Bonnie Alberts is a veteran traveler, travel writer, photographer, and indie publisher. She has traveled the globe and spent years living outside the continental US. Most recently, she spent 12 years living Naples, Italy where she co-authored the Napoli Unplugged Guide to Naples. She is the founder and editor of the Napoli Unplugged Website and Bindu Trips author for Naples and the Amalfi Coast. Her work has appeared in Tweeting Da Vinci, Naples in 3 Days, Time Out Guide Naples, The Simple Things Magazine as well as in Lonely Planet online and various other online publications.
Gateway to the Mezzogiorno Naples and the Amalfi Coast. It’s not just another pretty Italian face. This is the gateway to the Mezzogiorno – the Italian south. One of the oldest cities in the Western world, Naples is known for its contradictions and larger-than-life characters. Daily routines play out as theater-in-the-street and the melodic notes of a Neapolitan song are...
History lurks in every corner of Naples Historic District, the Centro Storico, where ancient ruins live in harmony with old, vintage and new. The aroma of Neapolitan caffè fills the air of these chaotic, cobbled alleys and a “slice” is always close at hand. Naples is after all, the birthplace of pizza. Begin with a caffé! Start this stroll off with a...
Journey to a distant world frozen in time. A land where ancient cities lay buried for centuries, etombed by the eruption of a volatile volcano, Mount Vesuvius. A trek up this humpbacked mountain is the starting point for this itinerary. Round the clock monitoring Vesuvius’ last eruption was in 1944, but not to worry, the volcano is being monitored 24 hours a day, 7...
They call it the Campi Flegrei, the Burning Fields, for the copious number of volcanic cauldrons (a super volcano) that are simmering in this area just west of the city. Here, lies the stuff of myths and lore: the so-called home of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire; the river Styx; a birdless lake; an uttering Sibyl and the entrance to Hades. The Campi...
Sailing into a volcanic crater turned bustling seaport, the lush green peak of Monte Epomeo welcomes you to this bit of paradise. An environmentally and geologically rich and diverse island that is blessed with an abundance of thermal springs and sparkling beaches, this is Ischia. At 46.3 square kilometres, it is the largest of Naples, or more precisely, the Phlegrean Islands....
A weekend in Naples is just enough time to wet your appetite for this bustling, artful and gastronomic city. Visit Naples once and you’ll want to return again and again, so don’t feel compelled to cram it all in the first time, we just know you’ll be back!!! Friday Arrive in Naples by lunchtime on Friday and you can start the weekend sampling your...
Naples is, of course! As far as Italian cities go, Naples is not typically a tourist’s first choice. When visitors do make their way south to the Campania region, there is so much here that is vying for their attention: Sorrento and the famed Amalfi Coast; Capri, Ischia and Procida; Vesuvius and the Pompeii sites. Yet as chaotic and confounding as it may be, Naples has a charm that is uniquely it’s own and it has so much to offer the intrepid traveler. Naples is one destination that shouldn’t be overlooked!
I’d rather walk than drive or take a train than a plane. I also like traveling by boat, be it a ferry, cruise or otherwise! All quasi-slow modes of travel, they lift me up instead of beating me down and yes, they give me time to stop and smell the roses and chat to the locals too!!!
My husband is my traveling companion and there’s no one else I’d rather travel with! It’s always nice to have another person to share the experience with, however, three or more is a crowd. We much prefer exploring on our own to traveling in big groups.
Traveling is not about what you see, it’s about what you experience.