That’s not amore.
A travel influencer has sparked controversy online after describing the mean streets of Naples, Italy.
Marek Pukas, 28, shared a 13-second video on social media showing streets littered with rubbish and overflowing planters, questioning: “Most disappointing city in Italy?”
Pukas, who praised Italy’s “beauty, charm and care,” said Naples stood out for all the wrong reasons.
“I’ve seen a lot of places across this country, but I’ve never seen streets so full of trash,” he told What’s The Jam.
“It was messy, chaotic, and, honestly, hard to enjoy.”
The influencer was on a June road trip with friends, visiting Bari, Polignano a Mare, Alberobello, Positano, and Sorrento before arriving in the historic foodie destination.
“I was super excited, because Naples is the capital city of pizza,” he explained.
“So we got there, and it was quite chaotic. Italy is chaotic, but this city was all over the place.”
It was so bad that his group left after two hours due to safety concerns.
“We were already kind of scared, because in that parking spot there were a few cars with broken windshields, so it made us think,” Pukas said.
“But we still went to explore a bit. And that’s where all the dirt began.”
He admitted that he might have been in the wrong area of the city, but it wasn’t for his group.
“I don’t know what part of the city we were in, but it wasn’t like the Italy I knew,” he said.
“It was dirty, trash everywhere, people selling pretty much everything at some random markets.”
Instead, the group decided to head back to their stay in Pompei.
“All of the cities we visited before were stunning, but that one place just wasn’t it,” Pukas said.
