Berlitz Pocket Guide Naples, Capri & the Amalfi Coast (Travel Guide eBook)
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Disorderly, rowdy, exhilarating - Naples, the capital of the Italian South, is like nowhere else. The Bay of Naples has its own charms, from the dazzling island of Capri to slumbering volcanoes, world-class archaeological sites and the stunning Amalfi Coast. Berlitz Pocket Guide Naples, Capri and the Amalfi Coast is a thoroughly updated, full-colour travel guide that combines lively text with vivid photography to highlight the best that the region has to offer.
Inside Pocket Guide Naples, Capri & the Amalfi Coast:
Where To Go details all the key sights in the region, while handy maps on the cover flaps help you find your way around, and are cross-referenced to the text.
Top 10 Attractions gives a run-down of the best sights to take in on your trip.
Perfect Day provides an itinerary of the city of Naples.
What To Do is a snapshot of ways to spend your spare time, from strolling Naples' maze of cobbled alleys in search of Baroque masterpieces or a slice of authentic pizza to living the high life in Capri or visiting the evocative ruins at Pompeii.
Essential information on Naples' culture, including a brief history of the region.
Eating Out covers the region's best cuisine.
Curated listings of the best hotels and restaurants.
A-Z of all the practical information you'll need.
About Berlitz: Berlitz draws on years of travel and language expertise to bring you a wide range of travel and language products, including travel guides, maps, phrase books, language-learning courses, dictionaries and kids' language products.
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How To Use This E-Book
Getting Around the e-Book
This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Naples, Capri & the Amalfi Coast, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Naples, Capri & the Amalfi Coast, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Naples, Capri & the Amalfi Coast are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Naples, Capri & the Amalfi Coast. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
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Table of Contents
Naples’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
Top Attraction #2
Top Attraction #3
Top Attraction #4
Top Attraction #5
Top Attraction #6
Top Attraction #7
Top Attraction #8
Top Attraction #9
Top Attraction #10
A Perfect Day in Naples
Introduction
Colourful Campania
Fiery Citizens
A Brief History
Normans and Germans
Spanish Viceroys
Revolution and Unification
Modern Times
Historical Landmarks
Where To Go
Naples
Royal Naples
Port and Castel Nuovo
Chiaia
Centro Storico
Spaccanapoli
The Duomo
Around Corso Umberto I
Archaeological Museum
The Catacombs and Capodimonte
Vomero
Posillipo
Campi Flegrei
Pozzuoli
Baia
Cuma
Vesuvius
Herculaneum
Exploring Herculaneum
Pompeii
Around the Forum
Revealing Villas
Brothels and baths
Theatres
Commercial Pompeii
Capri
Capri Town
Coastal Strolls
Anacapri
The Blue Grotto
Ischia and Procida
A Circular Tour of Ischia
Procida
Sorrento and its Peninsula
Exploring the Peninsula
The Amalfi Coast
Positano
Amalfi
Ravello
Paestum
What To Do
Sports
Shopping
Entertainment
Nightlife
Calendar of Festivals
Eating Out
Pasta
Pizza
Regional Specialities
Coffee
Wines
Reading the Menu
To Help you Order
Menu Reader
Restaurants
Naples
Capri
Sorrento
Positano
Amalfi
Ravello
A–Z Travel Tips
A
Accommodation (see also Camping; Youth Hostels)
Airport
B
Bicycle Hire
Budgeting for Your Trip
C
Camping
Car Hire (see also Driving)
Climate
Clothing
Crime and Safety
D
Driving
E
Electricity
Embassies and Consulates
Emergencies
G
Gay and Lesbian Travellers
Getting There
Guides and Tours
H
Health and Medical Care
Holidays
L
Language
M
Maps
Media
Money
O
Opening Hours
P
Police
Post Offices
R
Religion
T
Telephone
Tickets
Time Zone
Tipping
Toilets
Tourist Information
Transport
V
Visas
W
Websites and Internet Access
Y
Youth Hostels
Recommended Hotels
Naples
Capri
Ischia
Sorrento
Positano
Amalfi
Ravello
Naples’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
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The Blue Grotto
Capri’s most celebrated attraction has been on the tourist itinerary for nearly 200 years. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #2
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Naples’ Archaeological Museum
An unrivalled collection of ancient sculpture, mosaics and paintings. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #3
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Pompeii’s Villas
Casa del Fauno is a classic example of the town’s wonderfully preserved Roman residences. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #4
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The Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte
One of Italy’s finest picture galleries. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #5
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Naples’ Duomo
At the heart of the ancient Centro Storico. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #6
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Positano
One of the most beautiful villages on the Amalfi Coast. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #7
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Villa Cimbrone in Ravello
This clifftop town captivated Wagner, D.H. Lawrence, Greta Garbo and many others. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #8
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Naples, birthplace of the pizza
Still the best place on earth to sample the genuine article. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #9
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Herculaneum
Its ruins have yielded even more treasures than Pompeii. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #10
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Piazza del Plebiscito
This vast semicircular square is home to the massive church of San Francesco di Paola. For more information, click here.
