Naples

Why this trip

Two nights and you'll still be talking about the food a year later.

• Out 15:20, back 12:10 · direct · 3h 15m
• You stay in Chiaia — Seafront classic with a rooftop.
• The one thing you'd do: Alibus from the airport — €5 to Piazza Garibaldi or the port, 20 minutes.

• 🍷 Food and wine
• 🏛 Culture fix
• 🪩 Nightlife

Sunday Pompeii trains are busy; the first departure is the civilised one.

The plan

The signature run · around Centro Storico

1. Day 1

   Arrive and dive in

   • 17:00Alibus from the airport€5 to Piazza Garibaldi or the port, 20 minutes.
   • 18:30Walk SpaccanapoliThe dead-straight street that cuts the old city in half. Chaos, in the good way.
   • 20:00Pizza at Da Attilio or SorbilloAttilio in Pignasecca is the local pick and there is less of a queue.If the weather turns: Queue too long? Concettina ai Tre Santi in Sanità is arguably better anyway.
   • 22:00Negroni in ChiaiaTake the metro one stop and drink where the city dresses up.
2. Day 2

   The main event

   • 08:30Sfogliatella at PintauroHot, flaky, €2, standing up. The correct Neapolitan breakfast.
   • 09:30Circumvesuviana to Pompeii40 minutes, €3.20. Go early — there's no shade by midday.
   • 13:30Lunch in Pompeii townPresident if you want the good version, any trattoria near the amphitheatre otherwise.
   • 16:00Museo Archeologico back in townEverything they removed from Pompeii is here, including the mosaics.If the weather turns: Too hot for museums? Take the funicular to Vomero for the Certosa terrace and sea breeze.
   • 19:30Sunset at Castel dell'OvoWalk the Lungomare, Vesuvius on the horizon.
3. Day 3

   One last moment

   • 09:30Coffee at GambrinusStand at the bar like a local. €1.20.
   • 11:00Via San Gregorio ArmenoThe nativity-figure street. Absurd, brilliant, buy something.
   • 13:30Alibus backAllow extra — Naples traffic is a personality trait.