Gritty, authentic, working-class, time-tested

Vasto

The unvarnished quarter behind the station, home to a 1943 institution and the city's best sfogliatelle.

Vasto is the gritty, real-life quarter behind Napoli Centrale station, a densely Neapolitan and increasingly multicultural grid where the everyday city goes about its business. It rewards those who know it: Mimì alla Ferrovia has fed politicians, artists and locals since 1943 with classic seafood and sartù di riso just steps from the platforms, a proper old-school institution amid the bustle. Around the corner, Attanasio bakes sfogliatelle that many Neapolitans swear are the city's best, the smell of warm ricotta pulling you off the street. There is no polish here and no pretence, just the honest, time-tested Naples that locals still queue for.

Highlights

Mimì alla Ferrovia, a Neapolitan institution since 1943 Attanasio's famously warm sfogliatelle by the station Classic seafood and sartù di riso done old-school Densely local, multicultural streetlife No-frills Naples the locals still queue for

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