Go to Capri, Eat the pizza.... and other Naples, Italy General Tips

Favorite Thing: Go to Capri, Eat the pizza. Drink Limoncello, the famous regional lemon liquor. Sorrento is famous for it.

The pizza ristorante, Trianon is awesome, and one of the oldest in Naples. Rei di ,Napoli is great as well. Don't miss the Caprese Salad. Mozzerella di bufala melts in your mouth. Picture is on Monte Solaro on Capri. Go, Go, Go...It's an hour boat ride from Naples, and you will never forget the place.

Fondest Memory: Meeting my wife and being married in Basilica Francesco di Paola. What a gorgeous church. It's in Piazza Pleblicito in the center of the city by the water

for some things to do: http://www.promocard.it/POINTS/Napoli/tot_categorie.htm

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Favorite Thing: I love being in the heart of this over crowded, dirty, and crazy city. Guess I'm partial to it, but Naples is fantastic to explore. The historical district is truly an open air museum, and contains things like "Napoli Sotterranea" The underground acquaduct that the Romans built. For seven euro you can go on a guided tour. It's truly amazing.

Fondest Memory: Being hundreds of feet underground, and imaging all the people above rushing about their daily activity

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Favorite Thing: The Art card costs only 13 euro, but the benefits are well worth it. You are entitled to three days use of all of the public transportation systems (metropolitana, bus, cumana, funiculare)
You get to go into two museums of your choice free, and 50% off on all others you go to.
You also receive about 20% off on all the things you buy from museum shops.
It's a deal, as a one way metro ticket is usually 2 euro.

Fondest Memory: How it works
The kit card - a card with a microchip, information brochure in six months, map of city transportation - can be bought in presale on the dedicated website, in all the museums of the circuit, in the newsagents, in travel agents, the main hotels, train stations Centrale and Mergellina, Capodichino airport.

http://www.napoliartecard.com/
free phone number from Italy 800 600 601

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Favorite Thing: The Napoli Airport is right next to the Naval Support Activity, which is US military area, and they even share the same runways. When you arrive into Naples you will probably see Vesuvio on your left, and the crowded, city below you. When you step out of the airport you will be at Capodichino, or Capo, as we call it.
There are car rental agencies to the right, when you come into the main terminal area. As you exit the airport, take heed, and watch yourself if you are driving. Taxi drivers, and locals have no mercy for unaccustomed drivers.


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Favorite Thing: You bet. This band Nevada plays at La Bavarase regularly, and I saw them a couple times. They are fantastic, and a lot of fun. check out their website. It includes some samples of music too and a documentary video in Italian as well.
http://www.nevada.it/home.html


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Favorite Thing: Here are some basic phone numbers you may need, hopefully not, during your stay in Naples.


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Favorite Thing: Your link to your home country while in Naples. Remember, Stati Uniti is for the US in Italian.


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Favorite Thing: The Centro Storico, or Historical Center, is an awesome place to explore. It is literally an open air museum full of churches, museums, and many things you wouldn't expect. Take the Napoli Sotteranea for example. It's an underground acquaduct system built by the Greeks and Romans, A MUST SEE! Also here is the Chiesa Santa Chiara, and outter cloister, The Duomo, Chiesa Gesu Nuovo, and wonderful street where they sell all the famous Napolitan Natvity scenes, which are handmade from cork.

Fondest Memory: This is one of the better places in Naples to explore for sure, and you will not be dissapointed

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Favorite Thing: This area, as well as Posillipo, is very nice. The people with money live in Vomero and Posillipo if they live in the city. The views from either location are fantastic, and you are above most of the downtown chaos. Shopping and dining are also nice.

Fondest Memory: Take your special someone up to Hotel Paradiso in the evening for one of the best views anywhere. It's the view that you typically see of Naples and Vesuvio. Actually, most of the Napoli city pics I've seen people post on VT are copies of a professional photographer's work

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Favorite Thing: If you arrive here by air, be sure to be prepared for the chaos at "Capo" Airport. Outside doesn't look or act like an airport you are used to from the states. It's even different than airports I've been to (Frankfurt, Heathrow, Stansted, Montpellier, and Pescara in Europe)
The location couldn't be much worse. There is no easy access to downtown from here. You can't take the train to Napoli Centrale so you must rely on cabs or a rental car. If you haven't been here before, and are renting a car, be prepared. Drive straight out the front, go through the circle, and take a right at the intersection. Get on the Tangenziale and proceed with extreme caution on the freeway. Follow the signs to Centro if you are going in that direction. Good luck.


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