2014年7月14日 星期一

拿坡里 Napoli

會因為喜歡一本書的書名而買一本書。

計劃行程時,預算玩7天然後出發到佛羅倫斯,看著地圖,莫明地喜歡拿坡里這名字好吧!就到拿坡里。

後來當然知道了不能錯過的龎貝古城,但其他行程都沒有預先規劃。在火車上慢慢看資料,看到了一個想去的地方,再加上龎貝古城,市內再逛逛,應該差不多了。

酒店就在火車站旁邊,我們一心想今天先休息一下,到火車站找找資料,輕輕鬆鬆的。在遊客服務中心,遇到了一個極不友善,而且非常不幫忙的小姐,不知道她一直是這樣,還是對中國人特別不友善。我想參觀的地方是Borbonico Tunnel,必須確認三天証是否包括,她先是告訴我說這地方只開星期六日,拿了單張隨便指了一個地方,說四點就關門了,你們去不了….一邊走回去,我再看一下單張,發現她是亂說的,我們要參加的普通團最後一團是五點半,我們就回頭再問。她先是堅持說五點半是結束時間,經我堅持,她致電查詢,確認最後一團是五點半,但告訴我說只有意大利語的….我再問哪有沒有英語的,她說沒有,我沒有問把我氣得!!

回到酒店,自己上網查到是有英語的,讓酒店的主人幫我再打電話確認,真的是有英語團!可恨的是,我們必須回去跟那個討厭的女人買三天票!

經過一番折騰,終於可以出發。幸運地,我們堅持了, 這個參觀,是到目前為止,最讓我們愉快的經歷。

Borbonico Tunnel 的挖掘本來是作為皇室人員的逃生通道,但最終沒有完成,後來在二次大戰期間,被用作防空洞。這隧道在1970年完全被棄用後,直至八年前由兩名地質學家決定重新發挖研究,建成了這個地方,每星期三天開放讓公眾參觀。實在,這一個半小時的參觀,不止讓我們多了解了這城市的歷史,更重要的是我們的嚮導員是一個對這地方超有熱誠的女孩,她的熱誠表現在整個導賞中,提供了許多有趣的資訊,而且能感受到她的直接參與而不是依書直說。

我們絶對誠推介這地方,當然希望所有導賞員都像Lucia一樣讓人快樂!!

除此之外,拿坡里也是一個很漂亮和舒暢的城市,有城市外也有海邊散步的地方。我們酒店附近有一個街市,超多海鮮,還有活八爪魚,但活的就非常貴。




聽說這裡是薄餅的發源地,所以也到了非常地道薄餅店朝拜一下,人多得很!



by: Jo



I will buy a book because I like the title.

When we were planning our trip, we know we have 7 days before going to Firenze.  We looked at the map and I just love the name “Napoli” for no apparent reasons.  Yes, let’s go to Napoli.

Later, we obviously found out that Pompeii is what we cannot miss, apart from that, not really know where we will go.  We read on the train and I decided one place I want to go.  With that plus Pompeii will make our trip.

The hotel is right next to the train station.  We thought we will just take a rest today and gather some information at the train station.  Unfortunately, we had this very rude and unhelpful tourist information officer.  I am not sure if she is always like that or if she doesn’t like Chinese… I would like to visit the Borbonico Tunnel and I need to confirm if the 3 days pass includes the ticket I need.  First, she told me that the tunnel is only open on weekends and she randomly pointed on the brochure and said it closes at 4pm and it is too late for you now.  On our way back, I was looking through the brochure and found that she is wrong, the last regular tour is at 5:30pm.  So, we went back and she first insisted that 5:30 is the end time.  With my perseverance, she called and confirmed that the last tour starts at 5:30pm.  But then, she said that the tour is in Italian only.  I asked a few times whether or not they have tours in English, her face is so bad and she said “I don’t know, I didn’t ask…”.

We went back to the hotel and found from the website that the tours are in both English and Italian. We asked the hotel staff to call again and confirm they will have the 5:30 tour in both languages.  The most annoying thing is then I need to go back and buy the pass from this lady.

Finally, we are ready to go.  The good thing is, we insisted and this is the best experience so far in Italy.

The Borbonico Tunnel was dig originally as escape route for the royal family, but it was never completed.  Later on during WWII, it was being used as shelter for the people.  The tunnel was fully abandoned by 1970s and it was only until 8 years ago that two geologies decided to clean up the tunnel and open it to public 3 days a week.  In this 90 min tour, we got to know a lot more about the histories of Napoli.  More importantly, the tour guide is a girl who is so passionate about this place and she fully reflects that in the guiding.  She provided so much interesting information, her direct involvement makes the whole thing a lot more personal and not just book reading. 

We highly recommend this tour and I hope all the other tour guides can be the same as Lucia, and brings joy to visitors.

Apart from that, Napoli is also a very comfortable city to walk around, and you can walk by the seaside also.  There is a wet market near our hotel and there are lots of seafood, including live octopus, although very expensive.

Furthermore, Italian pizza originated from Napoli.  We tasted it at a local pizzeria, long queue!!

by: Jo




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