It's been a loooong time since I was on the Amalfi Coast, so looking for your thoughts....
(November trip so hopefully lighter crowds)
Pompeii for a full day (or 2)
Blue Grotto bucket list
Trip to Capua to see the Amphitheater
Option 1: Stay in Sorrento for the Pompeii/Capua days, then overnight on Capri for a night or 2
Option 2: Stay in Sorrento the whole time (I believe they do have a ferry to Capri in November)"
In November there are Monday and Saturday ferries from Sorrento to Capri.
Where are you going after these days?
I would stay in Sorrento the whole time
Since the Blue Grotto is frequently "cancelled" because of rough water, I would expect that November is a month of more cancellations. We skipped the Blue Grotto. Have you checked daily average temperatures for November? Presumably some hotels are closed in November, I would think especially on Capri.
Have you been to the other four ancient sites, as well as Pompeii? Not saying you must do this, but you mention two days at Pompeii.
There is no doubt Sorrento has the best transit connections, and it is closer to Capri than Naples or Salerno. But you should check frequency of ferries from Naples, a big city. November reduces the number of ferries everywhere.
Because people live on the island of Capri, it has ferry service between Sorrento year-round, and every day that sea and wind conditions allow. Yes, they can cancel if the crossing isn't safe.
https://www.sorrentoinsider.com/en/t/sorrento/capri
Tim brought up an important point about the Blue Grotto: the same ferry cancellations for weather apply, and more frequently as this activity involves very small boats (rowboats) that have to enter a very narrow space. In fact, it's currently closed to weather conditions as I'm typing this. So, it's not 100% that you'll be able to cross it off your bucket list if conditions aren't favorable. We skipped it too, were never sorry, and had fun just hoofing around and exploring the island.
To answer a few questions;
This will be after a couple of weeks on Sicily, where we will see Segesta, the Valley of the Temples and Casale. We've seen the Rome Colosseum as well as some of the Roman sites over on Croatia
We will spend a day, maybe part of a 2nd at Pompeii -or- maybe we spend that day heading to Capua
The various competing ferry sites do create some confusion, so thanks.
We will be heading over from Sicily the middle of November
Transit home will either be from Naples or Rome. We're still searching for deals.
If the Blue Grotto in Capri doesn’t work out, don’t despair.
We have been “collecting” blue caves and found three that are bucket-list worthy. I suspect there are even more. We found a spectacular blue grotto in Malta, and stunning blue caves in Bisevo, Croatia (off the coast of the island of Vis) and Kastellorizo, Greece, a tiny island south of Rhodes.
All of these are best seen on a sunny day and none will have the crowds of Capri. We had the Kastellorizo cave to ourselves, just us and the boat captain.
Was there in November 2024. Weather was fabulous. Stayed at Hotel Fortuna, Amalfi, great location. In front of the bus "depot" so could travel west to Portofino and east to Ravello, etc.
Blue Grotto closes Oct 31. Ferries run frequently. All ferry ticket offices were open in November in Amalfi.
Stayed in Naples to go to Pompeii, very easy. Went to Capua, very easy as that is where my grandmother was from. Theatre not open except in summer.
Blue Grotto closes Oct 31.
Hmmm. According to the Capri.com website, the grotto is open (weather permitting) from 9.00 am to 2.00 pm (last entrance at 1:30) November to March. See my link above?
I was there Nov 4-8, 2024 and at that time while I was there information about the BG indicated it was closed. The ferry still ran but BG was closed. I googled BG just now and it does say open all year but can close Nov to March and maybe since I was there just as the summer season ended, they were closed. Very best thing is to check before you go for being opened and then for the weather closer to the day. On my grave will be She double checked, double checked, double checked?
On my grave will be She double checked, double checked, double
checked?
LOL!!! I thought I'd claimed that one for MY tombstone!!! :O)
