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These are two places that are very easy to reach by train, is there a reason you want to drive? Lucca is pretty easy, you can't drive inside the walls but there is generally parking available just outside them. Pisa has ZTLs, so do familiarize yourself with them before driving, and be sure to have an IDP (International Driving Permit) for all drivers.

Any of the recommended private tour companies should be able to arrange this for them. If they (or you in their stead) join the role call for their sailing and find another couple or two to join them they can dramatically reduce the cost, but even if they don't, the relatively small increase in cost-per-person for a private tour might be worth it to them to avoid the bus and group experience. Mornings at the Vatican museums are much worse than afternoons, so I would suggest they lay out their day with the Vatican at the end of the day.

Here is the Lucca tourism web site, maybe it will give you some ideas: Home Page | Turismo Lucca If you're up for it, renting a bike to ride atop the city walls is a lot of fun.

Pisa and Lucca are very easy to reach by train from Livorno. Florence is also straightforward, though it takes longer. If you and your travel partner don't have a strong desire to go to Florence, Lucca, or a combination of Pisa and Lucca, is a great option.

Civitavecchia Porto as the destination should return the list of trains plus the bus from the train station to the port. As noted above, just use Civitavecchia and you'll see the trains.

The port calendar is showing three ships in port that day: CELEBRITY CONSTELLATION 8:00 -18:00 (2,170 passengers) CELEBRITY EQUINOX 7:00 - 18:00 (2,850 passengers) OASIS OTS 7:00 - 20:00 (5,606 passengers) Generally it isn't necessary to purchase ferry tickets in advance but with that many people all arriving within a hour of one another, I would get them ahead. If possible I'd wait and buy only a few days in advance if you'll have internet access, because your money is pretty much sunk if it's pouring down rain and you decide not to go. You can purchase directly from the ferry companies to avoid excess fees: Snav: Naples - Capri | Snav NLG: NLG » Official website You can purchase your return from a different company if the timing works better for you, there is no financial benefit to purchasing both from one company. They don't offer round trip tickets, just two one ways (andata e ritorno). The fact that OAS leaves so much later takes some of the pressure off the return but I still wouldn't risk it; if you don't purchase ahead of time on line go directly to the ticket office when you arrive on Capri and buy your return then.

One other thought about the bus option, if you decide to go this way do make a reservation. If there is track work impeding the trains, the bus will sell out.

Track maintenance isn't common, it happens, but not something you run into regularly. However, if it happens while you're there and need to get someplace, it might as well happen every day. At any rate, almost every train between Rome and Assisi is a regional, so there's no need and no purpose in buying in advance. The train cannot sell out, you can't get a reserved seat, and the price never changes as it does with the seat assigned trains. You also have the option of a bus, from the Tiburtina station. It takes only a little longer than the train and it leaves you in town (Piazza S. Pietro) while the train station is down in the valley, about two and a half miles away. Corse (sotrap.it)

I don't know about day passes, but here's one that's within a half hour drive of the port: Addaura Village | Congress Center Palermo I don't know about day rates, but it's fairly inexpensive to book a room for the night, you just won't stay for the night. This way you'd have a private bathroom to shower and dress before heading back to the ship.

That's a relatively short port day, a rental car would be very expensive and parking will be difficult to find in many places on the island (near beaches, for example). If you're interested in a beach day I would consider simply getting a cab at the port and arranging with the driver to come back and get you for the ride back to the ship. I would also consider making a reservation at a beach club so you don't get shut out. If you find you can stand just a little more history I would strongly consider a tour to see the nuraghi, something you can't see anywhere else in the world: Su Nuraxi di Barumini - UNESCO World Heritage Centre

You're looking way too far in advance. There is always a schedule change every June, high speed trains will be loaded into the system first, followed later by regionals. The changes are usually quite minimal, so you look at the schedule for next Tuesday you can be confident that the final schedule won't be dramatically different. If you plan to use a regional train there is no need to purchase these tickets in advance. If you'll be using a seat assigned train (IC or Frecce) you can save money (sometimes quite a lot) by purchasing in advance. Do note that if you use a regional train from Termini to Civitavecchia they use the Lazio regional tracks, which are located three blocks from the main track head at Termini.

Per community guidelines, all tour share requests must be posted on the roll call for your sailing.

Regardless of the provider, I think that Sorrento, Positano and Pompei in one day is too much for most adults, not to mention a toddler. Pompei would be a waste of time for a young child, you would have to carry them pretty much the entire time as it would be unsafe for them to try and walk. You could easily take a ferry from the cruise port in Naples directly to Sorrento on your own. If you decide you'd also like to see Positano you can get there by ferry, then return to Sorrento and on to Naples by ferry as well.

Sorry, I don't know of any audio tours, @cruisemom42 might.

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.

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.

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

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.)

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.

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.

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.

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.

Here are a couple to try: About - LivornoNcc NOLEGGIO CON CONDUCENTE PISA (autonoleggipisa.it)

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.

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.