For a bus-to-metro-to-funicular journey entirely inside the Comune di Napoli, choose the integrated Urban Napoli 90-minute ticket, not the cheaper ANM single-ride ticket. The currently published fare is €1.80, and the 90-minute clock starts with the first validation. It can cover participating operators as well as different transport modes, which is what makes UnicoCampania tickets useful when one Naples journey involves more than a single vehicle.
The detail that catches visitors is the word integrato. A ticket sold through the UnicoCampania system is not automatically an integrated ticket. The same machines and apps also sell cheaper aziendale, or operator-specific, tickets that may be valid for only one ride.
The ticket to choose for metro, bus and funicular transfers
On ticket machines and in transport apps, look for wording such as Integrato, Urbano Napoli and Orario 90 minuti. That is the product intended for a journey involving transfers within Naples.
Under the current fare rules, the urban integrated hourly ticket:
- costs €1.80;
- is valid for 90 minutes from the first validation;
- allows travel with participating transport companies within the Naples urban fare area;
- allows repeated journeys on buses, trolleybuses and trams during the validity period;
- allows one journey on each rail infrastructure during that period.
That last rule matters. The 90-minute ticket is not a miniature unlimited metro pass. You should not expect to exit Line 1, wander around for half an hour and then re-enter Line 1 for another ride simply because the clock is still running. The official conditions distinguish unlimited surface-transport journeys from the more restrictive use of rail infrastructure.
The practical use case is a continuous trip such as bus to a metro station, Metro Line 1 across the city, then a funicular up or down the Vomero hill, provided the whole sequence remains within the ticket’s validity and fare area.
Do not confuse “integrated” with an ANM single ticket
Naples has two useful ticket categories that appear beside each other:
- Aziendale: valid with a particular transport company, such as ANM.
- Integrato: designed to combine participating operators and modes under the integrated Campania fare system.
ANM describes its corsa singola ticket as valid for one ride on one ANM vehicle. Its currently published urban fares are €1.30 for the Level 1 single ticket used on urban buses and funiculars, and €1.50 for the Level 2 ticket used on ANM Metro Lines 1 and 6.
Those cheaper tickets are sensible when you really are making one ride. They are the wrong choice if your plan is, for example, bus followed by metro. Getting off the first vehicle ends the single ride.
You can check the currently published prices and ticket categories on the official ANM ticket and fare page. For travel in 2027, no separate 2027 urban fare table had been published at the time of writing, so check that page again before relying on the euro amounts above.
Which Naples transport is actually covered?
ANM Metro Lines 1 and 6
Both are ANM services. A single ANM metro ticket works for one metro journey, while the integrated hourly ticket is the better choice when that metro ride forms part of a transfer involving a bus, funicular or another participating operator.
Naples funiculars
The Centrale, Chiaia, Montesanto and Mergellina funiculars are ANM services. An ANM single ticket can be enough for a standalone funicular trip. For a journey such as Metro Line 1 to Vomero followed by a funicular connection, use the integrated ticket if you want the legs covered by one timed fare.
Do not assume that funicolare means a sightseeing attraction requiring a separate tourist ticket. In Naples these are part of the public transport network.
Ordinary ANM buses and trams
The integrated 90-minute ticket is particularly flexible on surface transport because it permits multiple bus, trolleybus and tram journeys while the ticket remains valid. Validate correctly at the start and keep the ticket for the entire journey.
Metro Line 2 is different
Linea 2 is operated by Trenitalia, not ANM. This is one reason an integrated ticket can be useful. A journey within the Naples urban area can involve an ANM bus and Trenitalia’s Line 2 without requiring you to think of them as one company.
At Napoli Centrale, the distinction is physical as well as administrative. ANM Line 1 is reached by following signs for Metropolitana Linea 1, while Trenitalia’s Line 2 uses the underground Napoli Piazza Garibaldi railway station. Do not buy an ANM-only single ticket and assume it covers both.
EAV rail lines
EAV operates services including the Circumvesuviana network, Cumana and Circumflegrea. Integrated tickets can include participating EAV services when the fare area is correct. However, the €1.80 urban ticket is specifically for journeys within Naples. Trips continuing to Pompeii, Herculaneum, Sorrento or other municipalities require the appropriate extra-urban fare.
The EAV conditions of use give the official distinction between urban, extra-urban, single-company and integrated fares.
Paper ticket: how to validate it without losing the transfer
You can buy tickets from station vending machines, ANM Points and authorised retailers such as many tabacchi. Metro and funicular stations have ticket machines, which is useful when nearby shops are closed.
- Buy Integrato Urbano Napoli, 90 minuti if the trip requires transfers.
- Validate it as you begin the first leg. Look for convalida or obliterazione if instructions are in Italian.
- Keep the ticket after leaving the first vehicle.
- Use the same still-valid ticket when entering the next gated service.
- Keep it until you have completely finished travelling.
Passing another metro or funicular gate does not give you another 90 minutes. The original first-validation time remains the one that matters.
For the integrated hourly product, do not cut the timing too closely. Unlike treating 90 minutes as merely a deadline for boarding, the official integrated-fare conditions state that the ticket is no longer valid after the validity period expires. Allow enough time to complete the trip.
