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"tim....." wrote:
"Walt Bilofsky" wrote in message .. . "bartc" wrote: I had the same negative image of Naples as most of the responders here. Me too. I found nothing of real interest there I'm told that there are so worthwhile art museums, but I don't do art museums. Though the complainant was that they only opened in the morning, so to do them all took twice as many days as necessary. This could have changed tim Thanks, Tim. How long ago was your visit? We don't do art museums much either - and then only at a fast trot. - Walt |
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Martin wrote:
On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:59:07 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address wrote: Is Naples now a good walking-around city? Worth a couple of days? Don't buy anything: many fake goods! Some of us actually WANT to buy fake goods. Hurray for sanity. Buying any kind of cheap tat on holiday always seems insane to me. I find it far more convenient to buy cheap clothes at home. -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009) |
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On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:27:05 -0700, Walt Bilofsky
wrote: We have five nights / four days to spend in the Naples / Amalfi Coast area before boarding a ship in Sorrento. In the past we've been to Pompei, and to Amalfi twice on day trips. We were planning to just skip Naples, but Frommer's guide raves about how the historic center has been cleaned up, and the crime situation greatly improved. Questions: 1) Is Naples now a good walking-around city? Worth a couple of days? There are interesting things to see there, but it's far from one of my favorite Italian cities. If you like art, the Capodimonte museum is terrific! 2) Where should we spend two or three nights on the Amalfi Coast - Amalfi (where we've already been), Sorrento (where we'll walk around anyway our last day), or someplace else? I love Capri, where there are lots of things to see, and would highly recommend it if you won't be there during a very busy very touristy time of year. -- Ken Blake Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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Jack Campin - bogus address ha scritto:
Some of us actually WANT to buy fake goods. Yes, if they are fake that seems true also out of the box, but in old times they sold electronics equipments (VCR, radios, Cameras) in same_as_new sealed boxes with inside only bricks or stones to simulate weight. Ciao, Piero. |
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Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
Is Naples now a good walking-around city? Worth a couple of days? Don't buy anything: many fake goods! Some of us actually WANT to buy fake goods. (Last time I went to Istanbul, a friend back home was very keen for me to buy her a fake Rolex - unfortunately it turned out that they were much harder to find than they used to be). Heck, I'd even start wearing Armani if I could find something with the logo spelt wrong. It's a long time since I sought clothes with brand names, misspelled or not.... -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009) |
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Walt Bilofsky ha scritto:
Grazie, Piero. Yes, we are always careful with valuables and aware of other people when walking in large cities. Would it make sense to stay two or three nights in the historic center of Naples? Staying in Sorrento, counting travel time and waiting, it would take about 2 1/2 hours to go to Naples and back. I'm sorry. I live far from Naples (500Km north), and I was there only few times. In recent times I slept in Pompei one time, and I was there to take a ferry to Sicily and on the way back one week after. So I don't know how good is to sleep in historic center. I think is good and without problems. I remember very good to buy a daily ticket for public transports (Metro, light rail, funiculars). Look at the traffic: a nightmare for every driver not from Naples... No rules: red lights and stops are totally ignored and the worst trouble for a car there is the broken clakson: they horn continuously. ....But the landscape is wonderful... Absolutely climb up to Posillipo hill on a clear day. In Naples there's a flavour of mafia called 'Camorra', but they never create problems for normal people. The only problems, as I said before, are pickpockets (so leave all valuables in Hotel) and fraud masters. The 'Napoletani' (people from Naples) are known everywhere in Italy as 'smart' (maybe ... too smart). Buon viaggio! Ciao, Piero. |
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On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:33:20 +0100, (David Horne,
_the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: Ken Blake wrote: On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:22:36 +0100, (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: Martin wrote: On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:59:07 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address wrote: Is Naples now a good walking-around city? Worth a couple of days? Don't buy anything: many fake goods! Some of us actually WANT to buy fake goods. Hurray for sanity. Buying any kind of cheap tat on holiday always seems insane to me. I find it far more convenient to buy cheap clothes at home. With one exception, I agree with you. Buying things like cheap socks and underwear on vacation and throwing them away rather than lugging dirty clothes around in your suitcase can be a very convenient, inexpensive way to travel. I can see that, though I haven't found it a terrible way to travel, and on our recent trips, we've only taken hand luggage, including a 10 trip to Italy... I only take hand luggage too, almost all the time. I normally take enough socks and underwear for the entire trip and throw them away after use. That's because wrinkled dirty clothes take up much more space than folded clean clothes. I've done this for as much as a 28-day trip to Rome. -- Ken Blake Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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