A look back (first published on 12 June 2015): Castel Sant’Elmo is a great starting point for any visitor to Naples. Stand on its ramparts and it’s like being part of an enormous 3D map of the city and its bay.
The Castel Sant’Elmo Naples, Italy with coat of arms of Charles V and the double-headed eagle
If you find a castle in town you know there’s been trouble … and the bigger the castle the bigger the trouble.
Bump into Castel Sant’Elmo, with Vesuvius just there, and you realise that you probably have no idea what ‘trouble’ even is.
When we visited there was trouble.
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