THE LIST (places and things to avoid before you die)

2. Naples Italy

Naples Italy was describe to me, by a local, as ‘the Calcutta of Europe’. that means it was the nastiest worst most overcrowed city in Europe. That native Napolitan was correct. I have been there and you need

Not go. This is a town most recently famous for the striking garbage

Collectors which led to weeks and weeks of peoples garbage piling up in

The streets of Naples.

Funny thing…nobody really noticed the difference.

If you want to go to Pompeii…fine. But, go to Pompeii and avoid this

Town. A friend of mine, as a youth was sleeping between trains in the

Naples train station…the thieves were so intrepid they cut his back pocket

Off his pants. There is no reason to go here.

Alternative: Isla Giglio. About one hundred miles up the

Coast is the town of St. Stefano. Get your hotel room here in this pleasant

And romantic little harbor town. Every day in the summers a ferry loads

Up the tourist for the Isle of Giglio which is a easy fun boat ride. Giglio

Has a lovely tourist beach with a bar a few steps from your beach chair.

The little cove is crystal clear and you can spend the long day there. Perhaps

The finest little beach spot on earth and a closely guarded secret of European vacationers who are in the know. Why on God’s earth would

You spend a moment in Naples that could be spent here. At the end of

The day, the ferry takes you home. If you tire of the beach, hike up to

“Redbeards Castle” at the top of the Island.