Today we had a bit of an adventure. When we were on our way to Herculaneum on Tuesday, James noticed a cableway beside the station at Castellammare di Stabia. He investigated this and found out that it provides access to Monte Faita which has lots of forest paths and viewpoints over Naples and on the other side to Sorrento with Capri beyond. So off we set this morning by train, alighted at the little station and were soon being lifted up the mountainside in the cable car. Naples was laid out below us with the blue sea sparkling, and the mountainside was covered with chestnut trees. There was hardly anybody else there, but since there’s a restaurant at the top of the cableway I presume that it must be busier in the summer season. It was beautiful up there and pleasantly cool in the dappled sunlight beneath the trees. We went for a walk towards San Michele and were rewarded with gorgeous views over the bay. There were wee pink flowers growing on the forest floor which James thinks are cyclamen, as well as pine cones strewn everywhere, bright blue butterflies flitting around and little lizards scurrying about. Then we turned and walked in the other direction down many steps (which meant having to climb back up them!) to the viewpoint at Belvedere. We had cakes and cool drinks at the little Café Sant’Angelo - mine was a ricotta and pear cake that was light and sweet. We gazed at the stunning views of Sorrento and Capri, blue and purple in the heat of the afternoon sun, the sea shining like a mirror.
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