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SNAPSHOT
Keep your eye out for struffolli, rococo, and mostacciuoli. These uniquely Neapolitan pastries are only baked during the holiday season. Keep an eye out, too, when walking on New Year’s Eve. Many Neapolitans take “out with the bad, in with the new” so literally that they toss unwanted items out their windows and into the streets.
FROM AIRPORT TO CITY
Alibus shuttles (tickets are €4) depart every half-hour outside the arrivals gate, stopping at both the train station and Piazza Garibaldi, while €35 gets you to town via taxicab.
FOOD
Cantina della Sapienza
Via della Sapienza 40, +39 081 459 078 I love the hearty, Neapolitan home-style cooking here. The Pasta alla Siciliana (€10) is a perfect wintry meal.
Mimi alla Ferrovia
Via Alfonso D’Aragona 19-21, +39 081 289 004 Their €30 five-course, fixed price meals offer tasty variety, such as baked octopus and cheese-stuffed peppers.
FRIENDS
Giovanni Scaturchio
Piazza San Domenico Maggiore 19 +39 81 551 6944, www.scaturchio.it This popular bakery makes a good meeting point in the centre. Nibble on rum-soaked baba (€4) while you wait.
Caffe Letterario Intra Moenia
Piazza Vincenzo Bellini 70, +39 81 290 988, www.intramoenia.it This unique café offers internet access, snacks, cocktails (limoncello is €6), live music and cosy garden seating.
INSIDER TIP
Neapolitan kids hang blue and red stockings for the Christmas “good” witch, La Befana, on 6 January.
Words Tui Cameron |
