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Naples, Italy

Naples, the volcanic soul of the south, tumbles down hillsides toward a sparkling bay where laundry-draped balconies argue in dialect above scooter-scarre...

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The Best Pizza I Have Ever Eaten

The Best Pizza I Have Ever Eaten

I went to L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele, which has been making pizza since 1870 and serves exactly two options: marinara or margherita. The margherita arrived in under four minutes...

Descending into the Underground City

Descending into the Underground City

Beneath Naples is a second city carved from the tufa rock — aqueducts, cisterns, and tunnels that have served as water reservoirs and wartime shelters for centuries. I took a to...

Standing at the Edge of Vesuvius

Standing at the Edge of Vesuvius

The walk to the crater rim of Vesuvius takes forty minutes up a gravel path, and the crater itself is vast, deep, and smells faintly of sulfur, steam rising from vents below. The...