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Mercatino di Antignano
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( Piazza degli Artisti; 8am-1pm Mon-Sat,
closed Aug; Medaglie D'Oro)
Up high in Vomero, this place is popular for bags, jewellery, linen, kit-
chenware, shoes, and new and end-of-season clothing.
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Mercatino di Posillipo
Not the cheapest market, but the best for quality goods. Top buys include
genuine designer labels (although the D&G and Louis Vuitton bags are fakes), women's swimwear,
underwear and linen. It's only the African vendors who don't mind a haggle.
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Mercato di Poggioreale
(Via Nuova Poggioreale; 8am-1pm Fri-Mon, closed Aug; No 1 to
Via Nuova Poggioreale)
Set in the city's old slaughterhouse, this hugely popular market has 40 shoe
stalls alone selling designer overstock and no-frills everyday brands. Equally fab are the cheap casual
wear, suits, colourful rolls of fabrics and kitchenware.
Cafes & Bars
Caffè Gambrinus
( 081 41 75 82;
www.grancaffegambrinus.com
; Via Chiaia 12; 7am-1am Sun-Thu,
to 2am Fri, to 3am Sat; R2 to Piazza Trieste e Trento)
Grand, chandeliered Gambrinus
is Naples' oldest and most venerable cafe. Oscar Wilde knocked back a few here and
Mussolini had some of the rooms shut down to keep out left-wing intellectuals. Sure, the
prices may be steeper, but the pre-dinner aperitivo nibbles are decent and sipping a spritz
while soaking up elegant Piazza Triesto e Trento is a moment worth savouring.
CAFE
Nea
(
www.neartgallery.it
;
Via Constantinopoli 53; 9am-7pm Mon-Wed, to late Thu-Sun;
; Dante)
Aptly skirting bohemian Piazza Bellini, this whitewashed art gallery fea-
tures its own candlelit cafe-bar, with alfresco seating at the bottom of a baroque staircase.
Eye-up exhibitions of mostly 20th-century Italian and foreign art, then kick back with
caffé or a Spritzer. Check Nea's Facebook page for upcoming readings, live music gigs or
DJ sets.
CAFE, GALLERY, BAR
Enoteca Belledonne
BAR
