Three Days in Naples

Three Days in Naples

Danielle Oteri
A complete itinerary for three days of culture, history, food, and shopping in Italy's most exciting city
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Welcome to Naples, Italy's most exciting and dynamic city. I have designed a three-day itinerary to make you fall in love with Naples as I have.

Here are a few things to keep in mind...

Naples is loud and chaotic but has an outdated, exaggerated reputation for danger. Milan is the city with the highest crime rate in Italy, followed by Bologna. I'm far more concerned about pickpocketing in tourist-dense Rome or Venice than Naples. It's a big, busy city, so keep your eyes open and your handbag zipped, but I wouldn't worry any more than if I were visiting New York, Paris, or Tokyo. 

Neapolitan people are famously warm and friendly. Naples is a city that has seen so many of its citizens move abroad for economic reasons, so people understand what it's like to be away from home. An open heart and mind will make your time in Naples even richer. 

Crossing the street for the first time in Naples can be terrifying. There aren't always electronic signals, more often, people just step into the crosswalk and the traffic slows appropriately to let them pass. Here's the hack -- pick a rabbit. Wait for an older person, or someone pushing a baby carriage, and then walk when they walk. After a few times, you will feel the rhythm of Naples, and walk with confidence.

Grab a taxi or use the excellent Metro system when you no longer feel like walking. Constructed in the 1990s, it connects all districts of the city. Much of Naples's underground city was discovered during the building of the Metro, with hundreds of exciting discoveries. An entire museum is being installed at the Municipio station near the port to display the Roman boats found buried in the silt. Don't miss the Toledo Station, a glittering, contemporary homage to the Greek cisterns you'll see on Day 1, on the Naples Underground tour of the Centro Storico. 

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Dec 2023
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Mar 2024
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Danielle Oteri
Danielle Oteri is a respected Italy travel expert and the founder of Feast Travel. Previous clients have praised her attention to detail, personalized approach, Italian culture and cuisine expertise, and passion for making history come to life. Her work has been featured in Barron's, CNN Travel, and the Wall Street Journal, and her travel writing has appeared in BBC Travel, Condè Nast Traveler, Giadzy, and the UK Independent. She writes a newsletter about Italy on Substack called "Tante Belle Cose" and teaches a popular series of classes about Southern Italy for Context Travel. Danielle studied the Renaissance in Naples during graduate school, then worked at The Cloisters and the International Center of Medieval Art for over a decade. She is also the founder of Arthur Avenue Food Tours. in Bronx, NY. Danielle splits her time between New York and Italy.
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