我們每年都大約三月,四月來義大利(拖到十一月才寫),主要是可以切斷法國還春寒料峭時,義大利的春燕早已降臨,另一個重點是此時還屬淡季,旅行起來逾越多了
這次我們更往南走,去拿波里這一週圓旅行,包括了拿玻里,Herculaneum 羅馬古城,龐貝古城,Ischia 溫泉島,蘇蘭多,卡布利島,阿瑪菲海岸,總共天數為十二晚,十三天,整體來說,這個天數對喜歡悠遊的我們,還算輕鬆
拿坡里:
一往義大利南部走,就會有人醒示:黑手黨,不安全
這種壞聲明不是沒道理的,Mike說美國的黑手黨大都是拿坡里來的,但也許是中心並不是黑手黨掌控的範圍,總之,一般觀光客走動的地區,並沒有感受太大的“威脅”或危機處處
當然還是可以看到不少市容的“亂象” ,例如到處可見的街頭塗鴉,狹窄人潮擁擠的小巷,可是另一方面又見到拿波里歷史,建築,文化豐富的一樣,多數人在這城市停留時間不長,我們前前後後還是住了五個晚上,卻還是意猶未盡,接著慢慢來介紹這個擁有悠遠而繁複歷史的城市吧

我們所住的區域叫Spaccanapoli ,這是中心,十分的方便,也安全,門口小個小舊貨攤,擺了張珍納露露布莉姬妲(巴黎聖母院的女主角)的老照片,出入都看到這位5,60 年代的美麗豔星照
街道上也許多小乾肉舖,甜食舖,雜貨舖,熙熙攘攘的,十分熱鬧,饒富趣味
當地有名的小甜點,長得有點像蚌,一次進去商店買,裡面的一位中年男士,堅持要幫我付帳,也只有南義大利才有的熱情吧
這種蘭姆巴巴到處都賣,也是拿坡里典型甜點



美麗天頂的濕壁畫,有點米開蘭基羅在西斯丁教堂天花頂繪畫的立體感

我們的區叫做Spaccanapoli ,地點是蠻好的,但雖然是民宿,但不喜人做菜,態度不太好,就不介紹了
街頭角落的藝人
民宿附近的小廣場
街頭藝人所繪畫的
十九世紀還是西班牙殖民時期的建築,較西班牙廣場
我在網路上找到的兩家之一有名的Pizza店,就是從這條小巷子進入的,巷子內有不少小餐館
有些學生路過買外帶的小吃
我們第一間去吃的Pizza店叫:Di Matteo , Pizza還是很好吃,滿滿的Mozzarella乳酪,在法國從來不吃比薩,在義大利就不可錯過物廉價美的簡食了
我們也點了一點其他的小點,就是外帶那一類,比較有特色的是乳酪米的炸物
Via Toleto 是拿波里的熱鬧的商店街,街道寬廣乾淨,一點都沒有傳說中拿波里“混亂”的景象
然後就是我最愛的市集了,位在Via Toleto 的中間路段旁邊的交叉路走進去就是Mercato Pignasecca
內臟,豬腳,什麼都有,很想嚐嚐
是急就位在市中心的精華區,實在太方便了
看到活生生的海鮮就讓人覺得充滿生命力
這樣滿滿的炸海鮮只要 5 euro, 太彌足我們在法國的不足了
自然少不了乾肉,乳酪了,不過我最喜歡的Burrata 新鮮乳酪,原來是產在義大利北方的,這裡買不到
在光明磊落,乾乾淨淨的高級購物街的側邊,就到處都是有名的“西班牙區”,巷子很狹窄,過去的聲明不太好,是黑道妓女戶混雜之區,但我們進入向內,還是蠻多導遊帶著解說的觀光客,白天似乎沒有想像中危險,也許夜間還是避免逛進來的好
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- – Hike: Day 2
- – Hike: Day 3
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- ≡ Rome: March 2017
- • Day 1
- • Day 2
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- – Tivoli Gardens<br>at Villa d'Este
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- – Quattro Fontane
- – Church of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale
- – Piazza del Quirinale
- – Trevi Fountain
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- – Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
- • Day 5
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- – Casa dei Crescenzi
- – Foro Boario
- – Church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
- – Trastevere
- – Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere
- – The <i>Gianicolo</i> (Janiculum Hill)
- – Aventino Hill
- – Basilica di Santa Sabina all'Aventino
- – Pyramid of Cestius
- • Day 6
- – Roman Forum
- – Palatine Hill
- – Altare della Patria
- • Day 7
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- – Galleria Borghese
- – St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican
- • Day 8
- – Via dei Fori Imperiali
- – Colosseum
- – Campidoglio and the Capitolini Museum
- • Day 9
- – Basilica of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva
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- – Church of Santa Maria della Pace<br>and Bramante Cloister
