Buongiorno a tutti! I am travelling to Italy in May for the 6th time and will be arriving at FCO airport at 9:35am from Canada with my husband. We are staying in Naples that night.
Does anyone have any positive experiences with a private car/airport shuttle company that they would recommend? I am not interested in taking the train for this specific voyage as I have a hard time sleeping on planes, so I know I will be exhausted and jet-lagged on the day of arrival. I don't want to worry about having to be super alert with my luggage and navigating through Termini and Napoli Centrale when I'm completely exhausted. (Feel like I have to add this in because people on other forums gave me a lot of "just take the train!")
I have googled "FCO to Napoli airport transfer" and have found several companies, so I'm more curious about if anyone has any positive (or negative) experiences with this length of transfer from FCO.
Grazie mille.
Posted by
San Diego, California
5649 posts
You're in luck!
In the last few months, heck even weeks, there have been several posts regarding this very same topic. Either do a Search here on the Forum, or just read the postings under the Italy section here.
RS Guide book recommends Mondo, who does shared and private transportation. and tours. Several folks here have recommended others. [We ourselves are looking at a Sorrento to Rome driver, and it is around 500 Euros for that trip.]
Have a great trip!
Posted by
Tresana, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
23642 posts
Roma Cabs is a good choice. Despite the name it is a private limo service. It will be expensive given the distance.
Posted by
Edmonds, WA 🌨 ☂
11948 posts
Bus is a choice that eliminates the dragging bags on/off trains and having to 'keep and eye' on them.
A car would probably be the more comfortable, but more expensive option. A taxi to your lodging from the bus stop would be a reasonable choice.
No personal experience.
Posted by
L'Occitanie, France
10673 posts
Monetti Taxi and Sorrento Silver Star Car Service have both responded to my inquiries. I got both names from this forum.
Posted by
3462 posts
In April 2022, we used Top Excursion to take us from FCO to our hotel in Pompei, and we used My Day Trip to take us from Salerno to the Rome Airport Hilton. Both drivers were excellent. Not cheap, but worth it to us.
Posted by
Atlanta
5237 posts
We've used Rome Cabs many times and have always been most happy with the service. As mentioned above, it is definitely a private car service and not a regular cab company. It will be expensive simply becaise of the distance involved, but I would not hesitate to use them. If they can't meet you needs, feel free to ask them if they can suggest another service. We always email them with our requirements and get a reply within 24 hours.
Posted by
Gettysburg PA
7233 posts
Have you considered just grabbing a flight from FCO to Naples?
ITA flies non stop, probably a good bit less than what a driver will cost.
Or spend first night in Rome- a hotel then train next day has got to be less expensive than a driver
But maybe cost isn't a factor.
Posted by
OP
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
17 posts
Have you considered just grabbing a flight from FCO to Naples?
I did check and it is surprisingly not much cheaper, plus we'd then have to wait around in the airport until 14:00 for that flight. Would've loved to take the bus but it also departs at 14:00, or at 10:30 which is just slightly too early.
Thank you to everyone for the suggestions so far! I've been sending out some inquiries.
Posted by
267 posts
Karlie, I'm curious what did you decide to do? I have a friend who will be arriving FCO overnight from BOS in September. They are 3 couples, likely with too much luggage, needing to go to Naples. I wondered if with that many people, it might be worth it to arrange for private car service, I'm guessing it will be more expensive than the trains x 6 passengers but perhaps they might want to spend the extra money to save on lugging the luggage.
I'll pass along the companies others have mentioned here in response to your original question, but I'd be curious to know what others have paid (approximately) for private car/driver FCO to Naples.
Posted by
Pleasant Hill, CA, USA
473 posts
Another vote for RomeCabs
They are great. Unfortunately we are unable to use them for our upcoming trip to Rome. They are booked with cruise ship business. ☹️ But use their online form and they reply quickly.
Posted by
Atlanta
189 posts
We were a party of 4 and chose to use TopExcursionSorrento for our transfer from FCO to Positano. Yes, expensive but so worth the cost. Our driver met us in the airport and was happy to stop for restroom breaks and photo's during our drive. It gave my husband a very comfortable place to nap and Giovanni is the best. A very well run company and beautiful cars/vans. We also used them for an all day trip along the coast as well as our transfer back to the train station in Naples.