We arrived in Naples at 8:00 in the morning. Once we got packed up, we decided to take a 30 minute train ride to Pompei. The trains were packed, it was hot, but a quick ride. Once we got there, we decided to just walk around for 2 hours or so looking at the sites and taking it all in.
Pompeii was much larger than we had thought. It took forever to walk through only about a 4th of it. Once we were done, we took a quick train back to Naples for our first stop of pizza. It took us about a 30 minute walk to get to the pizza place on Via Tribunali, but it was well worth it. We initially wanted to go to Di Matteo, but we were so hungry we stopped at Sorbillo which is one of the best in Naples.
We walked into the empty restaurant and sat down to quickly order. The menu consists of ONLY pizza. No salads, pasta or anything else. There is a huge wood burning oven in the front with very minimalist design. I opted for the margherita pizza. I do not hesitate in saying that this was the best pizza I have had. Ever. The pizza was out in two minutes and I was ready to eat.
Such a simple thing, but executed perfectly. What was so different from this pizza than any I have tried was the sauce. The tomato sauce was so sweet and you could tell it was from the freshest tomatoes possible. The cheese and basil just made everything meld perfectly and the crust was perfectly charred. Perfection.
After lunch we headed back to the boat to rest. After we decided to go out and get amazing pizza again and some gelato. Overall Naples was really not very cool. It was dirty, smelly, but the pizza was worth the trip alone. I can't wait to come back and sample all of the pizzerias.
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