Southern Italy
Alberobello by Train & Bus from Bari: A Day Trip to Puglia's Trulli Town
Alberobello is one of the most distinctive townscapes in Europe - over 1,500 conical-roofed trulli crowding a Puglian hillside, UNESCO-listed since 1996. The bus from Bari gets you there in an hour and fifteen minutes. No hire car needed.
Southern Italy
Matera Without a Car: How to Get There by Train and Bus
Matera is one of the most extraordinary places in Italy - cave dwellings carved from limestone, an underground cistern the size of a cathedral, and a suspension bridge across a ravine. And entirely reachable without a hire car.
Southern Italy
Naples by Train: The Complete City Guide
Naples has one of the finest collections of Roman antiquities in the world, a street plan that has barely changed in 2,500 years, and pizza that needs no introduction. The most misunderstood city in Italy - and one of the most rewarding.
Southern Italy
Day Trips from Naples by Train: The Complete Guide
Buried Roman cities, an active volcano, islands and Greek temples - no other Italian city offers this density of extraordinary places within reach of public transport. Every major day trip from Naples, covered in one guide.
Southern Italy
Sorrento by Train from Naples: The Complete Day Trip Guide
Sorrento is just over an hour from Naples on the Circumvesuviana - clifftop gardens above the Bay of Naples, lemon groves, and a port that serves as the gateway to Capri and the Amalfi Coast. All without a hire car.
Southern Italy
Ischia by Ferry from Naples: The Complete Guide to Getting There and Getting Around
Ischia is larger, greener and more varied than Capri — a volcanic island with thermal pools, vineyards, a medieval castle on a rock and beaches only reachable by boat. A ferry from Naples gets you there in around an hour, and a bus network connects everything without a hire car.