Italy 2023: Day 2 – Naples

We arrived early in the morning to Naples.

We drove about 40 minutes to Gragnano to visit an old pasta maker named Pastificio Cuomo. We got a tour of the facility and rich pasta making history of the area.

This whole street had pasta vendors at one point but now there are mostly shuttered retail outlets.

We sat down for lunch which included a cold plate appetizer with the fresh mozzarella being the highlight. The pasta was good but the tomato sauce stole the show.

The current owner of Pasta Cuomo said he may be the last family member to produce pasta given mass production and economies of scale with larger producers. If this is true it will be a sad day for the original pasta street.

Before we left Naples, we had to try a slice of pizza so we stopped by this place near the port called Cafe Beverello and the Legend of Dutch could be seen wolfing down slice after slice of pizza.

After our pizza, it was time to head back to the ship for our second to last stop.