A Sunday afternoon in Naples

[london1967]

On Sunday after visiting first the cemetery and later the Museo of Capodimonte in its namesake park (an amazing collection of art), we travelled to Mergellina station and walked down to the seafront. 
There's a lovely view of Naples 



and its bay from the harbour






(This is Castel dell'Ovo dominated by mount Vesuvius)

From the harbour we took a bus to the Parco Virgiliano at the top of Posillipo, the beautiful promontory which is 'the' place to live in Naples if you have enough money. The park was quite a walk from the bus stop but it was worth it because the views of the city and of the islands are amazing.








Capri




This is Nisida where apparently Brutus plotted the assassination of Julius Caesar in his villa.

A puddle


and a fearless cat!






Adrian talking to the cat (and being ignored!)

After we got back to Mergellina on the bus and a funicular, we walked all the way back into town on the lungomare






Piazza del Plebiscito and the church of San Francesco da Paola

Oh, how tired we were when we got back to our room!

Comments

[isledemoi.livejournal.com]

Looks like such a wonderful trip. I love Naples even though it can be a noisy, traffic congested place. Seemed very shabby chic to me! I wonder if Perhaps Adrien was not speaking the correct dialect to that cat? And what about the gorgeous weather you are enjoying...

[london1967.livejournal.com]

The emphasis is definitely on the shabby! lol

Sadly, we only had sun one of the 3 days we were there.