A special bed and breakfast in the touristic and shopping heart of naples, close to the historic places, the museums,the universities, just in front of the congress centre of via partenope. the platamon b&b is in via chiatamone 55 one step from the seaside,with a view of the bay of naples and the vesuvius,and very near to piazza plebiscito, the door to the storical centre unesco heritage and piazza de martiri (only triangolar square of naples) an area which by day is the city centre and by night the fashionable movida rich of typical restaurants and "pizzerie". from the platamon bedbreakfast in five minutes you can reach the san carlo theatre, the main public garden,the harbours for the islands of capri, ischia, procida and the coasts of sorrento and positano. we are also close to all public transports (buses, metro, taxi etc..) platamon is an happy combination of lively surroundings in a quiet household. curiosity the name of the street, "chiatamone", comes from the greek platamon which means wide beach. it was famous for its many caves which are now small shops or garages .in the roman times they were used as cisterns and fishponds.