- – Church of Sant'Agostino
- – Via Giulia
- • Day10
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- – Piazza del Popolo
- – Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo
- ≡ Milan, Italy: October 2016
- • Milan Cathedral
- • On The Streets
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- – Food
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- – Museo Poldi Pezzoli
- – Castello Sforzesco
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- ≡ Portugal:March 2015
- • Porto
- – Strolling the Old City
- – Along the Douro River
- – São Bento Train Station
- – Vila Nova De Gaia
- – Igreja dos Clérigos (Church of the Clergymen)
- – Mercado do Bolhão (Bolhão Market)
- • Lisbon
- – Baixa
- – Alfama and Castelo
- – Chiado
- – Museu Calouste Gulbenkian
- – Belem
- – Along the river
- – Palácio Nacional da Ajuda (National Palace)
- – Jardim Botánico da Ajuda (Botanical Garden)
- – Sintra
- – From the train station to the palace
- – Palácio Nacional Sintra (Sintra National Palace)
- – Palácio Nacional da Pena (National Palace of Pena)
- – Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish Castle)
- – Parque das Nações (Park of Nations)
- – Cascais
- ≡ Izu and Mt. Fuji, Japan:December 2014
- • Ito
- • Jogasaki Coast
- • Shimoda
- – City Walks
- – Coastal Promenade
- • Cape Irozaki
- • Kawazu-Nanadaru
- • West Coast Walk
- – Matsuzaki
- – Nishina
- – Dogashima
- • Shuzenji
- – Walkabout
- – Temples
- • Mt. Fuji
- – Views of Mt. Fuji
- – Fujiyoshida
- – Kawaguchiko
- – Lake Walk
- ≡ South Taiwan:December 2014
- • Taitung
- – PaposoganSeashore Park
- – City Promenade
- • Jialulan
- • Xiaoyehliu
- • Dulan
- • East Rift Valley
- – Luye
- – Guanshan
- – Chihshang
- • Donghe
- • Jhihben
- • Sanxiantai
- • Baishoulian
- • Jinzun Beach
- • Kaohsiung
- – West Takao
- – Pier 2 Art Center
- • Tainan
- – Sihua Buddhist Temple
- – Old Five Channel Cultural Zone
- – Hayashi Department Store
- ≡ The Netherlands: August 2014
- • Amsterdam
- – Walkabout
- – Rijksmuseum
- – Centraal Station
- – Begijnhof
- – Bicycles
- – Canals
- – Stedelijk Museum
- – Nieuwe Kerk
- – Rembrandt House
- – Western Islands& Ferry Ride
- – Royal Palace
- – Scheepvaartmuseum
- – Museumplein
- – Street Markets
- • Haarlem
- – Grote Markt
- – Walkabout
- – Frans Hals Museum
- • Zandvoort
- • Kinderdijk
- • IJsselmeer
- – Volendam
- – Picnic
- – Giethoorn
- • Rotterdam
- – Architecture
- – Cube House
- – Walkabout
- – River Walk
- • Gouda
- • Utrecht
- ≡ Belgium:July 2013
- • Bruges
- • Gent
- • Brussels
- ≡ Renaissance Italy: May 2013
- • Day 1: Arrival in Florence
- • Day 2: Florence
- • Day 3: Siena
- – Siena Cathedral: Inlaid Marble Floor Images
- • Day 4: Florence
- • Day 5: Florence
