Your flight to Naples introduces you to Italy’s third-largest city and the regional capital of Campania. Naples is the gateway to key Italian sights including the rocky Amalfi Coast, Mount Vesuvius, Roman Pompeii and the sunny islands of Capri and Ischia in the Bay of Naples.
Explore Naples’ rich archaeological heritage at the peerless Archaeological Museum (don’t miss the mosaic of Alexander defeating Darius) and see Caravaggio’s art in the vast Capodimonte Museum.
Naples is known for the best ice-cream in Italy and also its raffish state of decay. Find both in the narrow, atmospheric streets of the Spaccanapoli district (medieval Naples). Escape the crowds with the Circumvesuviana train line to visit Sorrento, Pompeii and Herculaneum – historic towns encircling the dormant Mount Vesuvius volcano (all less than an hour by train from Naples).
A true Neapolitan pizza must be made with water from Serin, a tomato and basil sauce, quality mozzarella and sprinkled with olive oil from the Campania coast. You are guaranteed the real thing at family-run Sorbillo on the Via dei Tribunali. Mix with the locals at the Sunday morning flea market on the Corso Malta. |