Howdy.
So I have already complained a lot about the ridiculous prices of travelling in Italy now compared to how they were in the past. I spent 210 euro for a plane ticket to Naples and the train comes to 150 euro for the same trip.
Since I make this trip many times a year, I have been looking into some other possibilities that would be easier on my wallet. I found AirBee, a new tiny little airline that flies from Brescia to Naples, but still costs about 150 euro, and I would still have to get to Brescia. I looked into car rentals, but embarrassingly enough, I can't drive a stick shift. (I know that is horrible, I have been living here for 5 years, but hey, I live in Venice, and most of my Italian friends do not even have licenses, but I'm ashamed). Renting automatic cars is much more expensive, as is leaving the car at a different point, meaning dropping the car off in Sorrento and renting it for only one day is the same as renting it for three days and bringing it back to Venice--but then I have to pay for parking, and gas, and repairs for the almost guaranteed damages I will cause.
Lastly, I came up with the idea of flying RyanAir to Rome from Treviso, taking the bus from the airport to the train station, and then taking the train to Naples from Rome. This whole ordeal, round-trip, is about 120 euro. Yey! Now we're getting somewhere... even if it is a bit round-about.
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I found your blog thru google, so indeed you can be found there. I read quite a few blogs from Italy and have a broad range of areas I enjoy reading about. I have only been fortunate enough to be in Italy one time in 2000. We were there almost a month, but that is much too short a time to get a feeling for different areas. Keep up your blogging, it's really a joy to read.
Sixti used to rent Smart cars for 5 euro a day, it's now gone up to 9.99 (why don't they just say 10!) but it's still cheaper than regular cars and SMarts are automatic.
In summer from July to mid September there are buses which go from Stazione Tiburtina to Positano- Problem is that they leave at 7am! A 2pm one goes to Sorrento - 25euros. Look under Marozzi bus company or Curreri.
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