The neapolitan pizza

There are two things in Napoli that you have absolutely to try: pizza and coffee, for nowhere you will have a pizza or a coffee more delicious than the ones in Napoli!

Here’s a brief history of the original pizza and some tips about where to eat it in Napoli.

If you think about Napoli, the first thing that comes to your mind is definitely pizza, for in time this delicious food has become a world famous Neapolitan symbol, a poor course but still complex and tasty.

When we talk about the history of the Neapolitan pizza we actually talk about a kind of legend, as nothing is sure. The first written evidences of pizza date back to the 18th century, but it is in the 19th century that the very first pizza margherita was made by the baker Esposito to pay homage to Queen Margherita di Savoia with the colors of the Italian flag: tomato, mozzarella cheese and basil.

In Naples you can eat pizza almost everywhere, because it is really rare to find someone who does it badly. The real Neapolitan pizza is the one with a high crust, thin in the center and cooked in a wood oven, there is no compromise.

There are places that are now legends rather than pizzerias, such as Starita in the Materdei district, the Sorbillo pizzeria in via Tribunali, the Di Matteo pizzeria also in via Tribunali, Da Michele in via Sersale, Da Pellone in Poggioreale, Concettina ai tre santi ( pizzeria Oliva) in the Sanità district.

But there are also other perhaps less famous and equally legendary pizzerias, such as the pizzeria del Popolo in Piazza Mercato, the 400 gradi Rapuano pizzeria in the Montecalvario area, the Carmnella pizzeria in via Cristoforo, Da Gaetano in Porta Capuana, and the list could continue endlessly.

In short, as soon as you find a pizzeria, whether with sit-down or take-away tables, stop in and try the pizza!