Synonymous with the birthplace of pizza and devotion to football legend Maradona, Naples has an (outdated) bad rap. This hangover from a history of grime and crime means people dismiss Italy’s third-largest city, favouring more picturesque towns along the southern Amalfi coast.
But Naples is hugely underrated – you’ll kick yourself for not visiting sooner. Because what those coast-dashing visitors skip over is a city whose historical inventory is a mix of grit and grandeur, easily retraced on its Unesco listed Greco-Roman streets, with the architecture and art of its Imperial city era, and a labyrinthine underground. This is real-life Italy, not putting on a show for tourists: the city’s districts brim with street life, street food and street art.
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