How to get from Naples airport to Sorrento: the 3 best ways for all budgets [2026 Update]

How to get from Naples airport to Sorrento: our essential guide for travelers landing in Naples and looking for the best way to reach their Sorrento accommodation, no matter their budget and travel style.

Naples airport is one on the biggest and most popular arrival airports for visitors heading to Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast area.

The airport is close enough to Sorrento to be an excellent option. However, the distance between Capodchino and Sorrento is significant enough to require some planning, especially if you are traveling with kids, you are arriving late at night, have a lot of luggage or similar.

But I can help!

In this article, I share the best ways to get from Naples airport to Sorrento and the different transport options available for all types of budgets and travel styles!

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How to get from Naples airport to Sorrento TL;DR

There are 5 main ways to get from Naples airport to Sorrento, but only 2 I recommend as top choice: By private car with driver / Taxi (private or shared) or by bus.

Mean of Transport with link	Budget	Best for
Private Car with driver / Taxi	High	Comfort
Shared Mini Van Transfer service	Medium	Value for money
Bus	Low	Budget

Getting to Sorrento by car with driver

If budget allows, booking car service to Sorrento is by far the easiest and most comfortable way to get there.

By booking car service, you have a driver waiting for you at the airport, you have a pre-arranged and prepaid fare for it (so you don’t need to worry about scams, negotiating prices, etc) and you don’t have to deal with driving in this area, which is notoriously chaotic and stressful.

In other destinations in Italy I often recommend alternative means of transport or even standard taxis but here, in my experience private car service is the best way to get a stress free arrival.

My company of choices here are Welcome Pickups, which I use extensively and find excellent especially if you have kids: they track your arrival time (not just the estimated one, the real one) and they have car seats for kids, which is not common.

Another excellent company is also this one ‘See Amalfi Coast’ which also has nice cars and pleasant driver who speak English. A great alternative if you don’t need special car seat arrangements.

Getting to Sorrento by bus

At the other end of the spectrum, I also recommend getting the bus. This is a budget-friendly and easy option, perfect if car service is not within your travel style.

The bus leaves from a parking spot right outside the arrival terminal and it is easy to spot. The journey takes about 75 minutes along a rather scenic and not too bendy road (it is not the scenic Amalfi Coast one, that’s on the other side of the promontory). There best company I know offering this service is this one

Other ways of getting from Naples airport to Sorrento

The solutions above are those I recommend first, but there are other ways to reach Sorrento from Naples airport, should they fit your wider plans better.

Going from Naples Airport to Sorrento by car rental

If you prefer to have your own car, you can easily rent a car from Naples Airport and drive to Sorrento.

The car rental offices are immediately outside the arrivals terminal, to your right: the offices are all one beside the other and you can choose between Avis, Hertz and Maggiore.

I highly recommend you book a car in advance but expect queueing nonetheless, my experience here has been less than smooth even in low season.

Get your ticket number at the machine near the door to get a place in line and wait in the bar beside the offices if it looks like it may take a while. It has a nice patio that makes the wait less annoying. Naples airport ha a few car rental providers and I recommend you always compare options via Discover Cars, to see reviews, prices, cars available etc.

Need to know: driving in this area is not easy. When you hear stories about ‘crazy driving’, ‘lawless driving’ and ‘road signs being just a suggestion’… these stories usually come from here. While these stories are usually excessive in the way the depict reality, and make for great ‘travel comedy’, I strongly recommend against driving here if you are not used to this type of traffic or are jet lagged. I am from Rome so I know Italian traffic well and I don’t like driving here! If this is your first driving trip in the area, I recommend you read our tips for driving in Italy first. I also recommend to arrange parking in Sorrento in advance – ask your hotel what they can offer, some have parking lots and I would recommend to select one that does, if driving.

Getting from Naples Airport to Sorrento by bus + ferry

A nice way to reach Sorrento from Naples is from the water, by taking the direct ferry connecting the two, and now there is an easy bus option connecting the airport to the port that makes this option easy.

I do not particularly see the reason to opt for this choice, considering the ones above, but since it exists, I wanted to cover it! If you opt for this one, you get a bus to Porto di Napoli / Napoli Maritime station and then ferry to Sorrento port. This can be possibly of interest if you are reasons to pass by the port, for instance to meet friends arriving to Naples by cruise or similar.

Naples ferry port, people getting on the ferry

Getting from Naples Airport to Sorrento by bus + train

if for whatever reason you need to pass by Naples station, it is also possible to stop here en route to Sorrento.

There is no direct train from Naples Capodichino airport to Sorrento however, there are good connections between the airport and Naples train station and trains from Naples to Sorrento that you can avail of.

The first leg of your journey will be to get from the airport to Napoli Centrale. You can do this by catching Alibus, the shuttle service between Capodichino and Naples. One Alibus ticket costs 4 Euro and the trip takes about 15-20 mins. You can find the official schedule here.

Once you are in Napoli centrale train station, you can catch the trains.

There are two types of trains going from Naples to Sorrento: Circumvesuviana and Campania Express.

The Circumvesuviana is the local commuter train and it is the cheapest and more ‘adventurous’ option. Unlike the fabulous high speed trains of Italy, Circumvesuviana is an old fleet of trains, more reminiscent of a bad inner city subway experience than a modern train journey: the train has no air conditioning, no assigned seating, it can get super crowded and has historically been breeding ground for pickpockets. Of course, it is not always like this and I don’t want to paint a picture that scares you to the point of not taking it: I just know the effect that this train can have on newcomers to Italy, especially if at their first experience abroad and jet legged and I believe you are better off with a different solution! if you are looking for best ways to get from Naples airport to Sorrento, this is not one of the ‘best’, but definitely a valid one, if budget is at the essence.

The other option is to get a train called Campania Express.

This is a tourist train from Naples to Sorrento and takes away some of the stress connected to train travel in this area.

The cost of the ticket is double that of the local train, about 8 Euro at the time of writing, but comfort is higher too and can be worth it.

The trains have pre-booked seating (if you buy the tickets online), air conditioning, space to store baggage and the platform has Campania Express staff who can show you where to go. It is by no means a luxury ride and it only has a handful of rides per day, but if you need to get to Sorrento by train, it is the better option of the two.

The biggest advantage of all however is that the train does fewer stops than the Circumvesuviana. This means that the journey is faster, even if on the very same line, and you also have less coming and going in and out of the train, which I believe makes the experience more pleasant.

I hope you found this quick overview of how to get from Naples Airport to Sorrento useful. Safe travel planning!