- • Day 6: Florence
- • Day 7: Florence
- • Day 8: Pisa
- • Day 9: Padua
- • Day 10: Lago de Garda & Sirmione
- • Day 11: Venice
- • Day 12: Venice
- • Day 13: Padua
- • Day 14: Venice
- • Day 15: Verona
- ≡ Myanmar: January 2013
- • Yangon
- – Botataung Padoda
- – Old Yangon
- – Around Shwedagon Pagoda
- – Kandawgyi Lake
- • Inle Lake
- – Arrival
- – The Backwaters in a Canoe
- – Boat Tour
- – Nyaung Shwe Town
- • Mandalay
- – Arrival & Workshops
- – Amarapura Monastery
- – U Bein's Bridge
- – Inwa
- – Sagaing
- – Mingun
- – Mandalay Hill
- • Bagan
- – Day 1
- – Day 2
- – Day 3
- • Yangon & Shwedagon Pagoda
- • Ngwe Saung Beach
- ≡ Taiwan: December 2012
- • Taipei
- – On the streets
- – Gongguan
- – Grand Hotel
- – Restaurants & Teahouses
- – Shilin Night Market
- – Ningxia Road Hawkers
- – Museums & Parks
- – National Taiwan Museum
- – Taipei Guest House
- – Botanical Garden
- – National Palace Museum
- – Da-An Park
- – Riverside Park & Artist Village
- – National Museum of History
- – Yuanshan Park
- – Taipei 101
- – Temples
- – Longshan Temple
- – Confucius Temple
- – Baoan Temple
- – Markets
- – Jade & Flower Markets
- – Dihua Street
- – Songshan
- • Around Taipei
- – Xinhai
- – Yangmingshan
- – Hot Spring
- – Tamshui
- – Jinshan
- – Laomei
- – Muzha Tea District & Maokong Gondola
- – Xinyi Road Mountain
- • South Taiwan
- – Alishan
- – Meinong
- ≡ Luxembourg: August 2012
- • Moselle Valley
- • Luxembourg City
- • La Petite Suisse Luxembourgeoise
- • Oestling
- • Vianden
- • Sept Châteaux
- ≡ London: February 2012
- • London Scenes
- • Southbank Walk
- • Tower Of London
- • British Museum
- • Harrods
- • Oxford
- ≡ Barcelona: November 2011
- • Architecture
- – Gaudi
- – Casa Battló
- – La Pedrera
- – Park Güell
- – Montaner
- – Others
- • Food
- – Tapas
- – Paella
- • Odds and Ends
- ≡ Belgium: August 2010
- • Dinant
- • Oostende
- • Bruges
- • Liège
- • Han-sur-Lesse
- • Orval
- ≡ El Nido and Manila, Philippines: Nov-Dec 2009
- • 1. Arrival in El Nido
- • 2. Greenviews Resort
- • 3. Island-Hopping #1
- • 4. El Nido
- • 5. Island-Hopping #2
- • 6. Kayaking
- • 7. West El Nido
- • 8. Las Cabañas Resort
- • 9. Island-Hopping #3
- • 10. Low Tide
- • 11. Saturday Market
- • 12. Underwater Photos
- • 13. Arrival in Manila
- • 14. Fort Santiago
- • 15. Intramuros
- • 16. Chinatown
- • 17. San Augustín
- • 18. Last Day in Manila
- ≡ Laos and Northern Thailand: May-June 2009
- • 1. Kuala Lumpur
- • 2. Vientiane
- • 3. Vientiane
- • 4. Kong Lo
- • 5. Kong Lo
- • 6. Kong Lo
- • 7. Kong Lo
- • 8. Rivertime Eco-Resort
- • 9. Rivertime Eco-Resort
- • 10. Rivertime Eco-Resort
- • 11. En Route to Luang Prabang
- • 12. Luang Prabang
- • 13. Luang Prabang
- • 14. Luang Prabang
- • 15. Luang Prabang
