City Guide Of Naples And Campania:

Nine Best Things To Do In Naples:

In Campania:  The official site of the Campania regional tourist organization.

Comune Di Napoli:  The main city council website, which includes much information about Naples.

Gira Napoli:  A helpful app for finding routes in the Naples Metropolitan area.

Napoli Unplugged:  A cyber-homage to the city in the form of personal and contemporary articles and blogs.

Starita a Materdei:  A long-standing neighbourhood pizzeria tucked up above the archaeological museum.

Antica Pizzeria Port'Alba: (Via Port'Alba)  This restaurant makes claims of being Naples's first pizzeria (1738 CE).

Antica Osteria Pisano: (Piazza Crocelle al Mannesi 1-4) -- A small and very traditional trattoria.

Quartieri Spagnoli:  Scaling the slopes of Vomero to the west of Via Toledo are some of the city's narrowest and most crowded streets.

Monte Echia and Pizzofalcone:  The hill that rises up above the heart of the city at the bottom of Via Toledo.  Monte Echia was the birthplace of Naples.  Greek settlers founded a place they called Parthenope, after the siren whose body was said to have been laid to rest here.  Later, it became Paleopolis or "Old City."  The city expanded after its victory over the Etruscans in 474 BCE, acquiring the name of Neapolis (meaning "New Town").

The Neapolitan soul and spirit have been formed and nourished by two extremes embodied by San Gennaro (Januarius) and Vesuvius, representing blood and fire, spiritual protection and temporal threat.  Gennaro (250-305 CE), the Bishop of Benevento, was executed at Pozzuoli during the reign of Diocletian, is the city's patron saint.  Neapolitans see the miracle of the blood of San Gennaro as the symbol of a city several times doomed, but which has always risen from the ashes.

By train, you're most likely to arrive at Napoli Centrale, on the edge of the city centre at Piazza Garibaldi, the main hub of the city.

Death is a recurring motif in Naples, with cemeteries full of skulls, underground catacombs, and death cult churches.

The archetypal Neapolitan pizza is the marinara, topped with just tomato, garlic, and basil, but with no cheese.  The margherita includes tomatoes and cheese.  The salsiccia e friarelli has sausage and local bitter greens.