Italy: Day 4 - Tour of Napoli

Today we went on a tour of Historic Napoli. We met the tour at the base - and they took us all around Napoli. What a great tour. We really enjoyed the sights, the sounds and the smell of Napoli. We learned much from our tour guide. He was very knowledgeable in all areas of Napoli. Napoli is amazing. There are 2.5 million people living in the area - and it appears that they all live in apartments. I did not see many single-family homes during our entire tour. Traffic is very busy - all the time. The roads are narrow, winding and many are one way. Several of the motorways are 'elevated' with no shoulder whatsoever, and very steep. The engineering is amazing. Our tour guide explained that in the 20 km by 20 km area of Napoli there are approximately 1000 churches. We saw 2 of them in quite some detail. I was able to get 1 picture of the first one before getting yelled at (no - I was not using flash). Here are some pictures of the sights we saw that day:The Bay of Napoli is behind us and we are looking to the North. We cannot see the downtown section of Napoli - but this is looking at some of the hillsides that comprise the city. We were in a beautiful point that overlooked much of the Bay.

We are heading to the downtown section of Napoli. This is just one example of the buildings in this area. The Bay of Napoli is to my left. This was taken in mid-morning - and the sun was very bright to my left. It was difficult to get good shots of the Bay at this time of day.

Flats looking onto the Bay of Napoli. What a wonderful place to live (if you don't have to have a car!) All of the flats and apartments looked really nice.