Ellen, I never thought of going to Naples, but your post has made me change my mind. I doubt I'd go on my own, so I'd have to find a very small tour to the area....or go with a seasoned traveler *wink wink* LOL.I really struggled with this one. My first response is Rome, but in the last five years the place I've gone back to over and over is Naples. I really, really love it there. The energy of the place is infectious, and there's so much to see and do in the area that I never run of options. Plus, the food is amazing.
This is the cloister at Santa Chiara, an oasis of quiet in the middle of the city.
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Ellen, thank you for sharing your Naples love story!Mindy, although I'd been to Naples three or four times before, I didn't really fall in love with the place until Colleen and Shannon turned me on to the apartment they'd rented. I've been back now four or five years in a row; the apartment and the owner (Marco) are both fabulous. I'd realized a couple of years ago that he worked at Teatro San Carlo, but only this year discovered that he's a lead dancer (ballerino). I went to the opera a couple of weeks ago and he danced in the first and third acts ... the next day when I saw him and asked him about it he said he thought I knew what his "real" job was. He probably did tell me, but between his limited English and my limited Italian it likely got lost in translation.
I was fortunate this year to be there with a friend who is a scholar of ancient Rome. It was fascinating to tromp around the ruins at Baia, Pozzuoli, Cumae, Oplontis, and Santa Maria Capua Vetere with her ... my own personal master class. We were there for two weeks attending a language school each morning, then touring around in the afternoons and over the weekend. Both the language school and her historical tutoring reminded me how little I know (insert deep sigh here).
We love most of the hilltop towns in Tuscany, but we really love the stunning little town of Varenna on Lake Como.
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