Would you please tell me something about Napoli?

Question

Anything about Naples like the place, people, foods, nightlife, etc.. Thank you.

Answer 1

NAPLES - is Italy's most controversial city: You'll either love it or hate it. Is it paradiso or the inferno? It's louder, more intense, more unnerving, but perhaps ultimately more satisfying than almost anywhere else in Italy. Naples has made world headlines for its cultural renaissance and its fight against crime. Despite Mafia-directed crime, political corruption, prostitution, street hoodlums, chaotic traffic, and pervasive unemployment... etc.

The capital of the region and, indeed, of the whole Italian south. Maybe you will have the feeling that you're somewhere unique makes it possible to endure the noise and harassment, Maybe it's the feeling that in less than three hours you've travelled from an ordinary part of Europe to somewhere akin to an Arab bazaar. Perhaps the feeling that you're somewhere unique makes it possible to endure the noise and harassment, perhaps it's the feeling that in less than three hours you've travelled from an ordinary part of Europe to somewhere akin to an Arab bazaar. Football, too, is a religion here.

☻Music, also, has played a key part in the city's identity: there's long been a Naples style, bound up with the city's strange, harsh dialect - and, to some extent, the long-established presence of the US military: American jazz lent a flavour to Neapolitan traditional songs in the Fifties; and the Seventies saw one of Italy's most concentrated musical movements in the urban blues scene of Pino Daniele ( MY FAVE NEAPOLITAN SINGER and HIS SONGS ARE THE BOMB!) and the music around the radical Alfa Romeo factory out at Pomigliano. New rock groups are also born in Naples every month, and interest in traditional Neapolitan music is also increasing.

☻Neapolitan cuisine consists of simple dishes cooked with fresh, healthy ingredients . Also, as Naples is not primarily a tourist-geared city, most restaurants are family-run places used by locals and as such generally serve good food at very reasonable prices. There's no better place in Italy to eat pizza (especially PIZZA MARGHERITA), at a solid core of almost obsessively unchanging places that still serve only the (very few) traditional varieties. You're never far from a food stall for delectable snacks on the move, or you can always pick something up from the city's street markets in La Forcella or the fish market at Porta Nolana.

☻Nightlife:

A sunset walk through Santa Lucia and along the waterfront is one of the lasting pleasures in Naples. You can stroll by the glass-enclosed Galleria Umberto I, off Via Roma across from the Teatro San Carlo. The 19th-century gallery is still standing today, although it's a little the worse for wear. It's a kind of social center for Naples, with lots of shopping and dining possibilities. On its nightclub/cabaret circuit, Naples offers more sucker joints than any other Mediterranean port. If you're starved for action, you'll find plenty of it -- and you're likely to end up paying for it dearly.

☻Shopping

The shopping in Naples can't compare to that in Milan, Venice, Florence, and Rome. Nevertheless, there are some good buys for those willing to seek them out. The finest shopping area lies around Piazza dei Martiri and along such streets as Via dei Mille, Via Calabritto, and Via Chiaia. There's more commercial shopping between Piazza Trieste e Trento and Piazza Dante along Via Toledo/Via Roma.



☻Special Events

Maggio dei Monumenti (May of Monuments) is sponsored by the Council of Naples, with events occurring every weekend during the month. Each year the theme is slightly different. One of the most interesting parts of this event is a series of guided walks through the historic district, even through the city's underground passages. May is also the month for a variety of exhibits and fairs. Chamber music recitals, concerts, operettas, performances of classic Neapolitan songs, and even soccer matches and horse races add to the celebration. If you're in Naples in May, consult the tourist office for a full program of events, some of which are free.

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Answer 2

It is a very busy city - you need to cross the road in force because the traffic just does not stop.  I really liked the atmosphere but one of my colleagues went with his parents and his father was mugged.

The food is really good!

Catch the train to Pompeii for some fabulous sightseeing.

Answer 3

I just returned from a cruise that stopped off in Naples.  I found Naples to be like several other Italian cities...busy busy busy.  Food was wonderful (Pizza supposedly originated here).

But what I really enjoyed were the excursion to Pompeii to visit the Roman ruins there AND I took the hydrofoil to the Island of Capri from Sorrento (down the coast from Pompeii). It was just beautiful...I thought the photo's I had seen were initially just touched up to make the blues and azure water look good, but IT ACTUALLY WAS LIKE THE PHOTOS.

My wife got an Chantecler Bell on the Island of Capri...something she had wanted to do for over 30 years since seeing/hearing other famous people got it for the charm and luck it brings to women who wear it.

The tour books on Napoli (Naples) were pretty right on their descriptions and recommendations on what to do for day trips.  I recommend you invest in one and do a little homework to plan out your day(s).

Good Luck and have fun.