A Perfect Day in Naples
9.00am
Breakfast
Head out for a cappuccino and cornetto in Caffè Scaturchio, on Piazza San Domenico Maggiore in the Centro Storico.
10.00am
Cultural immersion
Take a morning walk through the Decumani and Spaccanapoli, visiting the attractive local churches, museums, galleries and shops.
12.30pm
Early lunch
Indulge in traditional wood-fired pizza at Pizzeria di Matteo (for more information, click here), for a taste that is truly Neapolitan.
2.00pm
Roman revival
Walk up to the magnificent MANN archaeological museum, home to the Farnese statue collection and the treasures of Pompeii, Herculaneum and the Phlegraean Fields.
4.00pm
Royal ice
Hop on a bus to Piazza Trieste e Trento, stopping for cake or ice cream at the sybaritic Gran Caffé Gambrinus (for more information, click here), before heading across the square to see a couple of the city’s most prominent attractions: the Palazzo Reale and Castel Nuovo.
6.30pm
Vomero vista
Walk along Via Chiaia – the city’s trendiest shopping street – to the funicular and head up the cliff. Find a neighbourhood bar and settle down with a Campari or martini to watch the sunset across the bay.
8.00pm
Evening at the opera
If it is the opera season and you are extremely lucky, perhaps you will get tickets for the Teatro San Carlo, one of the world’s great opera houses. You can also take a guided tour to learn about this spectacular building and its perfect acoustics.
8.00pm
Fine dining
Alternatively, enjoy the best of Italian food at one of the city’s fabulous restaurants, such as Amici Miei (for more information, click here), for a lingering dinner.
10.00pm
Jazz club
Finish off your evening in Cammarota Spritz ( for more information, click here), , followed by a stroll along the Lungomare, listening to the moonlit waves whispering of Santa Lucia (a song dedicated to this area in Naples).
Introduction
Naples is a theatre. Its buildings are arranged on hillsides like box seats encircling a stage. And what a set! Viewed from the heights, a castle seems to plunge like a ship into the waves of a blue sea; there’s a sail or two on the water; the coastline curls past the purple cone of Vesuvius towards Sorrento’s cape, and Capri floats in a distant haze. Add a little mandolin music and the curtain goes up on Act I. The good news is, the curtain never comes down.
Divided opinion
Writer Peter Nichols once declared: ‘Neapolitans still reproduce what must be the nearest equivalent to life in classical times. Naples is one of the great tests. Some people hate it and some people love it.’ He added: ‘I think that people who do not like Naples are afraid of something.’
For all its social problems, Naples is a city of incredible beauty and vitality. The noise, chaos and dilapidated areas are impossible to ignore, but for each crumbling tenement block there’s a magnificent Baroque church or ancient monument. The food, particularly the pizza, is unforgettable. However, the main attraction is the street theatre laid on by the exuberant Neapolitans. Nothing beats just losing yourself in the crowded ancient streets and absorbing all the sights, smells and sounds. And when you’ve reached sensory overload, you can escape to the islands and coastal resorts, which are never more than an hour away.
From dramatic Naples it is just