A Short visit to Napoli (Naples)

A very early morning start on the tour bus headed out to Naples from Rome. met a Chinese lady with her Mom from Ayer Itam, Penang in Malaysia, which is about ten Kilometers from where i live.

Took these poster pictures at a pit stop along the way while headed for the toilet; these were part of a competition and posted outside the toilet. Napoli is Italian for Naples.



Sometimes it is more interesting to just capture the normal street scenes of a city rather than focusing on land marks and such. It helps to give one a sense of life in the area.



Like most older cities Naples gave the impression that the people are very well settled down like the whole city is not going to change much anymore till Vesuvius crack open again.

Costello castle is the landmark the every tourist bus are headed for in this area although I am sure if given the time Naples has much more to offer in terms of sights and life to see. 



Naples is one of the oldest continuously-inhabited cities in the world. Bronze Age Greek settlements were established in the region in the 2nd millennium BC,^[5] with a larger mainland colony – initially known as Parthenope – developing around the 9th–8th centuries BC, at the end of the Greek Dark Ages





Naples' historic city centre is the largest in Europe,[11] covering 1,700 hectares (4,200 acres),[12] and is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Over the course of its long history, Naples has been the capital of duchies, kingdoms, and one Empire, and has consistently been a major cultural centre with a global sphere of influence, particularly during the Renaissance and Enlightenment eras.[13] In the immediate vicinity of Naples are numerous sites of great cultural and historical significance, including the Palace of Caserta and the Roman ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum.





There are, obviously, many more things you could add to your to-do list in Naples – including three castles, an opera house, countless more churches, and several more museums. And I’m not even mentioning that big volcano looming over the city, either. If you thought Rome could occupy your itinerary for a month, the same can easily be said for Naples





Culinarily, the city is synonymous with pizza, which originated in the city. Neapolitan music has furthermore been highly influential, credited with the invention of the romantic guitar and the mandolin, as well as notable contributions to opera and folk standards. Popular characters and historical figures who have come to symbolise the city include Januarius, the patron saint of Naples, the comic figure Pulcinella, and the Sirens from the Greek epic poem the Odyssey.





If you do nothing else during your time in Naples – and I’m talking about even if your cruise ship docks in Naples and gives you a paltry two hours of free time – you must eat pizza in Naples. It may sound weird that the first thing to do or see in a city is actually something to eat, but this is, after all, the birthplace of pizza (probably Italy’s most popular food export) and the locals take their signature dish very seriously.





The port of Naples is one of the most important in Europe, and has the world's second-highest level of passenger flow, after the port of Hong Kong.^[15] The city has experienced significant economic growth in recent decades, and unemployment levels in the city and surrounding Campania have decreased since 1999