I stayed 10 days at Valeria’s flat.
I felt very welcome and part of a community of very nice people from the first day.
During my stay I had several very interesting long chats with other guests at Valeria’s flat, like a couple from Paris and a couple from Utrecht, in the beautiful kitchen or on the overwhelming terrace.
It was like who already had discovered a few places passed his/her experience to the new guests while having a bear, a tea or a coffee or we just talked about life in general.
Valeria arrange a contact to a student from Germany still studying in Napoli, who had stayed at her place before, for me, who gave me several very interesting tips.
Valeria was always very hospital. She cooked pasta for us and I had breakfast with her.
Valeria likes to have at least one guest with her staying in the flat. She enjoys talking to guests, about what you are planning to see during the day, politics, your home town, your family, Caravaggio paintings – many things.
Valeria is an actor who lives the challenging live of an artist. You can really feel it she is an artist type of person.
I stayed at the single room with the private bath room. I slept very well. The room was perfect for me. It all felt extremely comfortable.
I didn’t miss a Hotel room. The light in the room is fantastic and the view through the windows is unique with the church roofs and towers around you and Capri saying good morning to you from the sea.
I always felt like it is completely up to me, if I prefer to have some privacy in my room or if I would like to talk to Valeria or other guests instead.
The internet bandwidth is in the range of 1 mbps. The signal strength is sometimes a bit low in the single room. I think next time I would bring a small repeater to solve this problem.
The location of Valeria’s flat turned out to be perfect for my discovery of the town and the greater Napoli area.
The central train station, the Alibus stop (shuttle bus to the airport), the harbor, the metro, stops of other Narrow-gauge railway systems, which will get you to Sorrento or Pozzuoli for example and even places where you can go swimming in the sea are all in working distance.
Valeria’s flat offers the chance to discover a very vivid and truly authentic Mediterranean place. I have been to many other places in Italy before. Still I felt Napoli and especially the area around Valeria’s flat was a new experience to me.
I felt like I had not really understood this kind of Southern Italian mentality and lifestyle before. Now, looking behind, I think it is one of the top must see places in Europe.
The street food is so interesting, tasty and very cheap.
Don’t miss the Reggia di Caserta, plan a whole day.