Naples - December 29, 2011 - Hotel Naples

Staircase from sixth floor

We reserved rooms at a brand new hotel right in the heart of the ancient quarter.

Really, it abuts onto a baroque church attached to a medieval monastery and is directly across from the main entrance to the university (a facade added in the mid eighteenth century to hide the jumble of medieval and renaissance buildings behind it.)

Sound proofed rooms proved very useful...there is no time of day or night, nor any situation that the average citizen of Naples does not think warrants a great blow on the car-horn.

Crossing the street was even more a dilemma than Rome. Until I discovered the secret: Stand at the edge of the sidewalk; close your eyes and go. They will stop, eventually, sometimes. Oh wouldn’t grandpa Giacomo D'Angelo be proud, well probably not. The man was a jackass.

View from window on
staircase

Two twin room

 I loved the staircase and the view from both the room and the porthole like windows on the stairs. Beautiful views of the bay, the university and a nice close up of the glazed tile roof on the dome of the church next door.

Breakfast was included in the very low price we paid and it was very well done. Orange stuffed triangular pastries that are a specialty of the region, fruit tarts with delicate lattice tops, chocolate tarts, chocolate croissants, plain and flakey rolls, and fresh fruits and for some reason, mixed in canned fruit? Hot frittata and instead of bacon fried pancetta, cold meats, salami and British style ham, semi firm cheese, bread for toasting, a strange variety of juices, I think most of them were juice cocktails of some kind. And of course magnificent espresso, cappuccinos and if you so desire, American style coffee.

View from the top of the staircase towards the bay:

View of Church and Naples: