Travel to Napoli with a car
We have been spent our holiday in South Italy and were thinking to see Naples inside (as our hotel was about 1 hour away). When we arrived we have rented a car because without it is kind of impossible in here (of course there are buses, trains). I spent hours to plan our route to Naples town centre without touching the ZTL zones and somehow every routes included a small piece of this zone. So we decided to go and see the Zoo in Naples instead (the Zoo is very nice, clean and have lot of animal. Also for 2 adults and 1 child cost €40). In the Zoo we dreamed about the town centre and started thinking, what about if we leave the car at Zoo’s carpark and go in to Naples with metro. We asked the Zoo staff if we can leave the car in here and they said yes just make sure we will be back before midnight as because the guys in the car park going home around 12:30am. This was a very good news because the car park for the whole day only costs €3. So we checked where the metro station is and walked up there. Don’t do this!! The station is under construction and totally close. Apparently there are replacement buses from somewhere but we didn’t want to take the risk to jump on a wrong bus and getting lost in Naples. Started walking back to the car and noted this isn’t our day to go into the town centre. But at this point we noticed a small train station called Edenlandia and we found out the train is going up to Montesanto station which is about 5-10 mins walk away from the famous historic streets in Naples. From the machine we bought the one way EVA urban tickets (€1.50/pp) and waited for the train which is departing from platform 1 and Montesanto station is only 4 stops away. We got in to the station in about 15 mins with this train and realised it was absolutely worth it. The street food, ice creams, lemonades and all the shops and the feeling was unreal. On the way back from Montesanto station again we bought the same tickets however from the ticket office because the ticket machine was out of orde. The train departed from the upstairs so just follow the signs to Cumana and then platform 1 or 2. Also you need the train which goes towards to Torregaveta and again 4 stops away the Edenlandia station which is the destination back to the Zoo. Maybe we would’ve had other options or carparks in the centre which is not in the ZTL but this was the most stress free and also the cheapest way to see the Naples vibe. Hope this will help you too to make your Naples trip easier