Napoli Centrale

We appreciate the kindness of Giuseppe, the owner, who was very helpful over the days for some complaints. The place we stayed in is not the one shown in the photos, in fact the rooms were different. We were given an entire apartment as 9 people, on the second floor of the building, very comfortable and with some spacious rooms. One of these, however, was really small compared to the others, which did not make it uncomfortable. Heating present but absolutely to be reviewed, especially in the Clear Sea room. Air conditioner stopped at max 19°. Little hot water present, with problems in all rooms. Improper pillows, changed on request but still not very "comfortable". I would say that there are some factors that should be reviewed to ensure that those staying can truly feel at home. Beb very close to the station, still allows you to reach the central areas both by public transport and on foot in a short time.

TRIP OF ONLY 4 DAYS UNFORTUNATELY, TO VISIT THE WONDERS OF THIS CITY WITH ALL ITS CONTRADICTIONS, BUT ABSOLUTELY TO RETURN TO SEE/REVIEW WHAT I HAVE NOT SEEN AND SEEN I HAVE VISITED: CAPODIMONTE MUSEUM, S.CARLO THEATER, S.CHIARA CLOISTER , CHURCH OF GESU' NUOVO, CATHEDRAL, PIAZZA PLEBISCITO, GALLERIA UMBERTO 1°, LA SANITA', QUARTI SPANISHI, ART STATIONS IN THE UNDERGROUND, SPACCANAPOLI, PALAZZO REALE, ANGEINO CASTLE + THE TWO TOURS WITH OPEN BUS AND WITH IDA UNA PRECIOUS LOCAL GUIDE WITH A GRADUATE IN ARCHITECTURE WHO DEEPENED OUR KNOWLEDGE WITH HIS INFORMATION

Let me start by saying: I was born, raised and resident in Rome. I have always been used to living with beauty, history, culture but also with chaos, crime and large spaces. Lately I have prided myself, like all other aware Romans, on having the record as the dirtiest, darkest and most frequented by scoundrel capital of the entire old continent... I decide with my family (wife, 11 year old son and Maltese dog of 6 months) to visit Naples by car for 2 days in August 2022. We find a lovely B&B in the Materdei area, two metro stops from Piazza Dante. Materdei is a quiet residential area. The managers of the b&b collect the car from us and take it to the garage. In 48 hours we walk during the day in the historic center, in the Vomero, in the Spanish neighborhoods and in the Toledo-Plebiscito-Bovio area. A marathon... The opinion on the city is that it is not beautiful in an objective sense: certainly the gulf is extraordinary and the sea is remarkable but the construction of the areas visited recalls Madrid and Lisbon of a few decades ago, the large historical and institutional buildings they are black and dirty, downtown construction is necessarily a patchwork of many incredible things. So if your parameter is Paris with rivulets of water cleaning the sidewalks, don't go there. If, however, you want to find kindness, humanity, a profound sense of existence, ancestral fatalism, mystery, coexistence of poverty and nobility, of rich and poor, of uncultured and literate, conviviality, popular music, religiosity, monumentality civil and religious that reflects these values, then Naples is absolutely one of a kind, just as its inhabitants are unique. During the Kingdom of Naples the upper class used Capodimonte ceramics to eat and traveled by train. In the Savoy Kingdom they ate from wooden plates and traveled on horseback. Neapolitan culture is a legal, political, religious and ethical primacy but above all it is the expression of the sense of existence that only here they know how to express in these forms. Obviously, I conclude with some practical clarifications: don't walk at night in non-central areas (we did it by mistake and were scared to death. Better to take a taxi), don't give visibility to bags, watches, etc., don't wander around with the map in the air like diviners, don't be verbally hypercritical when you meet someone. Having said that...have a good stay! PS We will definitely be back as soon as possible!