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Naples' Capodochino
airport
(enquiries tel 081.789.6111) is a little way northwest of the city centre at Viale Umberto Maddalena. It is connected with Piazza Garibaldi (the stop is next to the
Hotel Cavour
) by buses #14 and #15 approximately every fifteen minutes, and the journey takes twenty to thirty minutes; buy tickets (L1500/0.77) from the
tabacchi
in the departures hall. There is also an official airport bus, operated by CLP (enquiries tel 081.531.1706), which runs to Piazza Garibaldi and Piazza Municipio every thirty minutes between 6.30am and 11.30pm (6am-midnight in the opposite direction), although it isn't very much quicker and is double the price (L3000/1.55); however, it does have the advantage of continuing to Molo Beverello, from where hydrofoils depart for the islands. Taxis, too, tend to take almost as long as buses to reach the centre, and cost up to L40,000/20.66; if you do use one, make sure the meter is switched on when you get in
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By train , you're most likely to arrive at Napoli Centrale, situated on the edge of the city centre at one end of Piazza Garibaldi, at the main hub of city (and suburban) transport services; there's a left luggage office here (open 24hr). Some trains also pull in to Stazione Mergellina, on the opposite side of the city centre, which is connected with Piazza Garibaldi by the underground metropolitana . For train enquiries tel 1478.88.088 (7am-9pm) or go to the information booths at Napoli Centrale and be prepared to queue (daily 7.30am-10pm).
City and suburban
buses
also stop on Piazza Garibaldi. SITA buses (enquiries tel 081.552.2176) to Salerno pull up and leave from Via Pisanelli, just off Piazza Municipio. CTP buses (enquiries tel 081.700.1111) to outlying towns like Avellino, Benevento, CA?pua, Caserta and so on, stop on Piazza Capuana, just north of the Piazza Garibaldi. Other useful information
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