Much of the gay activity of Naples is centered within walking distance of Piazza Bellini, a square of faded elegance, lined with sidewalk cafes and full of students from the nearby university. See the ANM website for Metro and bus information, in Italian.
Bus tickets can be bought at tobacco stores for just over one euro, good for 90 minutes travel, with transfers permitted. The Metro is quick and efficient, running subways, cable railways and commuter trains. Buses fan out across the city, all of them stopping in Piazza Garibaldi at some point along their route. You’ll get the most out of Naples if you explore it without a car. Many visitors opt to travel by rail from Rome, as the high-speed train takes less than an hour. Buses and taxis wait to take you on the speedy trip downtown. Naples Airport is about 4 miles northeast of the city.
Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius are just down the coast, and ferries skip across the Mediterranean Sea to glamorous islands such as Capri. Naples is a great base for exploring the region. The biggest LGBT event of the year is Napoli Pride, held in June. But there is quite a bit of eye contact on the streets, especially around the main gay district near Plaza Bellini. Unusual for a port city, Naples doesn’t have a lot of gay bars and clubs. Many of the artifacts taken from Pompeii are here, with one gallery devoted to the famous erotic arts from the ruins south of here a town buried by volcanic ash in 79 AD. But if you love an urban adventure, the chaotic tangle of streets threading through this port city is endlessly fascinating, especially the narrow ones in the old Centro Storico district.įormost among the sights is the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, full of Egyptian, Greek & Roman antiquities, incuding one of the most perfectly preserved statues of Antinous. Transport for London also "strongly encouraged" people not to travel on London Underground on June 21 because of a 24-hour walkout by the RMT and Unite.Emergency measures in the wake of Covid-19:įor current Italian entry restrictions see the Travel Bans/Italy, Reopen-Europa/Italy, World Nomads/Italy, and Governo Italiano websites for updates in English.īursting with energy, Naples is not for those in search of a quiet getaway. Half of Britain’s rail lines will be closed during strikes on June 21, 23 and 25 by the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT). He also stated that the Government plans to introduce legislation to enable the use of agency workers on the railways during industrial action “if the strike drags on”. The Cabinet minister issued a direct plea to those embarking on three days of walkouts next week, stating that they “risk striking yourselves out of a job”. ”It comes as Transport Secretary Rail Grant Shapps warned next week's planned rail strike would "endanger the jobs of thousands of workers". Locked train station set to cause misery next week. “The mayor and the London Assembly must firmly reject TfL (Transport for London)’s plans and stand up to the Westminster government. “Bus cuts also always harm those who can least afford to lose the bus service – our poorest communities.
“The option of Unite taking industrial action to protect our members is fully on the table. General secretary Sharon Graham said: “These cuts are an attempt to make London’s bus workers pay the price for the pandemic and we reject them entirely.
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London’s bus drivers fear a loss of overtime and rest day working, which is relied on to boost earnings, said Unite. The union called for guarantees that jobs will not be lost and take-home pay will not fall, or it will prepare for industrial action. Unite said a consultation on proposals to cut a number of bus routes in the capital could lead to hundreds of job losses. Strike-hit London commuters face further chaos as a leading trade union warns of a new wave of industrial action to prevent cuts to the capital's bus network.