Using the UnicoCampania app
The app sells both integrated and operator-specific products, so the same distinction applies on a phone: buying digitally does not turn an ANM single ride into a transfer ticket.
Purchase can normally be completed in advance, but the ticket must then be activated when you are about to use it. ANM’s current rules describe active digital tickets as dynamic QR codes that are scanned at equipped access gates or shown to inspection staff.
A sensible sequence is:
- Open your purchased tickets before heading toward the vehicle or gate.
- Check that you selected the integrated urban product rather than corsa singola.
- Activate it immediately before starting the trip.
- Keep the active QR screen available for subsequent gates and inspections.
- Watch the remaining validity time before starting another leg.
This is also a good reason not to arrive at a metro gate with a nearly flat phone. If you use mobile tickets regularly elsewhere in Italy, our guide to what to have ready for ticket inspections explains why purchase, activation and proof of validity are three different things.
Tap&Go is convenient, but it does not solve an ordinary bus transfer
Naples also has contactless Tap&Go. This is useful on equipped rail and funicular gates, and the system can calculate the appropriate fare from your recorded journeys. ANM currently lists it on Metro Lines 1 and 6, the funiculars and Alibus, while EAV also supports it on several railway networks.
The catch is simple: ordinary ANM city buses do not have the same bank-card Tap&Go system. If your actual itinerary is bus plus metro plus funicular, tapping a credit card at the metro gate does not retroactively cover the bus ride.
For that kind of mixed surface-and-rail journey, a properly selected integrated paper or app ticket is usually clearer.
Where you do use Tap&Go on supported rail services, use the same payment card or the same phone wallet throughout. EAV instructs passengers to tap in and tap out with the same card so the system can calculate the correct fare. A missed tap-out can result in the maximum applicable charge. See the official Tap&Go instructions before depending on it for a multi-operator day.
When a day ticket is a better buy
The hourly ticket is excellent for a transfer. It is less attractive if you expect to make several unrelated journeys during the day.
ANM currently publishes two relevant daily options:
- ANM giornaliero: €4.50, for unlimited journeys on ANM services.
- Integrated giornaliero: €5.40, for unlimited journeys with participating integrated operators in the applicable urban area.
Choose the €4.50 ANM day ticket if your day is entirely buses, trams, Metro Lines 1 and 6 and ANM funiculars. Choose the integrated daily ticket if your plan also requires services such as Trenitalia Line 2 or qualifying EAV journeys inside Naples.
A giornaliero is valid until midnight on the day of validation. It is not a rolling 24-hour pass. Activating one at 20:00 does not make it valid until 20:00 the following evening.
The airport is an important exception
Do not board Alibus from Naples Airport with an ordinary €1.80 urban integrated ticket. Alibus has its own fare.
ANM currently sells a €5 Unico Alibus integrated ticket, valid for one Alibus ride plus other urban public transport within its stated 90-minute validity. Check the official Alibus fare information before an airport journey because airport fares are more likely to change than ordinary city-trip habits.
Three common Naples ticket mistakes
- Buying the cheapest ticket on the machine. A cheaper corsa singola may be perfectly valid for one ANM ride and useless for the transfer you intended to make.
- Assuming every line called “metro” belongs to ANM. Line 2 is Trenitalia. Operator-specific tickets therefore matter.
- Assuming 90 minutes means unlimited metro entry. Surface journeys are flexible, but the integrated rules place separate restrictions on rail infrastructure.
If you buy the wrong ticket but have not validated or activated it yet, do not start the journey hoping a ticket inspector will accept the difference. Buy the correct fare first and retain the unused ticket for a journey for which it is actually valid. If an active QR ticket is valid but a gate refuses to read it, use the staffed gate or show the active ticket to station personnel rather than following another passenger through a barrier.
What to buy for the most common visitor journeys
- One bus only: ANM single ticket.
- One funicular only: ANM single ticket.
- One ride on Metro Line 1 or 6: ANM metro single ticket.
- Bus + Metro Line 1 + funicular within 90 minutes: integrated Urban Napoli hourly ticket.
- ANM transport throughout the day: ANM daily ticket.
- ANM plus Line 2 or another qualifying operator throughout the day: integrated daily ticket.
- Naples Airport on Alibus: Alibus fare, not the normal €1.80 urban ticket.
- Pompeii, Sorrento or another municipality outside Naples: the appropriate extra-urban fare, not the Urban Napoli product.
If Naples is only one stop in a longer trip, it helps to build your Italy itinerary around the actual stations and day trips you will use. That makes it easier to spot in advance which Naples days stay entirely on ANM and which ones require Trenitalia, EAV or an extra-urban fare.
Useful Italian words at the machine and gate
- Integrato: integrated ticket.
- Aziendale: ticket for one transport company.
- Urbano Napoli: fare area for journeys within the municipality of Naples.
- Orario: timed ticket.
- Corsa singola: single ride.
- Giornaliero: daily ticket.
- Convalida / obliterazione: validation.
- Validità: validity.
- Tornelli: ticket gates or turnstiles.
The fastest decision at a Naples ticket machine is therefore not “Which is the cheapest fare?” but “Am I changing vehicle or operator?” If the answer is yes and the whole journey stays inside Naples, look for the integrated 90-minute product. That small distinction is what turns one ticket into a usable bus, metro and funicular journey instead of three separate fares.