- • 16. Mekong River Boat Trip
- • 17. Mekong River Boat Trip
- • 18. Chiang Rai and Mae Sai
- • 19. Golden Triangle and Chiang Saen
- • 20. Chiang Saen
- • 21. Chiang Rai
- • 22. Bangkok
- ≡ Saigon and the Mekong River Delta: December 2008
- • 1. Saigon
- • 2. Saigon
- • 3. Cai Be Floating Market
- • 4. Cai Be Floating Market
- • 5. On the Boat to the Homestay
- • 6. The Homestay on An Binh Island
- • 7. Vinh Long
- • 8. Can Tho
- • 9. Can Tho
- • 10. Can Tho
- • 11. Can Tho
- • 12. Can Tho
- • 13. Saigon
- ≡ West Sumatra, Indonesia: September 2008
- • 1. Bukittinggi
- • 2. Sianok Canyon
- • 3. Koto Gadang
- • 4. Bukittinggi
- • 5. Rafflesia Flower Hike
- • 6. Kopi Luwak
- • 7. Minangkabau Tour
- • 8. Minangkabau Tour
- • 9. Minangkabau Tour
- • 10. Minangkabau Tour
- • 11. Lake Maninjau
- • 12. Lake Maninjau
- • 13. Padang
- • 14. Padang
- ≡ Tohoku and Tokyo, Japan: May-June 2008
- • 1. Tokyo: Asakusa
- • 2. Tokyo: Ameyoko - Ueno
- • 3. Tokyo: Ueno
- • 4. Tokyo: Ueno - Asakusa
- • 5. Nikkō
- • 6. Nikkō
- • 7. Nikkō
- • 8. Tokyo: Asakusa - Tsukiji - Ginza
- • 9. Kitakata
- • 10. Kitakata
- • 11. Bandai National Park - Aizu-Wakamatsu
- • 12. Yamadera
- • 13. Yamadera
- • 14. Yamadera - Yamagata
- • 15. Zaōsan
- • 16. Zaōsan
- • 17. Kakunodate
- • 18. Kakunodate
- • 19. Kakunodate
- • 20. Kakunodate
- • 21. Kakunodate
- • 22. Tazawako
- • 23. Tazawako
- • 24. Hachinohe - Towadako
- • 25. Towadako
- • 26. Hachinohe
- • 27. Hiraizumi
- • 28. Hiraizumi
- • 29. Sendai - Matsushima
- • 30. Matsushima
- • 31. Matsushima
- • 32. Matsushima
- • 33. Matsushima
- • 34. Naruko Onsen
- • 35. Sendai
- • 36. Kamakura
- • 37. Kamakura
- • 38. Kamakura
- • 39. Tokyo: Shibuya - Roppongi
- • 40. Tokyo: Meiji Shrine
- • 41. Tokyo: Harajuku
- ≡ Hong Kong: November 2007
- • 1. Arriving in Hong Kong
- • 2. Anniversary dinner
- • 3. Around Hong Kong: Lamma Island, Hung Hom & Sai Kung
- ≡ Taiwan: December 2006
- • 1. Taipei and the North Coast
- • 2. Yilan County
- • 3. Xinying area, and a family visit
- • 4. Tainan
- • 5. Tainan
- • 6. Green Island
- • 7. Around Taitung and Hualien
- • 8. Taroko Gorge and the finale of the trip
- ≡ The Kimberley, Australia: May-June 2006
- • 1. Darwin to Alice Springs
- • 2. Central Australia Tour: The Olgas
- • 3. Central Australia Tour: Uluru
- • 4. Central Australia Tour: Uluru
- • 5. Central Australia Tour: Uluru
- • 6. Central Australia Tour: Kings Canyon
- • 7. Central Australia Tour: Kings Canyon
- • 8. Central Australia Tour: Kings Canyon
- • 9. Central Australia Tour: Kings Canyon
- • 10. Central Australia: Alice Springs
- • 11. Gibb River Road
- • 12. Gibb River Road
- • 13. Gibb River Road
- • 14. Gibb River Road
- • 15. Gibb River Road
- • 16. Gibb River Road
