Capri Logistics FAQ

How to get to Capri by ferry and hydrofoil from Naples, Sorrento, and the Amalfi Coast

Capri Tourist info:
Marina Grande
Banchina del Porto (Ferry pier), Capri
tel. +39-081-837-0634
www.capritourism.com

Capri Town
Piazza Umberto I 1, Capri
tel. +39-081-837-0686

Main office:
Piazzetta Cerio 11, Capri
tel. +39-081-837-5308

Anacapri
Via G. Orlando 19a (just off Piazza Vittoria), Anacapri, Capri
tel. +39-081-837-1524
www.comunedianacapri.it/it/turismo

Other useful private sites
www.capri.it
www.capri.net

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   Get aroundCapri is an island, so the only way to get here is by boat—either a slow traghetto (ferry), a faster Nave Veloce, or the fastest aliscafo/Jet (hydrofoil).

The faster the boat, the higher the ticket price (ferries cost a bit more than half as much as hydrofoils).

The ride takes anywhere from 20 min to 1 hr. 15 min and and costs from €9 to €17—depending on the speed and the point of departure (details below).

A hydrofoil on the Bay of Naples
A hydrofoil on the Bay of Naples

There are several ferry companies and consortiums connecting Capri to Naples and Capri to Sorrento, as well as various other stops around the Naples Bay area (including, some summers, between Capri and Amalfi or Positano; check the resources below for timetables and prices—though I've found the most realiable service between Capri and Positano from www.lucibello.it): Useful Italian
ferry - traghetto
fast ferry - nave veloce
hydrofoil - aliscafo
ticket - biglietto
one way - solo andata
round-trip - andata e ritorno
timetable - orario
prices - tariffe
pier - molo
port - marina

Since you probably don't care which company you use (you just want a convenient departure time at the lowest ticket price), check many at once on the Capri tourism website (www.capritourism.com)—which conveniently lists all departures, in order, along with the companies and ticket prices for better comparison shopping.

How to get to Capri from Naples

Service is roughly hourly (though with several competing lines, you rarely have to wait more than 30 minutes for the next boat).

Lines that service this route: www.caremar.it, www.snav.it, www.navlib.it, www.consorziolmp.it.

Most boats leave from Naples' Beverello docks. To get there, first purchase a biglietto tram (tram ticket) from any newsstand in Naples Stazione Centrale train station, then exit the station, angle a bit left to cross the bus-choked Piazza Garibaldi out front to the far side where you'll find the stops for tram #1 and bus R2, either of which will get you to the Molo Beverello (ask the driver "Molo Beverello?" and he'll let you know when to get off; he's used to us tourists).

On the tram #1, it will swming alongside the port past many docks before arriving at Molo Beverello (which is located where the portside boulevard changes names from Via C. Colombo to Via Acton, right in front of the imposing Castel Nuovo castle). On the R2, get off in Piazza Municipio and walk around the Castel Nuovo to the docks.

Beware of pickpockets the entire way (in the station, in the piazza, on the tram, and even on the boat).

The slower traghetto and nave veloce ferries leave from the Calata Porta di Massa.

Hint: If you're just going to show up at the docks (rather than using the sites listed above to research it ahead of time), rather than visiting each ferry and hydrofoil company's dock office at Naples' Molo Beverello to find out which one has the next boat out, use the central clearing house. Just to the left of the driveway into the dock area is Ontano Tours (tel. +39-081-580-0340), a travel agency that will book you on the next ferry or hydrofoil out, tell you which lines it is, and sell you a voucher that you then carry to that line's dock office to trade in for a ticket—all at no extra cost.

How to get to Capri from Sorrento

Service is roughly hourly (though with several competing lines, you rarely have to wait more than 30 minutes for the next boat).

Lines that service this route: www.caremar.it, www.consorziolmp.it, www.alilauro.it.

All boats leave from the Marina Piccola below Sorrento (take minibus B of C from Piazza Tasso in the center of town.)

How to get to Capri from Amalfi

Service runs it the summer only.

Lines that service this route: www.consorziolmp.it.

How to get to Capri from Positano

Service runs in the summer only.

Lines that service this route: www.consorziolmp.it, www.lucibello.it.

How to get to Capri from Salerno

Service runs it the summer only.

Lines that service this route: www.consorziolmp.it.

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