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  1. Once you're off the ship it's a very short walk, the time limitation is how long it takes for Carnival to let you off.
  2. It's a lovely walk from the museum back to the port, gently downhill. You could walk straight down Via Toledo to Piazza Trieste e Trento, turn left to Castel Nuovo and take the tunnel right to the port. You could also walk right through the historic center, a little less in a straight line, but that would let you experience Spaccanapoli, perhaps walk down Via S. Gregorio Armeno, the street with all the presepi (nativity scene) shops. If there's time, you could stop at the cloisters of Santa Chiara, an oasis of calm in the middle of the city.
  3. Okay. First, it's not necessary to buy tickets in advance for Herculaneum. You can, if you want to, but there's no need to. If it's pouring down rain on the one day you're in Naples, would you still go to Herculaneum? If yes, then there's no loss if you bought the tickets in advance, but if like (I suspect) most of us, that's not where you're going to be in a thunderstorm. You could also buy the museum ticket in advance but, again, there's no need to. Now, for the alternate route back to Naples. It makes sense to take the Circumvesuviana to get to Ercolano Scavi and it's a slightly downhill walk from the station to the ticket office of the ruins of 850 meters/one-half mile in an almost straight line. To make a google map, use the following coordinates to locate the ticket office: 40.804665924114644, 14.347354718491795 and use 40.80889357432879, 14.354984190915653 for the Circumvesuviana Ercolano Scavi station. You could easily reverse your trip and take the Circumvesuviana to Piazza Garibadi, and change there to the metro. The alternative is a longer, though gently downhill, walk to the Trenitalia Portici-Ercolano station. Starting from the ticket office (see coordinates above) to this station (40.80994084667233, 14.336104036437755) is 1.7 km/one mile on foot by the shortest route. Twice as long, but still not very far and it avoids the change of trains. Personally, I'd make the walk a little bit longer by taking main roads rather than the shortest route ("walk" the short route on google maps, the streets immediately after the ruins are kinda sketchy - they look on google as bad as they do in person). I would walk as though I was heading back to the Circumvesuviana but turn left on Corso Resina and stay on this until SS18 and turn left here. You can force a google map to do this by simply adding Corso Resina as in interim stop. This route is 1.2 miles on foot. Honestly, it's a lot easier than my explanation makes it appear. If you're at Herculaneum when it opens you'll be ready to leave by noon, or earlier. You could easily make the 12:42 train that puts you at Cavour, steps from the museum, at 13:09 (1:09 PM). EN - Trenitalia
  4. The route would be Metro #1 from Municipio/Porto to Garibaldi (Napoli Centrale). Change here to the Circumvesuviana train (follow signs downstairs to the Circumvesuviana Garibaldi station). You DO NOT want the train to Sorrento, it no longer stops at Ercolano except morning and evening rush hours. Take a train going to Torre Annunziata/Poggiomario, schedule here: ORARI NAPOLI -TORRE ANNUNZIATA - POGGIOMARINO_13 settembre 2023_5.pdf (eavsrl.it) The NA2 Integrato ticket (3,10 euro) would cover both segments of this trip, if you can get it at the metro station. I'm not sure if you can, but it's the one to aim for. If you find it, buy two so you'll have one for the return. If you can't get it you'll need the local Naples ticket (UnicoNapoli Aziendale, 1,30 euro) for the metro and then the NA2 Aziendale (2,60 euro) for the Circumvesuviana to Ercolano. For the return again board the line #1 metro and stay on until Museo. The same tickets apply regardless of whether you get off at the port (Municipio/Porto) or the museum (Museo). Another option for the return that avoids the change at Napoli Centrale requires a slightly longer walk in Ercolano (but it's downhill, rather than uphill to the Circumvesuviana station) from the ruins to the Portici-Ercolano Trenitalia station, where you'd get the regional train (two per hour in the middle of the day) and stay on it to Napoli Piazza Cavour. This station is linked to the Museo station by an underground passageway, or you can walk outside. The same ticket would apply to either return option. (I have a class to get to, I'll come back and answer the rest of your question later.)
  5. Generally you will get faster responses by posting on the cruise line board rather than here, even though this is the location. Not as many folks who use cruise excursions hang out here.
  6. It's not hard to get a driver to give you additional time. I would go into the negotiation with a number firmly in mind, then you can decide if what he asks seems reasonable to you.
  7. I don't know that I've ever read about anyone here using the Sit bus. As you say, it's kind of late and takes a while, plus it costs three times as much as the train, but it's always good to have a backup plan in your back pocket. There's also the public Cotral bus to the Rome Cornelia metro station, but it takes a really long time. It's really only a "there's no other choice" option.
  8. Rome2Rio is only a good start, it's riddled with misinformation and it is incomplete, so you're only ever getting part of the story. Always double check anything you learn from that site. Also, adding to my first post about the bus, you could take the bus to get to Pompei and a train (either the Circumvesuviana or Trenitalia) to get back to Naples if you like. The same ticket that works on the bus will also be good on either train.
  9. Here are a couple to try: About - LivornoNcc NOLEGGIO CON CONDUCENTE PISA (autonoleggipisa.it)
  10. I would ask two or three different companies for quotes. If all you want is transportation, there's no need to pay extra for a "tour" service, with an English speaker driver providing entertainment en route.
  11. It's almost always less expensive to use a pre-arranged car service for an out of town trip rather than a taxi. The inverse is also true, it's always more expensive to use a car service for a local trip vs. a taxi.
  12. No, I haven't personally used them but they are transfer companies more so than the tour companies that market to cruisers.
  13. I can explain how to take the local train (the Circumvesuviana) but first I have a suggestion - use the public bus. The bus is easier to get to from the port (about a third of a mile, on foot, inside the port area), this depot is the start of the line, so no standing on the street looking for the bus, and there is a ticket office at the depot. You can purchase both your outbound and return tickets (andata e ritorno) there in the morning. Also, with the bus you are pretty much guaranteed a seat (because most cruisers don't know about this option) and the AC works. Neither is true with the Circumvesuviana train. Once at Pompei it's a short walk (two-tenths of a mile) from the bus stop to the main entrance of the ruins. There is a bus from the depot, called Varco Immacolatella, at 8:00 that arrives to Pompei at 8:35. What time are you meeting your guide?
  14. Here are some to try. Naples NCC - Rental with driver, Transfer, Tourist Services, VIP Transfer (napolincc.com) Noleggio con conducente Napoli: NCC Napoli Ncc Napoli - Noleggio con Conducente For those without English language pages you can use google translate to understand. You may find better rates if you don't require an English speaking driver.
  15. As far as I know, the e-mail or fax (if that's even still active) is the only way to contact them. They respond on their timetable and they don't make reservations very far in advance. If you're asking for a slot many months from now, that would explain why you haven't had a response. If you're looking for an earlier date, check your spam folder.
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