Ideal if you want to experience Naples with Neapolitans: lively working-class neighbourhoods.
If you are looking for the rawer but oh so cosy side of Napoli, this is the place to be. The Quartieri Spagnoli and Rione Sanità are working-class neighbourhoods. Quartieri Spagnoli was a neighbourhood full of gambling joints and prostitution; Spanish soldiers once lived here. Even in the Neapolitan dialect you will find traces of Spanish. The districts were notorious for a long time, but now they are interesting working-class neighbourhoods that give you a glimpse of real Neapolitan life. In the Quartieri, follow the colourful signs to a panorama or mural or discover 24 centuries of history hidden among the bustle of everyday life in Rione Sanità! You'll also find good food in abundance.