Napoli: The Italian Tourist site has a feature with several 10,000 step walking tours of the city, which look like fun. Their overview? Naples not only welcomes, but literally embraces all who visit: it is well-known for its warmth, not only in terms of the weather. Overlooking the sea and with Vesuvius in the background, Campania's capital city has a colourful centuries-old history, with countless monuments to admire. There is even plenty to explore underground, with organised tours of the labyrinth of tunnels that lie below the city. The gastronomic tourism here is unrivalled: ready to try the best pizza in the world?
Regional Specialties: If any food should be associated with Naples, it would definitely be pizza: the classic and most famous “pizza Margherita”, topped with mozzarella cheese, tomatoes and a leaf of basil, has been joined by many new and refined “gourmet” recipes, recently in vogue and able to suit all tastes. Pizza, in Naples, is a “serious matter” and the job of “making it” is considered as pure art: that is why nothing is improvised, and its preparation is made of precise gestures and procedures, wisely handed down from one artisan to another. In fact, in 2017 the “art of Neapolitan pizza-makers” was declared “Intangible Heritage of Humanity” by UNESCO, thereby recognising pizza’s cultural relevance and identity value as a “Neapolitan (quality) brand”.
However, visitors willing to enjoy the flavors of traditional Neapolitan cuisine must prepare to be spoilt for choice! Among other typical products, a very tasty one is “casatiello”, a sort of “rustic pie”, made of a dough mixed with pepper and lard and filled with eggs, salami and cheese, traditionally prepared for Easter.
Actually, even Neapolitan pastry offers plenty of delights; sweet lovers can not miss a stop in a traditional pastry-shop to taste one of the local delicacies: the famous “Babà”, offered by every café and restaurants, either in its classic rum-flavored recipe, or covered in custard, cream or chocolate; still, the traditional “Sfogliatella”, a pastry with a delicious filling of semolina, ricotta cheese, eggs, sugar, candied fruit cut into small pieces, either wrapped in a shell-shaped crunchy puff pastry (the so called “riccia”) or surrounded by a round-shape thick shortbread (“frolla”) Babà and Sfogliatella flavoured ice cream definitely deserves tasting too.
The stage: The word of the day may be pretty:
Seventy kilometers to go and the gap to the leading five riders was about 3 minutes. They were Alessandro DeMarchi, Francesco Gavazzi, Simon Clarke, Alexandre Delettre and Charlie Quaterman. Eventually DeMarchi and Clarke would get a gap, which would grow.🖼 GiroExpress - Stage 6
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A bit of trivia from the Giro team: When Simon Clarke won stage 5 of La Vuelta 2018, he was in the breakaway with Alessandro De Marchi, who finished 3rd (Bauke Mollema was 2nd). Let’s see what happens today….
Were Clarke to win today, he would accomplish a goal of winning a stage in all three of the grand tours.
Thirty two kilometers to go and their gap was 2:27. I was still expecting a sprint finish, but one never knows. Twenty kilometers and 1:37.
And to the surprise of many, they would hold a gap until just the very end. Truly a heartbreaking finish for them. But joy for Mads Pedersen as he finally gets his stage win.That was quite a finish.
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The wine: The wine: Marisa Cuomo Rosato
From 2022
Back to Dig for this pink delight. They say: Cuomo’s tasty rosato blends 50% each Piedirosso and Aglianico, After a 10-12 hours maceration it ferments in controlled temperature stainless steel tanks and is aged four months in stainless steel. Pure red fruit scents, some herbaceous notes, crisp, mineral, savory.
The food: Pizza
There are endless recipes online and people tend to feel very strongly about their favorites. I'm a big fan of making pizza at home, because you can personalize toppings, a big bonus when you and your child very much so not want the same things! That said, the Giro is a long race. Maybe a good night to revisit a favorite local pizzeria?
Excellent coverage!!
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