Traveling to Naples? Fun Facts and Information
I am Neapolitan, and I'll take you to discover it as we know it: with our eyes and with our heart.
Naples is one of those cities that you have to start living in before you even get there. Naples is a city that offers a lot, but really a lot and you can't think of coming to Naples without having informed yourself, having read, decided, planned
and booked.
Naples, so lively and modern, is one of the oldest cities in Europe and that, given its history, offers too much not to know it deeply. For this reason, before inviting you to experience it in person, we at Metour.it, Neapolitans and lovers of our city, want to give you a few pills of knowledge, so that you can start your trip to Naples right from your home
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Naples is one of those cities that at the first impression you either love or hate, but if you face it knowing the why and the why, the origins, the history, the culture and above all the philosophy, then you will fall in love with a Love that will be forever!
Even pronouncing his name evokes the scent of the sea, but also the voice of the alleys, the warmth of the people, the history of many millennia, the smells of his street food
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Even pronouncing his name evokes the scent of the sea, but also the voice of the alleys, the warmth of the people, the history of many millennia, the smells of his street food
Naples, so lively and modern, is one of the oldest cities in Europe and that, given its history, offers too much not to know it deeply. For this reason, before inviting you to experience it in person, we at Metour.it, Neapolitans and lovers of our city, want to give you a few pills of knowledge, so that you can start your trip to Naples right from your home
Welcome to Naples, where every neighborhood has a soul and every corner a legend.
Naples - Sanità District - Sanità Bridge
The neighborhoods and their names: stories of life, miracles and sea
In Naples, every step, every corner, every word of the dialect or dish is a dive into history. Here, even the names of the neighborhoods have a reason and a story to tell. Let's take Posillipo, which comes from the Greek word pausílypon, “which stops the pain” because of the beauty of its landscape. Here, in Roman times, the rich Patrizio in Publius Vedio Pollione built his luxurious villa on the promontory, literally dug into the tuff of the hill, with a great engineering work, a very long “Grotta di Seiano” tunnel, which allowed him to reach the sea comfortably from home.
Then there is "Sanità", born as “Valle Sanitatis”, a green and healthy campaign. Here you could breathe fresh air and springs of clear water gushed up.
But it is also the district of miracles, where the catacombs of San Gaudioso and San Gennaro tell of an ancient and popular faith, alive like the neighborhood market today. Every Neapolitan knows it: healthcare is a heart that beats underground and on the surface at
But it is also the district of miracles, where the catacombs of San Gaudioso and San Gennaro tell of an ancient and popular faith, alive like the neighborhood market today. Every Neapolitan knows it: healthcare is a heart that beats underground and on the surface at
the same time.
And Spaccanapoli? It is the lower decumanus of the ancient Greek city of Neapolisl, which like a line cuts the ancient center in two, drawing a corridor of living history that crosses two thousand years of life. Walking there is like leafing through an open book: among artisan shops, baroque churches and the scents of
freshly baked puff pastry.
Naples Castel Nuovo - Wallet-Style Pizza
The City with Five Hundred Domes
Did you know that Naples is called the 'city of five hundred domes'?
In reality, there are almost a thousand churches: an intertwining of faith, art and architecture unique in the world.
From the Duomo, where the miracle of San Gennaro is renewed every year, to the Church of the New Jesus, a treasure chest of alchemical mysteries, to the Sanseverum Chapel, where the Veiled Christ takes your breath
In reality, there are almost a thousand churches: an intertwining of faith, art and architecture unique in the world.
From the Duomo, where the miracle of San Gennaro is renewed every year, to the Church of the New Jesus, a treasure chest of alchemical mysteries, to the Sanseverum Chapel, where the Veiled Christ takes your breath
away.
And it is precisely this spirituality that is the key to understanding Naples: a city where the sacred and the profane live together, embrace and speak to each other.
Here there is, unique in the world, a statue of Our Lady who wears her shoes, because - it is said - the night leaves the sanctuary to console the poor and the sick.
But this is also the Fontanelle Cemetery, where Neapolitans' adopt 'the skulls of petite souls in exchange for a grace.
A city that prays and laughs, that cries and sings, that is recommended to win the lottery, and that never ceases
to amaze.Here there is, unique in the world, a statue of Our Lady who wears her shoes, because - it is said - the night leaves the sanctuary to console the poor and the sick.
But this is also the Fontanelle Cemetery, where Neapolitans' adopt 'the skulls of petite souls in exchange for a grace.
A city that prays and laughs, that cries and sings, that is recommended to win the lottery, and that never ceases
Gulf of Naples - Vesuvius
Naples, home of records, inventions and street food
Naples is not only passion and folklore: it is also innovation and historical records. This is where Europe's first public university, the first Italian railway, the first pawn shop and even the world's first opera house, the San Carlo Theatre, were born. When Stendhal visited him in 1817, he wrote
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“There is nothing, in all of Europe, that I do not say comes close to this theater, but gives the faintest idea of it. ” And he wasn't wrong: even today, when the San Carlo lights come on, time seems to stand
still.Many people think that street food is a modern trend, but Naples invented it centuries ago. Before pizza, there was the omelet 'e maccarun, created so as not to waste anything: leftover pasta, eggs, cheese, fried and shared. Then came the pizza with a wallet, folded in four so you could eat it while walking, perhaps along Spaccanapoli or in the Spanish Quarters. Today the whole world imitates her, but no one can reproduce her soul
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And speaking of pizza... did you know that the art of Neapolitan pizzaiuolo is a UNESCO World Heritage Site? In Naples, pizza is a universal language, like music or a smile.
Just like Christmas, where alongside the nativity scene and the shepherds of San Gregorio Armeno, struffoli, pastiera, Genovese and Neapolitan panettone triumph, a new pride of the city
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Just like Christmas, where alongside the nativity scene and the shepherds of San Gregorio Armeno, struffoli, pastiera, Genovese and Neapolitan panettone triumph, a new pride of the city
In conclusion, Naples is not a stop, it's a meeting. It is a mosaic of emotions, scents and contrasts that enter into you and no longer leave you.
And we at Metour.it, who experience Naples every day, want you to discover it like this: authentic, welcoming, surprising.
From tours in the historic center and underground, to experiences on the sea at sunset, to gastronomic itineraries through the alleys and historic taverns... With MeTour you can experience Naples like a real Neapolitan, with the security of someone who knows every stone, every alley and every smile in the city, Contact us.
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