Sabine.se - Nice - Rome - Napoli - Palermo

Next morning we took the train from Roma Termini to Napoli

which takes around 1,5 hrs and is a very comfortable ride when you finally get on the train

Of course the taxi drivers were on strike when we arrived in Naples so we had to take the Metro
(we didn´t want to ask if we could have an Uber)

Finally we arrived at the Hotel Romeo

Myrtillocactus - Blueberry cactus outside the hotel and then we went inside

to the top roof for lunch and discovered that they had a bunch of other cactus which I like very much

From the roof top restaurant/bar you have a view over the city

the Mount Vesuvius

and the port of Naples

At the beginning of Spaccanapoli street you find the famous statue of the God Nile or “Body of Naples”

Sitting under cover in the rain at the piazza San Gaetano

where you find another famous statue of Saint Cajetan

Finally it was time for us to visit the Naples Underground

We went 136 steps down to a depth of about 40 meters below ground

where we visited a few of the tuffaceous cavities excavated in the Greek era
used as cisterns for the water supply of the city for approximately 23 centuries. 

The air raid shelters from the Second World War

made you think of how awful war is

an interesting walk in the underground for one hour ended up in

another fraction of the Roman Theater which is in an old carpentry with many surprises

After the guided tour off to the famous L´antica Pizzeria da Michele

where they serve only two kind of pizzas

and we chosed both - delicious

Next day a taxitrip to the weirdest place I have ever visited the "Cimitero delle Fontanelle"

which is an ossuary with more than 40.000 remains of corpses who died through various circumstances

today the remains are organised thanks to Don Gaetano Barbati together with the help of some local women

Lucky skulls are furnished

more with all sort of things

This site inside the cave is called the Court. A crucifix on a bone base and according to tradition,
it was the place where the guappi of La Sanità took their oaths

The Monacone which according to information from guidebooks the head is somewhere else!

Outside the cave ot Fontanelle in Rione Sanita

The self guided tour continued with the same taxi to the Catacombe di San Gennaro

a place where the East embraces the West and sacred meets the profane

These catacombes are home to a valuable collection of very, very antique frescos

In the earliest days of todays Naples, Greek and Roman law forbade burials within the city walls, so the
the catacombs were dug out of Capodimonte Hill to give the dead a place to rest.

The self-guided tour was over, we were hungry and asked our taxi driver to take us to a place which serves
pizza fritta and that we wanted to have a sea view. Ristorante Haché at Via Partenope 6 was the answer!

The food, service and view was absolutely excellent.
After the delicious but heavy lunch, which pizza fritta is to me,

we took a stroll to the Castel dell´Ovo (in English Egg Castle)
which is the oldest standing fortification in Naples and worth a visit!

Don´t be ashamed!

we took a stroll back to the city center where we encountered Umberto I and

had a look at the Piazza del Plebiscito which today occasionally  is used for open-air concerts.

the piazza is close to the famous Café Gambrinus where we had an expensive aperitivo

after the aperitivo we kept on walking and came to a well-kept Roman arch on the Via Anticaglia

Circolo Canottieri Napoli a prestigious and renowned nautical club has the same flag as Scania!

On our way back to our hotel Romeo near the port. 
Vedi Napoli e poi muori - See Naples and die!
Not for me, this is a city that I without hesitation would visit once more.

Our souvenir bought in the Spanish Quarters - next day off to Palermo