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Rates per
vehicle for this excursion:
sedan (1/4 persons) 580 €;
minivan (4 persons) 635 €;
minivan (5/7 persons) 695 €.
minivan (5/7 persons) 730 €. |
Driving times:
Naples to Pompeii: 20'
Pompeii to Sorrento :
30'
Sorrento to Capri: 20'
Capri to Naples:
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The rates include:
4/5 hours of touring in the requested vehicle
conducted by experienced driving guide and 4 hours of touring with a
taxi in Capri. Ferry tickets and Pompeii guide are not included.
Also
included:
VAT (value added tax 10%), 9 hours of touring in the requested vehicle
conducted by experienced driving guide.
Each additional hour will be charged 1/9 of the total of the tour's
rate.
Rates do
not include:
Entrance fees, meals, drinks, personal purchases or anything not
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For this tour you'll be using
a driving guide on the mainland (one of my collaborators) and a very special taxi on the Isle
of Capri.
I DON'T
CONDUCT THIS TOUR PERSONALLY.
The driving guide will meet
you at the port of Naples, take you to Pompeii and wait outside
while you tour the excavations. Later he'll drive you to Sorrento.
He will finish with you at the port of Sorrento and will call the
taxi driver in Capri from his cell phone to let him know exactly at
what time you'll be arriving there.
The taxi driver in Capri will
take you all over the island and finally help you to board the ferry
back to Naples. |
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You meet your DG
at the port at 8:00 or 8:30 a.m. and drive to Pompeii. You can stop on the way for a typical
Neapolitan breakfast. Taste the famous Neapolitan coffee and "Sfogliatella" pastry.
You can also visit one of the factories
where experienced craftsmen manufacture the world known cameos.
Cameos are miniature bas-reliefs that ancient Roman ladies wore as
jewels and which have been found in good quantities in the
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Simply made from seashells, the value is
determined by the quality of the art rather than that of the
gold or silver of the frame. After this short
brake you'll get back on the motorway and drive on it for another 15
minutes to reach the Pompeii. Pompeii was a city of 30,000 souls
when the famous eruption destroyed it and therefore the excavation area is
really vast. Just to see the highlights you need to spend 2 hours
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Driving guides
are nor permitted to conduct guided tours of Pompeii and I recommend
you hire a local guide to visit the place.
They charge about 100 Euros for
the tour, but they are worth it.
The alternative is to hire an audio guide. |
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After touring Pompeii you'll begin to drive along the coast of the
Penisola Sorrentina (Peninsula of Sorrento), making frequent stops
to admire breathtaking panoramas. Spectacular overhanging cliffs,
the isle of Capri, the city of Naples and the Mount Vesuvius will
inspire you to take incredible pictures! Finally you reach Sorrento
and spend some time there. Sorrento is at the tip of the homonymous
peninsula, built on overhanging cliffs. Time can be spent wandering
around its colorful streets full of shops selling the typical
products: inlaid wooden furniture, embroidery, ceramics and, of
course, the famous "Limoncello" liqueur, |
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Your driving guide will then take you to the port of Sorrento and
help you to buy the tickets to board the ferry (hydrofoil) to Capri.
Depending on how the days goes you can have your lunch on the
mainland before boarding the hydrofoil of on the Isle of Capri once
you reach it. This has to do with the hydrofoil's schedule which
changes during the season (they run more often in the height of the
season) and, of course, traffic. Once in Capri you'll find Paolo
(the taxi driver in Capri) ready to show you his beautiful island.
There is no limo service and no driving guides in Capri that's why
you'll have to use a taxi. Taxi drivers in Capri use special
stretched convertible Fiat's, which can take up to 7 passengers. |
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Paolo is the only taxi driver who proudly drives the original
1960 convertible his father drove!. It's really cute, and much
better suits the "Dolce Vita" atmosphere of the island than the
newer cars do. Paolo speaks good English, is nice and courteous and
of course knows the place inch by inch. He'll show you the island
from his car dropping you off at different places to let you walk
around and will pick you up again at the time you'll set to drive
you to the next place. The "Blue Grotto" is considered the highlight
of Capri and normally tourists are routed to the big boats which go
to the Grotto from the Marina Grande. |
It will be easy
to spot Paolo's car once in Capri, it really stands out! But if you
don't see him please wait for him at the marina in front of
"Yolanda's Bar".
You'll have to
ask where Yolanda's bar is when you get to Capri because the name is
not posted outside. |
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Once there they have to wait to get on smaller boats that fit its
entrance, then after the visit they are brought back to the bigger
boat and they'll have to wait everybody else to get back on it
before they start heading back for the port. This can take hours.
Going there by car is a much better alternative. Most people don't
know that you can drive to the Grotto and get tricked to go on the
big boat, this way you can visit the grotto in 1hr rather than 2-3
without waiting a long time. Once you are done with the grotto, you
will be taken to Anacapri and to the Town of Capri itself. Paolo
will stop here and there to let you to admire panoramas and take
pictures. |
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Time permitting you'll also be taken to the less touristy area of
Capri, Marina Piccola. When the time will come Paolo will help you
get back on the hydrofoil to Naples.
Return to the ship on tour own by hydrofoil at about 5:30 p.m. |
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