Mafioso Alleys and Streets
by HispanicYob
One thing that's good exercise to do is just to "get lost" and explore the tons of cluttered side streets that Naples offers. Naples is a city with a lot of slopes so it's best to take public transport if you don't care for this, especially during summer when it's boiling hot and muggy here. But take it from me, walking is much better and you can reach a lot of places that vehicles normally can't take you. A lot of Naples is very pedestrian friendly as well. Just be careful when crossing streets. The lights serve as accessories and cross with groups of people. From a hidden gem of a pizzeria to a trendy store with summer sales, you never know what you can find when walking about. One would expect members of the Italian mafia to come around the corner with their fancy suits and their Aviator shades with a cigar in their mouth! And who knows, I might have passed them and not known! That's one thing I miss about Naples was the stores and the people watching. I also miss the alleyways full of flags and laundry. My true image of Italy has been implanted in my mind after visiting Naples.
Single women travellers, watch...
by anne_h
Single women travellers, watch out for those southern Italian men! In general they mean no harm, but you can't be too careful. This is one of the few cities in which I've actually had guys follow me. A quick stop in a shop stops them.
Funicular
by toonsarah
The funicular lines make up the third element of the city’s transport system. There are three of them, two starting from various points just off the north-south Via Toledo and one further west in the Chiaia district. All three take you to the hilltop area of Vomero with its smart apartment blocks and shopping streets, the Castel Sant’ Elmo and great views of the city below.
Yet again you can make use of the same €1 that you need for the buses and metro, although for the quick journey uphill they maybe seem less of a bargain. One thing that surprised me was that the funicular lines (or at least the two we used) run underground – I’d expected to get good views as we climbed but that wasn’t the case. Still, they are a good way to get up a very steep hill pretty quickly!
Visit Herculaneum
by ChrsStrl
Pompeii's upmarket relation, on the coast (then). Drowned, not in ashes, but in boiling mud. It is therefore more difficult to excavate - and the minor problem of being under a thriving town doesn't help!
San Carlo Theatre (Teatro di San Carlo)
by Santini738
The Teatro di San Carlo is an opera house in Naples, Italy, the oldest still active in Europe and it is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The theatre designed by the architects Giovanni Antonio Medrano and Angelo Carasale for the Bourbon monarch Charles III of Naples (Carlo III in Italian). Charles wanted to endow Naples with a new and larger theatre to replace the old and dilapidated Teatro San Bartolomeo of 1621.
The theatre was inaugurated on the 4 November 1737 — the king’s name day — with a performance of Domenico Sarro’s Achille in Sciro, an opera based on the play by the famous poet and dramatist who went by the name of Metastasio. Sarro also conducted the orchestra in two ballets as intermezzi, created by Grossatesta. At the time, it was the largest opera house in the world, seating 3,300.
The new theatre was much admired for its architecture, its gold decorations, and the sumptuous blue upholstery (blue and gold being the official colours of the Bourbons).
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Vesuvius from Naples
Piazza Dante (Naples, Italy)
