Sign in with Facebook
Gesù delle Monache, interior - May 09
Via San Gregorio Armeno
Santa Maria del Carmine Maggiore (Naples, It)
Naples (Italy)
as above, do you think its too much to do in 1 day...both versuviius and pompei? cheers
Fit, but dont speak italian. figure we do popmei first thing in the morning, the to versuvius in early to mid afternoon. I'll just get a good nights sleep the night before. Thanks for the reply!
Ciao Jen! Yes, you do need to be prepared for things not to go as planned. For example, we went to Pompei last week. The workers were on strike...until 10:30 a.m.
In a way, it was my fault. You can call and they usually know about the strkes days in advance. But it does put a crimp in your plans. Plus there's a huge crowd that builds up, and everyone tries to rush in at once because the line to buy tickets gets quite long. Ugh!
I think the question is how early can you get to Pompei? It opens at 8:30. If you're staying nearby, no problem.
I understand there is a bus from the Circumvesuviana train station at Herculaneum (Ercolano) that takes you up to Vesuvius. It wasn't running the day we were in Herculaneum, but it was early March. I'm guessing by tourist season it's running regularly.
Thanks for the advice...seems to be fairly clear that Naples still has an underground feeling to it. Still looking forward tot he trip,ta
The "ramparts" (isn't that a great word?) next to Castel St. Elmo offer tremendous views of Vesuvius, the Bay, and the City of Naples below. On a clear day you can see planes taking off and landing from the airport as well.
Here's a short list I've compiled to get you started.
CITY HALL CAFÈ
Corso Vittorio EmanuEle, 137/a, tel. 081-669.400
Main room and smaller sitting rooms, Internet and Radio Med
CHEZ MOI
Via del Parco Margherita, 13, tel. 081-407.526
Musical parlor
KISS KISS
Va Sgambati, 47, tel. 081-546.65.66
Discotheque on two floors
MEFISTO
Via Medina, 12, tel. 081-580.01.90
Up-to-date music.
OTTO JAZZ CLUB
Piazzetta Cariati, 24, tel. 081-666.262
High quality, live jazz
QUEEN VICTORIA
Via dei Mille, tel. 081-422.334
Dance music
RIOT
Via San Biagio dei Librai, 38, tel. 081-552.32.31
Live music.
TONGUE
Via Manzoni, 207, tel. 081-769.08.06
Nightclub
UP STROKE
Via Coroglio, 128, tel. 081-570.89.92
Live blues, New Age, and funky music
VERTEGO
Via Caccavallo, 17, tel. 081-556.05.52
Discotheque
This was the nearest square to our hotel, with a useful Metro station and several restaurants, so it was inevitable that we would spend a fair bit of time here. But it’s also worth a visit as a destination in its own right as the buildings on the east side of the square are particularly eye-catching.
In the north east corner is the striking Port’ Alba, one of the city’s ancient gates, which leads into the historic district. To the right of this is an elegant semicircular building designed by the architect Luigi Vanvitelli in 1765 to honour King Charles Third – the 26 statues on the balustrade apparently represent the king’s virtues. Before then the square was known simply as Largo del Mercatello (Market Square) but it was rechristened "Foro Carolina," after the King’s wife. The statues of Dante, sculpted by Tito Angelini, were added in the 19th century and the square re-named again. Today it’s slightly scruffy and a favourite meeting place it seems for Naples’ youth, but the elegance of the design is still clear.
(The website below has some good photos but is only in Italian)
This Museum, opened in 1950, houses works of art ranging from the 13th to the 18th century which belonged to the Farnese family and which were then inherited by the Bourbon family. The "Roman Collection" that includes works of art by Michelangelo, Tiziano, El Greco, Raffaello and Botticelli is an essential part of any visit.
In the archaeological area of Cuma (see other tips about the place: Roman Crypt, Temple of Jupiter, Temple of Apollo). Discovered and dug by the archaeologist Maiuri from 1932, who recognised in this quadrangoular plant space the place where the Sibilla, received the believers and foretold their future.
The monument fascinates and arouses fear for the atmosphere of mystery that surrounds it. Ancient and modern searches, recognized in the cave of the Sibilla, a military gallery of communication between the lake of Averno and that of Lucrino.
Virgilio in the I a.C did a suggestive poetic description of it: the Sibilla, according to an ancient legend, was a fascinating woman, whose exceptional beauty made falling in love the god Apollo; after the refusals of the Sibilla, he decided to give her a gift, saying her: "Ask me anything! ". She took in her hands a handful of grains of sand and asked him to be able to live as many years as the grains in her hand. But she forgot to ask for the eternal youth.
Sibilla went to Cuma where she prophesied for many centuries, up to when she understood the punishment that the desire had inflicted her: the longevity, accompanied by the damages of the old age, reduced her like a mere shell of a woman.
[Egicom05 - by Amaltea]
Latest Naples hotel reviews
Sponsored Links
We've found that other people looking for this hotel also know it by these names:
Address: Via Bartolomeo Rota 36 / 38, Sorrento, Campania, 80133, Italy
Comments