Cinematic Naples lives to eat, but there is far more to this southern Italian city than scoffing pizza margherita at Da Michele like Julia Roberts did in the 2010 movie Eat Pray Love, or frequenting the pizzeria where Sophia Loren flipped ’n fried dough on screen in the 1950s.
Eating out in noisy, seething Naples, spun from grassroots tradition and the hot Mediterranean sun, is the original locavore date. Shopping for seasonal vegetables, fresh seafood, silky buffalo mozzarella and pungent spices at a market is as instinctive to Neapolitans as scratch cooking and not wasting a crumb.
Scoffing fried fish on a street corner from a brown paper cone or sharing snack-fueled aperitivi (pre-meal drinks) at sundown is constantly in vogue. Forget current trends or buzzwords like “street food,” “short-circuit” and “sustainability.” Fiery Naples has always done a grand job of following its own rules – and those include catering to vegans and vegetarians, traditionalists and the unorthodox, prince and pauper with a dazzling feast of old-world osterie and trattorie, fine-dining restaurants, cheap-as-chips friggitorie (fry shops) and, of course, authentic pizzerias straight off the silver screen.
From top pizzerias to restaurants serving the ultimate seafood dishes, here are Naples’ 14 best places to eat.
Sink your teeth into La Sanità, a chameleon of a rough-cut neighborhood that Neapolitans wouldn’t even set foot in a decade ago, at its hippest pizzeria. The Oliva family has been whipping up dough here for 70-odd years, but it’s the creative spin of visionary young pizzaiolo Ciro Oliva that morphed his family’s business into a hot spot – and La Sanità into an unlikely foodie hub. Pair an artichoke-filled pizza-dough bun or artisanal pizza with a local craft beer or small-production Campanian wine to experience Neapolitan paradiso on earth.
Thank heavens for Tandem, where dedicated epicureans can tuck into the extraordinarily rich and meaty ragù napoletano (Naples’ meat and tomato sauce, made with beef cut in chunks rather than minced like bolognese) any day of the week – not just on Sunday as city tradition dictates. Slowly simmered for hours on end, Tandem’s signature sauce appears on its increasingly elaborate menu in myriad ways. Stick with tradition: atop fresh pasta or in a bowl with crunchy bread to dunk.
Thrill out on Naples’ wild contradictions by following high-brow artistic opulence at pink-hued Palazzo Reale with lunch on the street with laborers and a cold beer from this get-real, fried pizza joint. Pizza maker Gino Sorbillo uses the same original recipe and kitchen kit that his aunt Esterina did after WWII to ensure the comfort-food staple and hangover cure is precisely as it should be: puffy, light and
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British skies dazzle when the sun sinks, and there are a handful of dark sky reserves and discovery sites where the lack of light pollution can help stargazing enthusiasts feel that bit closer to the universe. Take a winter stomp across freezing moors or a late-night summer drive up to a remote hilltop to find a sky full of stars with distant planets glittering overhead on clear nights. Often, there’s no need for a telescope either — star clusters such as Pleiades and Hyades, the Milky Way, nebulae and shooting stars can often be seen with the naked eye or with the help of a pair of cheap binoculars and stargazing apps such as Stellarium Mobile.
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Often seen merely as a stepping stone to the stunning Italian islands accessible via its bustling port, Naples is seldom considered a destination in itself. Contrary to this negative portrayal, Naples is a lively, culture-rich city that deserves more recognition. As the birthplace of pizza, it commands respect on culinary grounds alone. Moreover, it’s home to a wealth of significant archaeological treasures, and its unpolished streets have a beauty and authenticity that’s been washed away in other large European cities. It’s also home to a handful of excellent luxury boutique hotels offering outstanding Italian hospitality and beautiful accommodations. Here are the top hotels in Naples, Italy for a weekend getaway or extended vacation in city and around the city.
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