NAPLES (for those who read Elena Ferrante) 🇮🇹

when you know you know...

where SO much happens

where Lenu watches the sunset with Nino

Lenù takes long walks alone to this nearby fishing village from Maronti.

beach where Nino kisses Lenu for the first time

the bookshop where Elena did her presentation in “The Story of the Lost Child.”

where Lenu used to go to buy books

where the shoe store was!!!

where Lenù got her part time job at the bookstore

Lenu''s father shows her in their first trip to the city

Where Lenù studies: One of Europe’s oldest universities, located in the city center.

where Lila and Lenu were born - where a dark tunnel that goes under the railroad tracks provides an outlet from Rione Luzzatti.

Lila and Stefano''s wedding

Walk it like Lila and Lenù might have — eating pizza, watching locals, feeling the pulse of Naples.

part of the neighborhood

where Lila buys her wedding dress

where Lenu saw the ocean for the first time

the "stradone"

where Lila enjoys window shopping

where the professor lives and invites Lenù and Lila to a party

Elena lives here as an adult

the public library Lenu and Lila used to go

where Lenu and Lila walked holding hands to window shop

where Lenu''s father works

where Lila works at the factory

The waterfront promenade with views of the Bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvius — both present in the background of the novels.

This real-life middle school is near where Lenù studies in the historic center. The setting reflects her academic journey and escape from the rione.

A beautiful public park near the sea, representing the kind of place Lila and Lenù might’ve gone to glimpse the “other” Naples — wealthier, freer.

they have a pizza called "Elena Ferrante"

where Lenù goes with her daughters

where they usually stop for pizza

the famous food mentioned often in the books

two kinds of sfogliatelle: riccia, crunchy, whisper-thin layers of dough around sweetened ricotta perfumed with cinnamon and orange zest; and frolla, the same filling in a tender, shortbread crust.

famous for pagnutielle, a typical Neapolitan street snack made from eggs, ham, and cheese. The main characters in My Brilliant Friend often order similar pastries