My journey from. Budapest to Naples went smoothly. A leisurely 10 minute stroll from my apartment to the bus stop to catch the 100E airport express which runs every 10 minutes in the daytime for the half hour journey.
No need to pre book or buy a ticket, just tap your contactless bank card and that’s it. Sit back and relax as your driver speeds his bendybus at breakneck speed through the suburbs and on to the Ferenc Liszt International Airport.
My Ryanair flight left on time and arrived into Naples 10 minutes early. Straight through the airport in 5 minutes, no passport or customs checks and just a 100m walk to the airport bus to the city centre. Again, just tap on and that’s it, the bus stops at the main railway dtation, where I got off and then carries on to the city centre a short distance away.
Now, I have been to Naples before, a few years ago and so was not shocked at how rundown the area around the station is. So if you go there, I have warned you!
So I picked my way past the literally hundreds of taxis beeping their horns at every moment, even if a pigeon flies in front of them it gets a dozen or more honks.
On past the cardboard city of homeless people, picking my way carefully through the potholes and missing cobbles and arriving 5 minutes later at the hotel Zara.
There was a 20 foot high sign on the wall with “hotel Zara” in neon but it did take me a few minutes to actually find it.
There it was, a small bell beside a large iron door. One press and the lock buzzed moments later and I swung open the door and stepped inside.
I was a bit taken aback by the scene which greeted me of dilapidated walls and floors like a scene from a disused building in a horror film.
Once I had checked in however I was relieved that the rooms were as good as the website photos.
The following morning I was back at the station but not at the main line Napoli Centrale but Napoli Garibaldi, which is below Centrale and operated by a different train company.
From here you can get to Mount Vesuvious, Pompei and Sorrento amongst many other places in this lovely part of Italy. Just over an hour later we pulled into the terminus station of Sorrento which I remembered well from my previous visit.
Walking from the station into town you may notice the cannabis shop.
Once you reach the main piazza there is some lovely architecture.
A little further on I stopped for lunch in this lovely little snack bar.
Sorrento town is on top of the cliffs and it is a fair climb down. Luckily there is a lift for 1 Euro if you don’t fancy the walk back up.
Down at the ferry port departures are for Capri, Sorrento, and Amalfi amongst other places.
So, after a great day I slowly walked to the station to catch the train back to Naples.
TTFN
Bibbley
Uncle Bob's Scenic Tours 
So exciting waiting for next part xx
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