- • 17. Broome
- • 18. Broome
- • 19. Return by Highway
- • 20. Victoria River By Air
- • 21. Victoria River By Air
- ≡ Sichuan, China: Nov-Dec 2005
- • 1. Chengdu 14 Nov
- • 2. Chengdu 15 Nov
- • 3. JiuZhaiGuo 16-17 Nov
- • 4. JiuZhaiGuo 17 Nov
- • 5. JiuZhaiGuo 18 Nov
- • 6. JiuZhaiGuo 18 Nov
- • 7. JiuZhaiGuo 19-20 Nov
- • 8. Chengdu 21 Nov
- • 9. Emeishan 22 Nov
- • 10. Emeishan 23 Nov
- • 11. Emeishan 23 Nov
- • 12. Leshan 24 Nov
- • 13. Chengdu 25 Nov
- • 14. Chengdu 25 Nov
- • 15. Chengdu 26 Nov
- • 16. HaiLouGuo 27-28 Nov
- • 17. HaiLouGuo 28 Nov
- • 18. HaiLouGuo 29 Nov
- • 19. HaiLouGuo 29 Nov
- • 20. HaiLouGuo 29 Nov
- • 21. Panda Center 1 Dec
- • 22. Chengdu 2 Dec
- ≡ Java, Indonesia: June 2005
- • 1. Jogyakarta
- • 2. Jogyakarta
- • 3. Borobudur
- • 4. Borobudur
- • 5. Semarang
- • 6. Jepara
- • 7. Solo
- • 8. Solo
- • 9. Jogyakarta
- • 10. Jogyakarta
- • 11. Prambanan
- • 12. Prambanan
- ≡ Sri Lanka: December 2004
- • 1. Colombo and Polonnaruwa
- • 2. Polonnaruwa
- • 3. Polonnaruwa
- • 4. Polonnaruwa
- • 5. Kandy
- • 6. Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage
- • 7. Kandy
- • 8. Nuwara Eliya
- • 9. Mirissa Beach
- • 10. Galle
- • 11. Galle
- ≡ Peninsular Malaysia: June 2004
- • Taman Negara
- – Taman Negara: Part One
- – Taman Negara: Part Two
- • Pulau Redang
- – Pulau Redang: Part One
- – Pulau Redang: Part Two
- ≡ South India: December 2002
- • 1. Fort Cochin
- • 2. Fort Cochin
- • 3. Fort Cochin
- • 4. Backwaters
- • 5. Backwaters
- • 6. Backwaters
- • 7. Varkala Beach
- • 8. Varkala Beach
- • 9. Kovalam Beach, Trivandrum, Pondicherry
- ≡ USA: December 2003
- • 1. New York
- • 2. Savannah, Georgia
- • 3. Athens, Georgia & Birmingham, Alabama
- • 4. Minnesota
- ≡ France: July 2003
- • 1. Colombier to Coullioure
- • 2. Céret to Cap d'Agde
- • 3. Sarlat-la-Canéda
- • 4. La Roque-Gageac
- • 5. Leaving Dordogne
- • 6. The Loire Valley and lastly, Paris
- ≡ Cambodia: May 2002
- • 1. Phnom Penh
- • 2. Sihanoukville and Kampot
- • 3. Angkor Wat
- • 4. Ta Prohm
- • 5. Angkor Wat
- • 6. Angkor Thom and Bayon
- • 7. Preah Khan
- • 8. Banteay Srei
- • 9. Banteay Srei
- ≡ Kyushu, Japan: December 2001
- • Taiwan and Fukuoka
- • Karatsu and Yobuko
- • Okawachiyama and Imari
- • Takeo and Ureshino
- • Nagasaki
- • Yanagawa
- • Uchinomaki and Aso
- • Beppu and Yufuin
- • Dazaifu and Fukuoka
- ≡ Seoul: December 2000
- • Korean Folk Village
- • Moran Rural Market
- • Namhansanseong Provincial Park
- • Changdeokgung Palace
- • Changgyeonggung Palace
- • Jongmyo Royal Shrine
- • Gyeongbokgung Palace
- • Yongjongdo Island
- ≡ North Vietnam: June 2000
- • 1. Hué
- • 2. Halong Bay
- • 3. Halong Bay
- ≡ Kansai Region, Japan: December 1999
- • 1. Kyoto and Nara
