flea markets in naples and the amalfi coast ?

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02/19/2010 - 17:42

hi there everyone i am a new member, i found the site after a web search brought up the thread on charity shops in italy. i thought i would ask if any of the members know of any flea markets in the city of naples or the surrounding area i believe there is an antiques market on the last two weekends of the month ,but are there any more general bric a brac markets ? or an area of junk shops? i have never visited the area and intend to do so in May, but a visit to a thriving flea market always gives me a sense of the place, many thanks in expectation gregg m

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 Found these on the web;- (Corso Malta, every Sunday morning). Colorful and animated flea market. This is a great market for collectors and people looking for antique objects like old furniture, prints, pictures, clocks or books. Antignano - in the district of Vomero , surroundings of piazza Antignano, shoes , clothes, kitchen implements, all for the home; from 7 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. every working day. Posillipo - Good clothes, nice shoes, drapers, kitchen implements and much more : smart people, less fashionable prices...:-) viale della Rimembranza on Thuesdays, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Poggioreale - One km after the Poggioreale jail, at the crossing between via Nuova Poggioreale and via Marino di Caramanico you will find all the kind of shoes you can imagine and desire, at particularly low prices. Open on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lot of people, beware of pickpockets! Fuorigrotta - Easy to reach with buses, Cumana and metro, in front the Cumana station of Fuorigrotta, in a very large shed and its surroundings, every kind of goods, groceries, clothes, shoes, drapes, etc. etc. mon-sat from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Forcella - between piazza Garibaldi and corso Umberto, an incredible place where you can find anything, legal or not, from 9 p.m. to noon Porta Nolana Porta Nolana square every day 8am-2pm The Porta Nolana market, beyond the twin towers, is the best fish market in Naples. Just brought in by the fishermen, and all laid out in trays, are all kinds of shellfish, squid and other fish, some still alive, and regularly sparayed to keep them as fresh as possible. At Christmas, you'll also see tubs of still-wriggling capitone, a kind of large eel eaten during the festivities. Mercato dei fiori Piazza Municipio every morning at dawn This flower market (which is also wholesale market) is held in the moat of the Castel Nuovo, close to the embarkation point for the islands. This is where the city's many street vendors come to buy their supplies at dawn, a time when the city is still asleep and the soft perfumed atmosphere must be a delight. It's a lovely day to start the day and something early risers might consider. La Torretta via Giordano Bruno La Torretta, in Mergellina, is one of the city's few covered markets. It's a charming place where you'll find mozzarella, beans and friarelli (a green vegetable that only grows in Campania), as well as slippers and embroidered clothes. Montesanto piazza and via Pignasecca the small Pignasecca market (very busy in the mornings) is a reminder that Spaccanapoli is a working class district where people continue to live. Amid the colourful stalls and smells of the sea, you may be lucky enough to hear the beautiful tenor voice of one of Naples' biggest fish vendors break into song.

wow Alan, you gound a lot of useful information. however, what I would recommend are three in particular. Forcella and Porta Nolana are easy to reach and you can find really lots of nice things at good prices. Poggioreale is the biggest one and here you will find really everything!!! Good luck and good shopping :-)

That's great info - thanks for putting that together. Porta Nolana sounds great. We've small kids and they knock great enjoyment out of being disgusted by dead fish! I'm due a trip to Napoli so think I'll take a look.