Italy Bicycle

[Campania Coast - credit: krisdecurtis]

N° of Days: 1 week

Main Attractions:

• Napoli
• Capri, Ischia, Amalfi (LINK sea-coast campania bike tour)
• Pompei, Vesuvio (LINK vesuvio-pompei bike tour)

Neaples Historic Center

[View of Naples - credit: Perrimoon]

Here the Napoli historic monuments such as the many castles used as defensive fortification.

• Castel Nuovo or Maschio Angioino
• Aselmeyer castle
• Capuano castle
• Sant’enselmo castle
• Dell’Ovo castle
• Caserma Garibaldi
• Nisida castle

[Galleria Umberto in Naples - credit: Global Jet]

Other Attractions

• Plebiscito square
• Royal palace
• Teatro San Carlo, the largest opera house in Italy
• Galleria Umberto, A beautiful late 19th century shopping arcade
• Spanish Quarters

The neighborhood known as Spaccanapoli (literally, “split Naples”) takes its name from the narrow street which, under several names, divides the city running east to west.

Many of the streets of this district have Greek/Roman origins. Naples has the best-preserved original street plan of any major city in the Roman world.

• Santa Chiara, a large Gothic church
• Piazza San Domenico Maggiore
• Museo Archeologico Nazionale
• S. Francesco di Paola church
• Neaple Fountains: Sebeto, Nettuno, Tazza di Porfido

Naples is the largest city in southern Italy and the most densely populated city in Italy.

Naples remained an important city under the Romans, when the area around its bay was important for its ports and naval bases.

Transport

• Traffic is terrible, public transport is slow and not always reliable
• Parking is a major problem. So your bike will be a necessary and useful way of transport

Roads Conditions

Roads are crowded and noisy. BE CAREFUL: Napoli is a crowed and dangerous city because intense car traffic. Possibility to rent bike: There are many cycle shops for rent

Suggested Bikes

• City bike
• Mountain bike

[Cycling in Campania - credit: Feuillu]

Suggested Bicycle Tours

• Neaple city center
• Positano
• Beaches of Campania
• Amalfi coast (LINK sea-coast campania bike tour)
• Capri, Ischia, (LINK sea-coast campania bike tour)
• Pompei, Vesuvio (LINK vesuvio-pompei bike tour)

Know Before You Go

This is the region where was invented “pizza margherita” for queen Margherita in the 1830.
Here was composed the famous song “O Sole Mio”, sung by Elvis Presley too