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Near Naples - other sites to see??

We're headed to Naples/Sorrento/Amalfi peninsula for 10 days. Our plans are to take in Pompeii/Herculaneum (or similar sites), the Archaeology museum in Naples, Sorrento, possibly a day trip to Capri, hike on the Amalfi peninsula. The list is not yet set! We will possibly stay most of the time in Sorrento rather than Naples. Travel dates are end of October/early November, 2017.

Most tours spend a week in this area. If we do that, we'd have 2-3 days to travel somewhere else before leaving from Naples. So, my question for the forum is what else might we consider that's near Naples and wouldn't require a lot of travel time to get there?

A couple of ideas that've come up - Matera, Caserta/Capua, Paestum

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Getting anywhere from Sorrento takes at least an hour, except for Pompeii/Ercolano (about half an hour).

I would spend one or two nights in Matera (5 hours from Napoli by train/bus, a bit less from Salerno).

Paestum is close to Salerno, you could overnight in Salerno or in Paestum.

Even with two overnight trips (perhaps your hotel in Sorrento can hold your luggage between reservations and you can take a small bag), you would have seven nights in Sorrento.