- • 2. Koyasan
- • 3. Totsukawa, Kawayu Onsen
- • 4. Shirahama
- • 5. Sagano
- • 6. Himeiji Castle
- ≡ Yunnan Province, China: July 1999
- • 1. Stone Forest
- • 2. Dali
- • 3. Lijiang
- • 4. After Lijiang
- ≡ Hokkaido, Japan: November 1997
- • Otaru
- • Furano
- • Abahikawa
- • Abashiri
- • Lake Akan and Chitose
- ♦ Family, Friends, Other Travels
- ≡ Bhutan: June-July, 2009
- • 1. Arrival
- • 2. Silver Pine Hotel, Paro, School
- • 3. Rinchen Ling Hotel and vicinity
- • 4. Rinchen Ling Hotel and vicinity
- • 5. Drukgyel Dzong
- • 6. Drukgyel Dzong
- • 7. Paro Dzong
- • 8. Paro Dzong
- • 9. Paro
- ≡ Sydney: February, 2008
- • 1. Sunday
- • 2. Monday
- • 3. Tuesday
- • 4. Wednesday: Parramatta
- • 5. Thursday: Bondi
- • 6. Thursday: Bondi
- • 7. Friday: Blue Mountains
- • 8. Saturday & Sunday
- ≡ Thailand: December, 2007
- • 1. Chris & Von arrive, trip to Ko Chang
- • 2. Ko Chang
- • 3. Ko Chang
- • 4. Bangkok & Ayutthaya
- • 5. Bangkok
- • 6. Bangkok
- ≡ USA & Canada: May-June 2007
- • 1. Arrival in Minnesota and the Wedding
- • 2. Lake Superior Circle Tour
- • 3. Lake Superior Circle Tour
- • 4. Lake Superior Circle Tour
- • 5. Lake Superior Circle Tour
- • 6. Lake Superior Circle Tour
- • 7. Lake Superior Circle Tour
- • 8. St. Paul and vicinity
- • 9. Minneapolis
- • 10. Red Wing, St. Croix River, & St. Paul
- • 11. San Francisco
- ≡ Bangkok, Thailand: March 2007
- • First day
- • Wat Pho
- • Last day
- ≡ Bretagne, France: April-May 2006
- • 1. St-Pol-de-Léon
- • 2. Along the North Coast
- • 3. Trébeurden to Lannion
- • 4. Along the North Coast
- • 5. St-Brieuc to Cap-Fréhel
- • 6. Dinard to St-Malo
- • 7. Dinan to Mont-Saint-Michel
- • 8. Mont-Saint-Michel
- • 9. Dinan and Brocéliande
- • 10. Paimpont to Vannes
- • 11. Pontivy and Carnac
- • 12. Lorient
- • 13. Lorient
- • 14. Quiberon to Lorient
- • 15. Concarneau to Quimper
- • 16. Diego, Denis and Irene
- ≡ St Paul and Chicago: October 2004
- • 1. St Paul
- • 2. Chicago
- ≡ Kukup, Malaysia: June 2004
- ≡ Sarawak, Malaysia: December 2001
- • 1. Kuching
- • 2. Bako National Park
- ≡ Seychelles Islands: December 1996
- • 1. South Mahé Island
- • 2. La Reserve
- • 3. La Reserve and Brulee
- • 4. Praslin Island
- • 5. Praslin Island
- • 6. Victoria
- ≡ Sarawak, Malaysia: June 1996
- • 1. Kuching
- • 2. Sarawak Cultural Village
- • 3. Bako National Park
- • 4. Bako National Park
- • 5. The Return Trip
- ≡ Band Tour to Copenhagen & Norway: June 1995
- • Copenhagen
- • Ferry to Oslo
- • Holmenkollen
- • Hamar & Lillehammer
- • Glaciers
- • Troldhaugen
- ≡ Hawaii: December 1994
- ≡ Chiang Mai, Thailand: Sept 1994 & June 1995
- • Meeting old friends.
- • A temple walkabout.
- • Arriving in the city...
- • A walkabout outside the city.
