Naples holiday...beaches, language, money?

I've just booked flights for my partner and I to Naples for next month. Never been to Italy. Don't know where we are going to stay yet so can anyone tell me where there are some nice sandy beaches? or recommend a hotel close to one? Also, how much money will I need for a week (拢 or Euro) for both of us?- i want to go on the ferry to some islands probably twice, visit pompeii, rome, Naples centre and Amalfi coast. Lastly, any essential Italian phrases to learn? Thank you.Naples holiday...beaches, language, money?
You need a good guide book for that area, I suggest the DK Eyewitness Guide to Naples. This has a bunch of useful phrases in the back.



Definitely learn Do you speak English?, Please, Thank you, Hello, Goodbye, and The food is delicious.



You're so lucky, Naples is beautiful, and the locals are absolutely great, hilariously funny people, and charm personified.



You'll need a whole day for Pompeii.
The sea of Naples is very polluted, the very few beaches are small and overcrowded, the city is great but choose somewhere else for nice beaches, I suggest you to go to Palinuro or Marina di Camerota, near Salerno (about 170 km from Naples and 140 from Amalfi).
Ischia and Capri are beautiful islands (and packed with tourists in August), you shouldn't miss them, there are ferries from Salerno once or twice a day.
People speak english in the most tourist destinations, by the way some easy italian sentences you may use:
Do you speak english? - parla inglese?
Thank you/please - grazie / per favore
Hello/goodbye - buongiorno/arrivederciNaples holiday...beaches, language, money?
? Biocandy covered it well either she is a local or a natural. Forget the beaches in Naples. Get one of those little English/ Italian books money well spent, You won't believe this, I was in Venice, Sicily, Catanzaro, Napoli, The Amalfie Coast, I had minimal problem, with understanding each other. Got a admit, took a little effort, but we were able to manage. The Italian people are great, and very hospitable I found. Don't know how we managed it, but we were invited into private homes for supper. We enjoyed the beaches heading south of Catanzaro, there is one little town along the line called, hope I get this right, Guardavalle, absolutely fantastic beach.



We did a lot of traveling by train, and the conductors on the train were great, couldn't speak much English but they tried. But us english speaking foreigners are all called Americani. lol



Look, as we did, don't stress out, just take it as it comes day by day, and have a positive outlook. Damn well enjoy yourslef. Easy on the home made vino.
I'll see what I do, maybe you can find some good ideas ....

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