It is a Sunday and the motorcycle riders are out in force, marvelling in the twist and turns of the roads that hang onto the cliffs. The roads are winding, narrow, and challenging to drive. Add in drop-dead views and daring Italian drivers and riders known for their driving bravado. Most are exotic naked bikes with fashion consciously dressed men and woman in high heels and summer dresses whizzing past on Vespa’s and Piaggio’s.
We were unable to spend a few days at the Amalfi coast as we had to head up to Rome. But we will for sure have to return to stay there for a week or a month or a year or so, to fully appreciate the beauty and people.
It is not cheap and for South Africans it can quickly suck a wallet dry. As it was, at the start of winter most camp sites close down and we were forced to stay in cheap hotels every now and then. The cheap is not the problem, but for SA travellers their cheap is not our cheap. With a bit of effort we found some camp sites that were still open where people camped with camper vans and not our poverty-spec tent camping budget and equipment.
Close to Napoli we came across a campsite called Camp Zues for 38Eu for the stand per day. It is in walking distance of the Pompeii forum. This is the tourist route, but we were there and had to go and see where our civilization came from. We take it as: do some must-sees, and some see-what-happens.
From there we could take the train to Napoli, the birth place of the famous pizza and the sex museum and other more boring museums to see as well.
Food bought from supermarkets are relatively well priced and of good quality. We soon found wine for 2-00Eu and enjoyed with bread and salami makes for a great dinner. Pastas and fresh vegetables are on offer from small independent shops.
Pizza is far from the only food Naples does well. Its fritti (fried offerings), seafood, and pastas are some of the best. The confectioneries, if you have a tooth for pastries, are beautifully made and taste just as good.
Ask most people in Italy what they think of Napoli and they conjure up images of a garbage crisis and Mafia, runaway crime rates with pickpockets and bullets flying in the street. Napoli is a chaotic city, gritty, dirty but full of life.
Very interesting read, nice pictures, I also want to go to Italy.
Dankie, ek ry nog lekker saam!
LOVE Italy! If I new you guys were landing near Amalfi could’ve given some tips! Lisa has family in Naples and we spent a bit of time exploring the area. Did you climb Vesuvius ?? =)
Hallooo julle twee so lekker om weer n ietsie te lees hier gooi nog n stukkie voor julle weer vertrek asb groete Z
We had the will to go climb Vesuvius and then we got stuck drinking beers and such. 🙂
I love the look of the look of the Amalfi coast line, definitely a place to go visit. Think I would like to tour around on a scooter….