Naples Off The Beaten Path

Sorrento, A beautiful city on the opposite side of the Golfo di Napoli is a great place for Inlaid wood, Limoncello, Great Pizza, and beautiful views. See Sorrento and the entire Amalfi coast when in Naples.

Pozzuoli - It is the birthplace of Sophia Loren and very much a part of the Naples greater city. I would definitely recommend a visit to this small port town when visitiing Naples. There are some great seafood restaurants here, as well as bars and great views of Naples. Some ancients ruins are here as well as the Sulfaterra, which has the distinct Sulfuric smell we all know and don't appreciate.

We spent our wedding night in a small Pozzuoli hotel, and it allowed splendid views of the area.

Caserta. A rather large city outside of Naples. Star Wars, the newer episodes, were filmed partially in the Caserta Palace. Queen Ramadalla's scenes in the palace.

Anyway, there are some neat things to see here. We went out one night to a little place for a great time with the locals. You never know what kind of things you can end up doing. We drove all over the place and finally found a little Restaurant, dance place. There were mostly locals here. Well, all locals in fact. This didn't stop us from having a great time eating some homestyle food and dancing with some feisty old ladies. I think we all had a great time.

Mar's friend Olga, from Naples, her boyfriend Jason, an American, and Olga's cousin, Ciccio (chee-cho) all went together. Ciccio is only about 17 and gets pretty damn funny after a few glasses of wine.

Sperlonga. North of Naples and Gaeta, Sperlonga has some of the most beautiful beaches around. Crystal clear water and nice white sand. I spent a day here and had a great time soakin up the rays with Mar and a group of good friends. Truly a get away place

Shopping- Naples is the ideal town for clothes and shoes shopping. Corso Umberto (2 minutes from central station) and Via Roma (20 minutes from central station) are 2 streets where there are many nice and cheap shops. If you are looking for more expensive shops you can reach with the metro Vomero, an area where there are many elegant and stylist shops. Also in Via dei Mille (near Piazza del Pebliscito) there are many other stylish shops.

Climbing the Vesuvius volcano.
You can start the hike from a certain height.
From the top of the Vesuvius you have a very beautiful sight over the Gulf of Sorrento and Naples.
You can also look deep into the crater of the volcano.
Wear good shoes.

well, i don't think it's all that 'off-beaten', but try taking a car/bus ride along sorrento. the unfolding scenery is simply beautiful, very much like in the movies. i love how the little house on the mountain. it must be lovely living there.

In small villages at the local road Napoli-Salerno, there are plenty lemmon trees plantation. They are covered with net or straw (traditionally) in the summer to protect them from getting too dry. But they have to be watered anyway. Try to arrange picking some lemmons for yourself. I have enjoyed it!