After Amalfi, we anchored at Fiordo di Crappola (suspicious that is not a real name but it is the one Navily gave it)(near Positano). Many tourist and private boat traffic during the day but by evening it was quiet. We reset the anchor for the night in order to stay well clear of the ‘no boating’ zone. As with many of our anchorages, the wind changed direction numerous times during our stay.
The next day we sailed to Sorrento where there was good marina with helpful staff. We hiked along a narrow cliffside walkway to reach the town. Below we could see the marina and the busy seaside resorts filled with tourists baking in the sweltering heat. Another quaint town with narrow streets but his time laid out in a realtively organized way. We went back to town for dinner at La Cazzarola.
Enroute to Napoli we hauled out our Code D sail and toured the Salerno coast where more WWII landings took place. We arrived at the Napoli marina with views of Vesuvius and Castel Dell’Ovo. All this for only 185 euros a night! Electricity was extra but it did include great security. Napoli is a very busy and noisy city with lots of traffic but very few traffic lights or stop signs. Amazingly no traffic jams but watch out crossing the street. Quite a contrast from Sorrento.
We spent 2 nights in Napoli and hit all the sites: Piazza Plebiscito with the Royal Palace at one end and Basilica Pontificia San Francesco at the other, Teatro di San Carlo, Via Toledo, Galleria Umberto (a 18th century glass covered mall), Cathedral (Duomo di Napoli), Quartieri Spagnoli (very busy) and had our first taste of sfogliatella. The Basilica Pontificia San Francesco was an interesting copy of the pantheon roof. We had birra at MacDonalds (ice cold on a very hot day) and takeout pizza (of course, we are in Napoli) for dinner to offset the steep marina costs. Being in a larger city, it was expecially hot.
