Getting Around Sorrento
Sorrento is built on cliffs above the sea: the town and most addresses are on top, and the Marina Piccola port is below, with ferries and hydrofoils to Capri, about 20–30 minutes away. For a day on Capri, give Marina Piccola as the drop-off and the time of your boat.
Sorrento is also the terminus of the Circumvesuviana, the regional line from Naples. High-speed trains stop in Naples, 50 km away, and from there a car takes you to your hotel in one run. Add the train and its arrival time to the booking, and the car is scheduled for that arrival.
Evenings often go along the coast: Positano is 17 km away and Amalfi 31 km, both on the SS163, and Pompeii, 26 km inland, suits an afternoon. Booked by the hour, one chauffeur and one vehicle stay with you for the time you reserve.
From April to October the town centre is a limited-traffic zone (ZTL) with four electronic gates, one of them on Corso Italia. Send the full address with your booking; the confirmation then tells you where the car will stop.
Airport Transfers to Sorrento
Naples Airport is the nearest: 52 km on the A3 and then the SS145 along the peninsula, about 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 35 minutes. Salerno Costa d'Amalfi Airport is 74 km away, reached from the south on the same A3, about 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 40 minutes, so it suits you only if your flight lands there. Rome Fiumicino, 281 km, is the long option when your route runs through Rome.
The approach from either airport stays off the SS163 coast road. Journey times vary with traffic and weather.
For arrivals, your chauffeur checks the flight status and times the pickup to when you actually land, and your booking confirmation shows where to meet the chauffeur. For a departure from Sorrento, what counts is the length of the drive, not the time on the clock: 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 35 minutes to Naples Airport, 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 40 minutes to Salerno, longer in heavy traffic. You set the pickup time yourself, and the confirmation shows it.
Long-Distance & Multi-City Travel from Sorrento
A Sorrento holiday often has a second base. Positano is 17 km along the coast and Amalfi 31 km, so a change of hotel is a short transfer, with your luggage in the same car. Naples is 50 km away: for a few days in the city before the flight home, one booking takes you from the Sorrento hotel to the Naples one.
Rome is 261 km by the A3 and the A1. The Circumvesuviana ends in Naples, so going by rail means changing trains there; by car, the trip runs from your hotel in Sorrento to your address in Rome, or to Fiumicino, 281 km, without a change. The drive to Rome or to Fiumicino takes 3 hours 20 minutes to 4 hours 30 minutes, and to Naples 1 hour to 1 hour 20 minutes.
Inland, the Reggia di Caserta is 72 km from Sorrento by the SS145, the A3 and the A1, about 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 40 minutes. A day at the Reggia works as a Round-Trip booking: the car takes you there and back to Sorrento, with both times fixed when you reserve.
Groups, Luggage & Coast Road Travel in Sorrento
Sorrento is one of Italy's larger holiday bases: about 2.85 million overnight stays in 2024 placed it 19th among Italian comuni. When, for example, a group is split across several hotels in town, give each hotel address, and say how many suitcases, golf bags or pushchairs travel with it: the vehicle is matched to the load. A Sprinter van carries up to 12 people with their bags, and bigger groups go by coach, with up to 56 seats. If guests land on different flights, every arrival gets a transfer of its own.
From Naples, the road to Sorrento is the A3 and the SS145. Onward to Positano and Amalfi the route becomes the SS163, where vehicles over 10.36 m long are not allowed, so a group day on that side is booked with the vehicle and route confirmed for the date.
For a group, book the moment the dates are certain: local vehicles and drivers are booked up early. If your plans go beyond a standard booking, write to support with the dates, addresses, number of passengers, flights and luggage, and the team will arrange it.
