Travel: 48 Hours in Naples
2pm Tuck into your first pizza of the weekend, at Fiorenzano (Piazza Montesanto 6, tel: 0039 81 552 8665).
3:30pm Visit San Domenico Maggiore cathedral (Piazza San Domenico Maggiore) on the thoroughfare popularly known as Spaccanapoli
5pm Pop back to the hotel for a spa.
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Hide Ad7pm Dinner at the Caruso Roof Garden (Via Partenope 45, tel: 0039 81764 0520, www.vesuvio.it)
Saturday, 10am Continental breakfast at the Grand Hotel Parker's.
11am Visit the art gallery at Capodimonte Palace (Via Tito Angelini, Napoli, tel: 0039 81 7499111, www.museo-capodimonte.it) to see works by masters such as Raphael and Caravaggio.
Noon Window shopping on Piazza dei Martiri, where there are luxury boutiques galore (including Gucci and Cartier).
1pm Take a pit-stop at restaurant, Scaturchio (19 Piazza San Domenico Maggiore, tel: 0039 81 551 6944, www.scaturchio.it) to sample their zepole.
3pm Visit the Museo Nazionale (Piazza Museo, 19 Napoli, tel: 0039 81 440 166) to view treasures taken from the cities buried when Vesuvius erupted in AD79.
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Hide Ad5pm Head for the Via Toledo thoroughfare, where you'll find chocolate shop Gay Odin (427 Via Toledo, tel: 0039 81 551 3491, www.gay-odin.it) and, nearby, Ferrari (60 Via M Cervantes, tel: 0039 81 551 0142) – a design shop with pieces by the likes of Alessi.
8pm Return flight to Edinburgh.
Flights from Edinburgh to Naples start at 137 with Sky Scanner
(www.skyscanner.net)
This Article was first published in The Scotsman on Saturday March 27, 2010