To follow along with our Naples adventure, download the “Naples’ Archaeological Museum” and “Naples City Walk” tours from the Rick Steves Audio Europe app. These tours include helpful audio, maps, and text for finding your way around.
Checked our bags at the hotel and had one day to see the museum and walk around town. Since we didn’t have time to go Pompeii we went to this museum. It did not disappoint!
The Rick Steves audio tour starts off with the staircase with the lion statue. Skipping ahead to one of the most famous statue the 13 feet tall Toro Farnese, sculpted in the 3rd Century. In the 1500s Michelangelo (among others) was hired to restore the statue. The Farnese Hercules is located at the other end of the room from Toro Farnese. The also pictured is a scale model of Pompeii. Don’t forget to look up at the ceilings.
Naples is famous for their pizza. This pizza, according to Ooni pizza ovens, gives you a fluffy, airy crust and a thin, flexible base with the perfect amount of bite. The Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana (AVPN) established international regulations handed down for generations. Find an AVPN certified pizzeria near you-> and definitely make the trip to Naples to see where it all started! The pizzas pictured here are from Pizzeria Attanasio ->