- ♦ Living in Singapore: 1994 to 2010 (under construction)
這裡也是很典型的拿波里的景觀,是西班牙殖民時期,為了鎮壓拿波里地區的反叛軍,設置給軍人駐紮的區域
這種一次二次大戰時期軍人在防衛期間空閒時以空殼彈雕塑起來的
拿波里也有像米蘭豪華而知名的艾曼紐二世購物商場,這個購物商場位在拿坡里歌劇院對面,叫 Galleria Umberto, 同樣建於十九世紀末,比米蘭的還早25年,不過這裡稍微沒落一點,但還是很奢華的
Piazza del Plebiscito ( 亦即廣場),為在拿波裡的旅遊精華區,洲圓一帶不是大廣場,就是宮殿,大型園區,以及拿坡里的最著名的新堡
Piazza del Plebiscito是拿破崙的妹婿特地以拿破崙知名所建蓋,十九世紀初拿破崙所向無敵,將拿坡里封給了他的妹婿,當然,拿破崙敗陣之後,這裡也就回歸
這整個新古典主義的條列迴廊和環形圍繞的柱體,讓人想到羅馬城梵蒂岡聖彼得廣場,其實也是模仿羅馬萬神命和聖彼得廣場而設計的
走出Piazza del Plebiscito廣場,其右邊街角就是拿坡里最知名的咖啡館了,叫Caffè Gambrinus ,咖啡館咖設於19世紀,是藝文界,社會名流風雲際會之地
有很讓人垂涎的甜點,內部也十分華麗,我們有點趕時間就坐在露天咖啡館,這裡的榛果咖啡是我喝過最好喝的咖啡
與Piazza del Plebiscito 環形廣場 面對面的就是宮殿的入口,也是博物館入口
我們繞到另一面進入宮殿的中庭,是一棟十分精緻的文藝復興風格建築,是過去的皇家宮殿
位在文藝復興式宮殿旁是一處綠蔭盎然的大園區
園區看出去就是拿波里重要的地標:新堡,是中世紀所建築的防禦型城堡+宮殿,是拿玻璃中古時代權力鬥爭傾軋之中心
時過境遷,現在這裡一帶可以說是拿波里最讓人放鬆感受過去西班牙統治時期,拿破崙統治時期等政治和建築建設的精華區域,拿波里知名的聖卡洛歌劇院也在宮殿旁
從上述所提到的宮殿區, 廣場一帶往下看,就是港口區,從這有有定期輪船前往卡布利島, Ischia 島 等,這裡也可以遠遠眺望維蘇威火山,也難想像西元79 年淹沒龐貝城的火山就在眼前
我們找了一個下午前往拿坡里的山丘區,這裡必須要搭乘單軌登山電車前往,上面的可以鳥瞰拿波里市區,可以天氣不太晴朗
還有座 Sant Elmo 的中世紀防禦城堡,可能是因為正在整修,並沒有開放進入,否則據說這裡是觀賞拿波里日落和世界三大夜景的最佳地點,有點小遺憾,這世界你總不可能什麼都擁有的,不是嗎
也可遠觀維蘇威火車,有一些佔了景觀之力的好餐廳和咖啡館
逛了幾個主要的區域之後,我們找到“地底拿坡里”這個非常特別的行程,(underground Naples )我們到了現場後,發現還蠻多人等著,英文跟法文,團都有,而且一定要跟著團體走
跟著團一起走下40 公尺深
這些地洞脧早是古希臘所哇覺的,是個地下採石場,提供建築石料使用。有部分石窟在不同時期被當成不同的用途,例如這個石窟在二次大戰時被當作庫藏炸彈的用途
我們經過幾個狹窄的隧道,有的只容一人差身而過,部分空間還必須要人手拿著一個“手電”燭火,,參加的也有一些小朋友,能好像探險一樣的活動,他們真是興奮得很
有幾個水池,在古代希臘和羅馬時期,是提供給市民供水以及沐浴使用
這個空間可以看到羅馬人所建構的精細的菱形砌石牆面,是典型羅馬時代建築的標誌
第一個洞窟區置少走了一個小時才結束,接著我們被帶領到一個“很平常”的應該是十八世紀的公寓,底樓小小的一間小公寓,從一個密道通往地下,竟然截然是另一個時光隧道,這裡後來被發掘出來,竟然是古羅馬時期的劇院,有大小的拱門
底層樓曾經是一個教堂,現在設置了一個小小聖經故事的小型雕像展覽
參觀完,我們順便逛逛這一代的“古城區)(Spaccanapoli ), 又是完全不同於先前參觀的“觀光客”的區域
看到很接地氣得拿波里的另一面
市民正在準備黃昏時的天主教遊行
據說披薩是從拿坡里起家的,而且拿波里的披薩製作法還被列為聯合國人類遺產的項目,這天我們特地來這家據說是披薩第一名店,Da Michele,結果一看真是人山人海,我們拿了號碼牌,竟然等了超過一個小時
一般來說義大利的披薩花樣非常“簡樸”,像這裡整間店就只有兩種:一種事Margharita (瑪格麗特),羅勒葉,放很多mozzarella 乳酪那種
另一種則是放番茄醬汁,蒜,奧瑞岡香草,拿坡里披薩的特色就是皮很薄,其實義大利的披薩就是好吃,但等一個多小時實在只是一種百聞不如一吃的心理