Naples is the 3rd largest city in Italy with a population of almost 1 million people. It is also has the 5th highest population density in Europe.
Places of interest in Naples and the surrounding area
Naples
Museo Archeologico Nazionale
contains the majority of the paintings and mosaics from Pompeii
City Centre - UNESCO World Heritage Site
Church of Santa Chiara -1260 Gothic church with Roman Ruins, gardens
Castel Nuovo - "New Castle", built in 1282 - Civic Museum
Basilica di Santa Maria della Sanita - catacombs
Museo di Capodimonte (National Museum)
Piazza del Plebiscito - largest square in Naples - bordered by the Royal Palace and a church
Spaccanapoli - (Naples Splitter) - main street
San Lorenzo Maggiore - medieval church
Via Pignasecca - open air market
Castel dell'ovo
Santa Luccia
Piazza Municipio - Center of Naples
Food
Pizza - Pizzeria Da Michele (fold pizza in 4)
Mozzarella
Gambrinum - coffee shop, pay first then get tkt
Amalfi Coast
Capri - Italian island
Blue Grotto (Grotta Azzurra) - sea cave on the coast with blue illumination from sunlight
reflecting on water, must go on small rowing boat for 2 to enter cave
Herculaneum
this city was buried the same day as Pompeii and is more preserved
Mount Vesuvius - active volcano
Pompeii - UNESCO World Heritage Site
ruins of the city covered by ashes in 79 AD from Mt Vesuvius eruption
Positano - south of Naples
Sorrento - on the Amalfi Coast
small town close to Naples - pop 16,000; large producer of limoncello
La Sorgente
Fauno bar
Excursions from Naples offered on Disney Mediterranean Cruise in 2007
Naples
Museo Archeologico Nazionale
contains the majority of the paintings and mosaics from Pompeii
City Centre - UNESCO World Heritage Site
Church of Santa Chiara -1260 Gothic church with Roman Ruins, gardens
Castel Nuovo - "New Castle", built in 1282 - Civic Museum
Basilica di Santa Maria della Sanita - catacombs
Museo di Capodimonte (National Museum)
Piazza del Plebiscito - largest square in Naples - bordered by the Royal Palace and a church
Spaccanapoli - (Naples Splitter) - main street
San Lorenzo Maggiore - medieval church
Via Pignasecca - open air market
Castel dell'ovo
Santa Luccia
Piazza Municipio - Center of Naples
Food
Pizza - Pizzeria Da Michele (fold pizza in 4)
Mozzarella
Gambrinum - coffee shop, pay first then get tkt
Amalfi Coast
Capri - Italian island
Blue Grotto (Grotta Azzurra) - sea cave on the coast with blue illumination from sunlight
reflecting on water, must go on small rowing boat for 2 to enter cave
Herculaneum
this city was buried the same day as Pompeii and is more preserved
Mount Vesuvius - active volcano
Pompeii - UNESCO World Heritage Site
ruins of the city covered by ashes in 79 AD from Mt Vesuvius eruption
Positano - south of Naples
Sorrento - on the Amalfi Coast
small town close to Naples - pop 16,000; large producer of limoncello
La Sorgente
Fauno bar
Excursions from Naples offered on Disney Mediterranean Cruise in 2007