Advantages: Convenient for Pompeii Disadvantages: AC? What AC? Room was like an oven.
We were planning to visit Pompeii but finding a decent hotel close by was as easy as excavating these ancient ruins with a teaspoon. So Naples it was.
The Holiday Inn looked perfect for our needs - on the edge of the city towards Pompei and easy access from the autostrade. When I say easy access, I mean 'in theory'...on a map...in my wildest dreams etc. The Holiday Inn is situated in a modern development of high-rise offices and commercial properties called Centro Direzionale directly connected to a link road from the A1 autostrade. But, this being Naples, where stock car racing is not only the principal hobby, it's downright de rigeur, it proved a little more tricky than directed from the hotel's web page. Driving to the hotel being only slightly less dangerous than facing a pride of half-starved lions in the amphitheatre, we ...
Advantages: Mostly helpful,friendly.(many see op.) Disadvantages: Can be expensive. Traffic,crime,pollution.
,each year to visit.And it's a place I both love and detest,for Naples is like that in everything you can see,do or experience there...
Giuseppe's family are extensive,(in laws etc) and it is a place I both love,and miss,but couldn't live there again for various reasons.
NAPLES.
The very name brings a magic,deep within my heart.
A misty tear of reminiscence to my eyes,a mixture of joy,and hell,pleasure and pain...there is no getting over it,and if you are looking for cold hard facts,url addresses and links you're going to be bitterly disapointed- but I promise you,-you will be entertained.
This city,as a resident,is not for the faint hearted,- but as a visitor on holiday,it is as close to paradise as you could get- sea,sand,sun,cheap food,adventures,countryside on the outskirts,orange and lemon groves,best Pizza's the most wonderful ...
At the beginning of April 2004 I spent 24 hours in Naples (on my way to Sardinia), I´d like to take you with me and show you what I saw. I stayed in a hotel in the historical centre, Hotel Sansevero in Piazza San Domenico Maggiore 9; 70 Euro for a single room (clean, quiet, nice modern furniture, small breakfast).
The description on the net said, ´easily reachable by underground (Metropolitana) Montesanto station or by bus direction Corso Umberto´. Ha!, says I, nonsense, nothing is easily reachable in Naples that isn´t situated directly beside an underground station. There are only two lines in the whole city and they do not cross the historical centre. If you don´t know which bus number to take (the info on the net didn´t include it) and can´t speak the language well so that you can ask, this means of transportation is not advisable ...
Calata del Ponticella a Marechiaro 23, Posillipo, Naples, Italy
Telephone
081 7690020
Manufacturer's product description
This restaurant is picturesquely perched over a beach in Posillipo near the end of a long winding side road, and has long capitalized on its location. The landmark comes with its own legend: the story goes that in the 19th century any Juliet would promise herself simply by appearing at the window ("fenestella" in the local dialect) to the Romeo sailing in the boat below, thus inspiring the famous Neapolitan folk song. Today, the restaurant is blatantly traditional, with a comfortable decor and the usual suspects on the menu. (For more stylish food and people, and better value for money, head across the road to Da Cicciotto).
