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Driving From Rome to Amalfi
My wife and I will be driving from Rome to Amalfi in July. Curious as
to how easy it is to make this drive and also the time involved. We will be renting a car at the Rome airport. Thanks for any input! |
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Driving From Rome to Amalfi
"Tom" wrote in message ... My wife and I will be driving from Rome to Amalfi in July. Curious as to how easy it is to make this drive and also the time involved. We will be renting a car at the Rome airport. Thanks for any input! According to one of the online route-planners, about a 3-hour drive. And from memory, mostly motorway, with some windy bits towards the end. -- Bartc |
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Driving From Rome to Amalfi
"Tom" wrote in message ... My wife and I will be driving from Rome to Amalfi in July. Curious as to how easy it is to make this drive and also the time involved. We will be renting a car at the Rome airport. Thanks for any input! Over three hours if through Salerno.....closer to 4 if through Positano. Challenging drive on the Positano route. I recommend not listening to the radio and listening for larger, oncoming vehicles sounding there horns as they come around the hair pins. Great area. s |
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Driving From Rome to Amalfi
Steve Cain wrote:
"Tom" wrote in message ... My wife and I will be driving from Rome to Amalfi in July. Curious as to how easy it is to make this drive and also the time involved. We will be renting a car at the Rome airport. Thanks for any input! Over three hours if through Salerno.....closer to 4 if through Positano. Challenging drive on the Positano route. Driving the Sorrento side of the bay and then to Positano takes eternities, even if it's very scenic, the traffic is gruesome. I recommend not listening to the radio and listening for larger, oncoming vehicles sounding there horns as they come around the hair pins. Great area. s And the challenge is to find somewhere to park the car when you get to Amalfi. |
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Driving From Rome to Amalfi
On Thu, 20 May 2010 00:45:28 +0200, Tom P wrote:
Steve Cain wrote: "Tom" wrote in message ... My wife and I will be driving from Rome to Amalfi in July. Curious as to how easy it is to make this drive and also the time involved. We will be renting a car at the Rome airport. Thanks for any input! Over three hours if through Salerno.....closer to 4 if through Positano. Challenging drive on the Positano route. Driving the Sorrento side of the bay and then to Positano takes eternities, even if it's very scenic, the traffic is gruesome. And another problem is that it's not very scenic for the driver, who needs to devote his attention to the road--its twists and its traffic. And the challenge is to find somewhere to park the car when you get to Amalfi. Yes. I highly recommend taking public transportation there instead of renting a car and driving: train from Rome to Naples, circumvesuviana train from Naples to Sorrento, then bus from Sorrento to Amalfi. The bus lets you see the scenery. -- Ken Blake Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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Driving From Rome to Amalfi
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My wife and I will be driving from Rome to Amalfi in July. Curious as to how easy it is to make this drive and also the time involved. We will be renting a car at the Rome airport. Thanks for any input! Driving is doable, and the road along the Amalfi coast is a great drive if you have a small, nimble car and a lot of nerve. Take the A1 Autostrada from Rome South to the A3, and exit the A3 at Castellammare di Stabia and get on SP145 and follow via Sorrentina along the coast. Stick to the coast for the scenic route to Amalfi. It might be easier to take a train to Naples and rent a car there, or you can take a train or ferry to Sorrento from Naples and hire a car there. The road to Amalfi is both spectacular and scary if you're new to driving in Italy. It's full of steep climbs, sheer dropoffs, hairpin turns and tour buses (giant tour buses). The driver will be far to busy to enjoy the scenery. Alternatives to driving are to hire a car and driver, or just take a local bus, which you can exit and reenter at any regular stop. From Rome to Sorrento is about a 3hr drive. Sorrento to Amalfi will add another hour at least, and possibly several hours if the road is full of tourists. The A1 is a toll road. Here is a map of the Autostrada system. http://goitaly.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi...strada-map.htm Have a great trip. Keith --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- |
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Driving From Rome to Amalfi
On May 19, 6:27*pm, "K" wrote:
Tom wrote: My wife and I will be driving from Rome to Amalfi in July. *Curious as to how easy it is to make this drive and also the time involved. *We will be renting a car at the Rome airport. *Thanks for any input! Driving is doable, and the road along the Amalfi coast is a great drive if you have a small, nimble car and a lot of nerve. Take the A1 Autostrada from Rome South to the A3, and exit the A3 at Castellammare di Stabia and get on SP145 and follow via Sorrentina along the coast. *Stick to the coast for the scenic route to Amalfi. It might be easier to take a train to Naples and rent a car there, or you can take a train or ferry to Sorrento from Naples and hire a car there. *The road to Amalfi is both spectacular and scary if you're new to driving in Italy. *It's full of steep climbs, sheer dropoffs, hairpin turns and tour buses (giant tour buses). The driver will be far to busy to enjoy the scenery. *Alternatives to driving are to hire a car and driver, or just take a local bus, which you can exit and reenter at any regular stop. From Rome to Sorrento is about a 3hr drive. *Sorrento to Amalfi will add another hour at least, and possibly several hours if the road is full of tourists. *The A1 is a toll road. *Here is a map of the Autostrada system.http://goitaly.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi...taly&cdn=trave... Have a great trip. Keith --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- Thanks for the information. We are staying at a nice hotel just on the edge of Amalfi, so parking will be available. |
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Driving From Rome to Amalfi
"K" wrote in message ... Tom wrote: My wife and I will be driving from Rome to Amalfi in July. Curious as to how easy it is to make this drive and also the time involved. We will be renting a car at the Rome airport. Thanks for any input! Driving is doable, and the road along the Amalfi coast is a great drive if you have a small, nimble car and a lot of nerve. Why do you need a lot of nerve? You just have to drive at a sensible speed. If there really were any risk of you falling over the cliff, the road would be closed by now tim |
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Driving From Rome to Amalfi
On 20/05/10 13:13, tim.... wrote:
"K" wrote in message ... Tom wrote: My wife and I will be driving from Rome to Amalfi in July. Curious as to how easy it is to make this drive and also the time involved. We will be renting a car at the Rome airport. Thanks for any input! Driving via the coast road rather than via autostrada is a more interesting drive, unless you are in a hurry. Driving is doable, and the road along the Amalfi coast is a great drive if you have a small, nimble car and a lot of nerve. Why do you need a lot of nerve? You just have to drive at a sensible speed. Everybody has to drive at a sensible speed. IME they don't. If there really were any risk of you falling over the cliff, the road would be closed by now Yeah, right. tim |
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Driving From Rome to Amalfi
On Wed, 19 May 2010 07:59:32 -0700 (PDT), Tom
wrote: My wife and I will be driving from Rome to Amalfi in July. Curious as to how easy it is to make this drive and also the time involved. We will be renting a car at the Rome airport. no great problems except Italian drivers, who tailgate a lot. Americans often find the Amalfi coast road challenging, I think because its moderately narrow and winding. -- Mike Flying a couple London/New York just once equals a whole years driving in a medium car in carbon terms. |
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