On our first morning in Florence we went to Mercato Centrale. We were able to walk to it from our apartment. Visiting a market in Florence is a must do ! This market was full of produce , cheese , wine and food stalls . Out side the market was vendors selling leather items . We spend about 2 hours in the market . Started with coffee and croissant . It was delicious. Than we went on to purchase wines…
The cheapest option to travel to Sorrento from Naples or to go to Pompeii or Herculaneum is the train line called The Circumvesuviana Train. It is very cheap compared to other options to travel in that region. You can find all the details about the train here . The train stations look a bit more ghetto compared to other Italian train stations but we found it to be safe . A lot of the train stations are fully spray painted….
If you are in Rome, Naples and Sorrento and has only time to visit one of the two ancient cities affected by Mount Vesuvius pick Pompeii! Both of the ancient cities are accessible by a local train from Naples and Sorrento . Pompeii is right off the train station and for Herculaneum you have to walk for about 10 minutes from the train station. You can find the details about local train in this post . Pompeii is a much…
I came across Pompei when researching Naples Italy . An ancient city buried under Volcanic ashes 2000 years ago ! After reading about it we added to our itinerary. How To visit Pompeii ? We used Naples as your base to visit Pompei. It is cheaper to stay in Naples vs. Sorrento. Two famous towns you can use as your base . From Naples we caught a local train to Pompeii . The train line is called The Circumvesuviana Train….
We got into Florence at night time . After dropping off our stuff at the AirBnB we headed out for dinner . Walking through Florence was a refreshing experience. In the historic part there were not many cars . It felt like how it would have looked in the past . The city also appeared meticulously clean compared to Naples ! We walked to a Sandwich shop recommended by a food blogger friend of my husband! The sandwich shop was…
One of the reasons I was excited to visit Naples was for the food . It is known as the birthplace of Pizza ! We stayed in Naples for one night and two days . I made sure to leverage those two days to try some awesome dishes ! Here is what we ate in Naples . 1. Neapolitan Pizza – It is believed Pizza originated from Naples in the 18 th century or early 19 th century. Neapolitan crust…
After wrapping up in Naples we visited Florence. Took a train from Naples . We reached Florence late at night and walked to our Airbnb from the train station. Totally adored the Airbnb . This was our only Airbnb and we were totally impressed! Location The apartment was a short walk from the train station. We dragged our suitcases from the station . It was also walking distance to most of the major attractions which made it a perfect base…
When we were planning our vacation to Italy, Naples was not really on our list . I wanted to do a quick stop over in Naples on our way to Amalfi to try the Pizza . Based on my googling nothing else the city had really interested me . Why Naples ? My husband convinced me to stay two nights in Naples . He mainly picked due to the difference in cost between using Naples as a base to explore…
On our day trip to Capri we wanted to spend some time at the beach. Once we were done visiting most of the attractions on the Island we went about finding a beach . Capri’s Imperial Beach We were in town of Capri and we looked up the closest beach to our location . The beach that came up was Capri’s Imperial Beach . It was walkable so we decided to walk it . Turned out to get to the…
Capri the Island has two major towns, Capri and Anacapri. We visited Anacapri first and than dropped by Blue Grotto before catching a bus back to Capri the Town . When we got there first thing we did was have lunch at Al Ristorante . The restaurant is on a cliff and overlooks the water . We also found the food to be good . Afterwards we wandered the streets of Capri taking in the restaurants, shops and sights ….