America's Cup 2027 — getting around Naples: airport, metro, ferries

Metro Line 1 is the workhorse: Garibaldi for the main station, Municipio for the port, Toledo for the centro storico, then up to Vomero, with regular late-night service on Fridays and Saturdays — currently the last train leaves Centro Direzionale at 1:32. ANM also schedules summer track works with replacement buses, so check anm.it for 2027 closures.

Line 6 is the race-course line, with one big caveat. Chiaia, San Pasquale and Arco Mirelli are each a few minutes' walk from the Lungomare Caracciolo, with Municipio (Line 1 and the port) at the eastern end and Mergellina (Line 2) one stop west. But at weekends it still only runs 7:10–14:50 at the time of writing, every 14 minutes or so, and racing is planned from 14:00: it gets you there, not home. On weekdays it ran until 21:10 in 2026 on a trial basis, the 00:30 service during the September 2026 preliminary regatta was a one-off, and no 2027 timetable exists yet.

The funiculars take you up to Vomero, where the Certosa di San Martino and via Aniello Falcone give a wide view of the whole course, with less detail than the Lungomare. The Funicolare Centrale and the Funicolare di Chiaia both ran until 2:00 on two nights in September 2026, but normal hours apply unless ANM says otherwise.

The seven team bases, the superyacht marina and the free AC Tech FanZone are at Bagnoli, about 10 km west of the course. Bagnoli is for big screens, dock-outs, team shops and simulators behind the hangars, not live racing; the yards in front will not be open to the public. The bases are due to be completed over winter 2026–27, with teams expected to move in from January 2027.

Rail access is the least settled part. RFI is building a new Line 2 stop, Porta del Parco, targeted for May 2027 but not confirmed, with a short walkway and an electric shuttle on to the pier. Meanwhile Line 2 west of Campi Flegrei was still suspended in early October 2026, closed since 13 June 2026 because of CO2 in the Flegrea tunnel, with replacement buses about every 15 minutes, and the reopening could slip to February–March 2027.

The Cumana (EAV) from Montesanto is currently more reliable: the whole line has run again since 11 September 2026, when Bagnoli–Torregaveta reopened after six weeks of closure following the Campi Flegrei earthquake of 31 July; trains run every 15 minutes or so, and Bagnoli, Agnano and Dazio serve the event area. If you are staying in Bagnoli, Fuorigrotta or Pozzuoli, remember that both lines west have been interrupted within the past year and check eavsrl.it the morning you travel.

Naples will not have a bed for everyone in July 2027 — the mayor himself has said demand must spread to the metropolitan area and the islands. Happily, Procida, Ischia, Capri and Sorrento are a commute, not an expedition: hydrofoils use the new Molo Beverello terminal; slower car ferries leave from Calata Porta di Massa, about 15 minutes on foot to the east; and a free shuttle links the two.

Capri is about 50 minutes by hydrofoil or 85 by ferry; Procida about an hour by ferry. During the September 2026 preliminary regatta the Harbour Master created a no-go race area off the Lungomare, and Ischia and Procida hydrofoils took 10 minutes or so longer, ferries about 20, with no cancellations. As of October 2026 the 2027 ordinance is not published, so expect similar detours and never book the last sailing home.

Racing is planned from 14:00; in 2026 the Race Village opened at 11:00 and official attendance passed 120,000 on the final day. During the regatta week (21–27 September 2026) via Caracciolo and viale Dohrn were closed to cars; local press anticipates a closure of around three months in 2027, but at the time of writing the Comune had not approved a 2027 traffic plan. Either way, a hire car in the centre is a daily problem. Walk, take the metro, and save taxis for early mornings and late nights.

From the centro storico: Line 1 to Municipio, then a 20-minute walk along the port and via Partenope to Castel dell'Ovo; on weekdays, change to Line 6 for Chiaia. Leave by 12:30 — Line 1 carried around 180,000–220,000 passengers a day during the September 2026 preliminary regatta. From Vomero: the Funicolare di Chiaia down towards the Riviera di Chiaia, or stay up at San Martino with the whole course below you.

From Procida: a morning ferry into Porta di Massa or hydrofoil into Beverello, then the same 20-minute walk west, or Line 6 on weekdays. Allow extra minutes at sea, bring water and a hat — there is no shade on the Lungomare at 14:00 — and watch americascup.com, anm.it and eavsrl.it for final arrangements.