Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
local
buongustaio
(foodie) will direct you to. The focus is on regional dishes with subtle
creative touches - think pistachio-crumbed tuna escalope on a bed of artichoke. Leave
room for the
tortino al cioccolato
(chocolate tartlet) and book ahead on weekends.
PASTRIES & CAKES
€
Pasticceria Pantaleone
(Via Mercanti 75; pastries from €1.50; 8am-2pm & 4.30-8.30pm, morning only Tue & Sun)
Where
better to commit dietary sins than in a deconsecrated church? It's now home to Salerno's
finest pastry shop, best known for inventing the
scazzetta,
a pastry of
pan di spagna
sponge, fresh berries and Chantilly cream, soaked in Strega liqueur and finished with a
strawberry glacé. Wash down the guilt with a glass of the house liqueur, Elisir, made with
aromatic herbs and orange.
Information
Post office
(Corso Garibaldi 203)
9am-1pm & 3-7pm Mon-Sat)
Main tourist
Tourist office
(
089 23 14 32; Lungomare Trieste 7;
office by the seafront.
Tourist infopoint
( 089 662 951; Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 193; 9am-1pm & 5-8pm Mon-Fri,
9am-1pm Sat)
Inside the Galleria Capitol Cinema shopping centre, has brochures, bus and
ferry timetables and accommodation information.
Getting There & Away
BOAT
Between April and October there are daily sailings to/from Salerno.
Alicost (
Click here
) operates one daily service to Amalfi (€7), Positano (€11) and
Capri (€20.70).
Linee Marittime Partenopee (
Click here
) runs one daily hydrofoil and three daily fer-
ries to Capri (€23/22.20).
TraVelMar (
Click here
) runs six daily ferries to Amalfi (€8) and Positano (€12).
Departures are from the Porto Turistico, 200m down the pier from Piazza della Concor-
dia. You can buy tickets from the booths by the embarkation point.
Departures for Capri leave from Molo Manfredi at the Porto Commerciale.
BUS
