you to hire them. Some are extremely pushy and will not take no for an answer without pushing harder. Some will even follow you for a bit while trying to get your attention and continuing to ask you questions about where you'd like to go. I had one guy follow me all the way to the sidewalk trying to get my attention and my business. Make sure you research all transportation options before your trip here. Hiring a taxi isn't always the most cost effective, or even the most scenic, option. Our plan was to spend the day visiting Sorrento on the Amalfi Coast. We took a street rail car service from the port to the main train station. That ride each way cost us each €4.50.

The station is pretty average, a little grungy looking. This two story building sits at an…read moreintersection with both floors, open to the elements on the sides. As you walk in there are a few ticket machines from which you can purchase tickets by card or coins, and a cafe selling coffee, drinks and snacks. Head upstairs where there's an entry to both the metro and funicular here. Check that you're headed in the right direction, the ticket scanners at the turnstiles only work for the correct ticket so you'll know if you went the wrong way. There were staff checking tickets as well. There's a waiting area for the departures on bottom and top of the hill, for safety reason you can't wait on the steps where the cars ascend and descend. Compared to other funiculars, this one is more of a modern bus on a hill rather than the more trolley-like contraptions I'm used to seeing. It's pretty wide, seating 4 people across the width of the car, with a walkway between the seats, and plenty of standing room. Also there are multiple levels within each funicular car, so you can walk up/down the stair steps, which felt like a novel concept given my previous experience with narrower cars. As of April 2026, the the schedule for departure is every 10 minutes between 7am-10pm.

Of course it is 5 stars. I love funiculars. The…read moreneighborhoods lower and upper are very different

It's a convenient subway train station connecting hills and ground. There's a public plaza with…read morerestaurants right outside the exit.

This same spot seems to have a couple of names and one of them is Funiclare Centrale. This is the…read moreground level station. My friend bought the tickets so I don't know how much the tickets cost. The train does not go all the way to the top. You'll still have a bit of hiking to get to the Castel Sant'Elmo but it's worth it. This is one of the busiest funiculars in Europe and opened on October 28, 1928. From Atlas Obscura, "The line serves fours stations and runs a length of 1270 meters (4167 feet), over which it completes a total elevation change of 170 meters (558 feet). A single trip takes about 5 minutes." The ride was quick, smooth and comfortable. Super easy! [Review 19222 overall - 372 in Italy - 192 of 2023.]