ForiArt Relais

We stayed for 11 nights and look forward to returning! Isi is a most welcoming and accommodating host. ForiArt Relais is fresh, spacious and artistically designed. Ours was a large, elegant room with French windows and balcony overlooking Via Foria. There are 5 rooms at ForiArt Relais and a communal area with coffee-making machines. We find such accommodations provide a more authentic experience than large corporate/tourist hotels. Breakfast is a voucher for a drink and a pastry at the nearby Bar Rescigno. Metres away from the BnB there is a bank ATM and Market Deco supermarket. You can eat very well (and for less) in this neighbourhood. Michelin-star restaurant Januarius is around the corner on Via Duomo and is definitely not to be missed! The BnB is conveniently located at the edge of the old city, close to many main attractions -- but away from the hustle and bustle of the tourist traps, the throng of tourists, the bric-a-brac shops and two-a-dime pizzerias with hassling waiters, and the cruise-ship walking tours. A five-minute walk on Via Foria in one direction is the breathtaking National Museum of Archaeology, and in the other direction, the peaceful (and free) Orto Botanical Gardens. Walk through the historic Sanita district for a true flavour of old Neapolitan life. Beyond and above is the Capodimonte palace, art gallery and park overlooking the city. Anyone preparing to visit Naples by reading Elena Ferrante’s brilliant Neapolitan quartet will recognise in the old apartment building occupying ForiArt, a courtyard just like that where young Elena and Lila play and dream. Climbing the stone stairs to our room, we were fully expecting to run into Don Achille or hear Nunzia Cerullo calling down to her errant daughter.

Grazie infinite alla signora Maria al marito e alla collaboratrice Isidora un’accoglienza e un’umanita’ che solo a Napoli si può trovare. Pulizia bellezza e disponibilità si uniscono per questo speriamo di tornare presto e CONSIGLIAMO VIVAMENTE di alloggiare in questo posto vicino al centro storico patrimonio dell’umanità. GRAZIE Federica Elisa e Corrado