Italy's SITA Bus tickets (Campania Region) buying process and questions
I'm planning a trip to Italy to various places and one of them is the Amalfi Coast (Amalfi, Ravello, Conca dei Marini and Positano), which I'll get there by SITA bus from Salerno. While looking for how to buy tickets, I learned that they don't have e-tickets and have small shops, like cafes and newspaper stands, to sell bus tickets. The closet one I'll be in proximity to will be an actual bus ticket stand in Salerno. (Correct me if I'm wrong)
How reliable is buying tickets from these newspaper stands and such? If I'm uncomfortable buying it from those newspaper stands and cafes, can I buy those bus route tickets ahead of time? Also, is there anything I should know about SITA bus?
Best Answer
All your assumptions about tickets resellers are true. I don't think you can buy bus tickets in advance as they are generic ride tickets (with time limit if I remember correctly) without assigned seat. Keep in mind that if the bus gets full you will have to wait for the next ride. With this said It will be relativel safe for you as you will take it from its departure place (not an intermediate stop)
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Where do you buy tickets for buses in Italy?
In Italy, Tabacchi shops are the go-to shops for many different purposes: buying cigarettes, buying public transportation tickets and paying your bills, to name a few. Just go to any Tabacchi in Rome (the shops with the black and white T sign) to purchase your bus ticket.How do I buy a bus ticket in Sorrento?
Public bus Tickets cost \u20ac1.20 and can be purchased at tobacco shops ("tabaccaio") or at the Circumvesuviana train station, where you find also the Sorrento bus station. Tickets cannot be purchased on board.How do you buy bus tickets in Positano?
You can purchase SITA Blue Line bus tickets prior to boarding, at Bar San Domingo (Piazza Duomo, PHONE: 089/857142); Bar Calce (Via Roma 2, PHONE: 089/857152); and Tabaccheria (Via dei Rufolo 4).Are buses in Italy free?
Bus tickets currently cost \u20ac1.50 and are active for 100 minutes from validation. (Side note: please do validate your ticket once you get on the bus. There is a machine near each door. An unvalidated ticket is the same as having no ticket at all and could land you some serious fines).Italy 4K - Scenic Relaxation Film With Calming Music
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Let me start writing this by stating that SITA has become overcrowded in the last years. So, if you can take a ferry instead, that option is always preferable.
The Sorrento-Amalfi route is the busiest of them all. Salerno-Amalfi is much better.
Yes, it's safe to buy the tickets from newsletter stands, cafes, bars .etc.
A full list from where you can buy the tickets is here: https://www.sitasudtrasporti.it/agenzie (only in Italian...make sure you select 'Campania' if asked...SITA also operates routes in Puglia and Basilicata)
Check this link for what tickets you need: https://www.ravello.com/sita-bus-schedule/#corsa-singola-ticket
Basically it depends on the departure and arrival town. For Salerno-Amalfi you need AC3 which costs € 2.40. The trip takes roughly 1 hour and 15 minutes.
If you want to reach Positano from Salerno, keep in mind that you will need to change buses in Amalfi. Amalfi is the central transport hub on the Amalfi Coast. Same thing if you travel from Sorrento anywhere past Amalfi. You need a change of buses in Amalfi.
Other things to keep in mind:
- validate your ticket once you boarded the bus
- the buses have ample luggage storage
- when you wait for the bus in a station on the road, make sure you signal to the driver to stop
- the drivers are quite helpful, so if you don't know when your stop is up (all those curving roads will confuse you very fast), ask him nicely to announce it when you board the bus.
Answer 3
For travelling on Sita bus from Naples to Amalfi coast, we found out the hard way today that you have to buy tickets from the designated shop. See photo attached. We could not buy the tickets on the bus, or at other tabbacci shops. The designated shop we found was opposite Napoli Garibaldi station, by the roundabout junction between Corso Arnaldo Lucci and Via Galileo Ferraris. We then alighted the bus to Agerola from the bus stop around 50 meters down Via Galileo Ferraris.
Posting here in case it helps future travellers!!
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