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** NAPLES, ITALY **
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Naples gets a bad rap. People say it is full of crime and pick-pocketers. I say you have to be vigilent everywhere you go, and Naples is LIT! We stayed at a quaint little aparment in Naples 3 blocks from the Toledo Metro station that we booked through Booking.com. The aparment… more like studio had a loft area where the beds were located. Right next door was this cool little… what we thought was a family owned resturant until we discovered one in Milan called, Trattoria da Nennella. This place the spot for starting the night life and good food. When we arrived that evening, we could hear the music from the resturant all the way upstairs loud and clear. It was mostly top pop hits and reggaeton, but they kept playing “Time of My Life” from Dirty Dancing. While upstairs, I thought it was odd. Upon going down to be apart of the scene, we found out they actually pick up girls and do the whole Dirty Dancing scene!
When the resturant closed at around 11, the crowd moves down to these little bars–one only serves limincello shots for €1 (I don’t remember the name, sorry!), the other Aperol spritz for €2 (Cammarota Spritz). you MUST have moth while in Italy, especially on the coast.
Our night there we met some American expats who have been in Naples ranging grom 1-4 years. It’s always good to hear more American accents, and even greater to meet expats. We hung out out with the girls, and some local Italian guys at a fountain that didn’t work with bottles upon bottles of wine. Why you ask? There’s a little convience store that is open only charges €5 for the first bottle and €2 for each bottle after! I taught some Italians to twerk, and we exchanged conversation about world perceptions of others, and music!
The next day, we walked (because there was a metro strike) to the ferry and enjoyed a day trip to the isle of Capri!
?Go to Naples! Live your best life!
My first solo Trip was to Naples( sorrento),it was a small beautiful town in the mountain region, surrounded by harbours, slow paced in comparison to the city, beautiful lil coffee shops and quaint restaurants, if you’re the type that likes to walk through traditionally built cities with lots cutulre and history, this one is for you.
You can take a bus tour(usually the hotel has exursion details or the local town always has buses and information on these tours) to Pompeii for about 30euros, it’s a day trip and you are provided with a guide around Pompeii and taught more on it’s history.
The city also over looks the coast you can take a boat trip from the harbour( boasts leave on the hour) to surrounding island(Capri), I am not sure how much the tour was, but you can pick up lost of information by the harbour, the tour is so beautiful I recommend it.
Sorrento is very friendly and peaceful place, majority of the locals spoke English or enough to help you out.
My only issue that I faced was that my hotel was a distance from the local airport and took about an hour and half to the airport, I would recommend research location before hand.
Beautiful sunsets, and overlooking the ocean, lots of history and culture.
Highly recommended.
My first solo trip was to Naples, Italy. I had watched the movie Pompeii and had to go see it with my own eyes. I was really nervous because I hadn’t heard favorable things about Naples, but I’ve heard unfavorable opinions about other places I’ve traveled and lived, so I said, what the hell?! Let me go myself and be the judge.
I traveled from Venice to Naples via train. The train was really inexpensive. I took a morning train out so it would still be day light when I arrived and I booked hotel literally right outside of the train station. I did this for a few reasons: 1. If I ran into any trouble, I could hop a train back to Florence or Venice (I was in Italy for a conference, so I knew people in those places); 2. I knew I would need to catch the train to get to the sites so it was convenient; 3. Most importantly, I didn’t want a long commute since I had my bags and figure out public transportation. Please keep in mind I still had an outdated phone plan so I couldn’t easily access the internet, Google Maps, etc. Also, Uber wasn’t a thing…anywhere.
I didn’t have a serious problem per se… I felt a guy was trying to bait me after tripping/pushing me in the train station and he tried to make it seem like an accident. I simply chose to walk away vs. escalating the situation. Anyways on to the fun stuff…
A little background: Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near Naples, Italy. Pompeii, Herculaneum, and many surrounding settlements were buried under volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The now excavated city provides a glimpse of the Roman’s everyday life.
The answers to your questions… YES! I was terrified to travel alone, but I’m so glad I did it! Plus, I had done way more scarier things, so I figured why not. YES, Mount Vesuvius is an active volcano and so worth climbing! Also, if you’re considering visiting Naples, it may be cheaper to fly into a different city.