10 places to visit in Naples



This is our Top Ten of places to visit absolutely in Naples:



 Spaccanapoli is the straight and narrow main street that traverses the old, historic center of the city of Naples, Italy. The name is a popular usage and means, literally, "Naples splitter". The name is derived from the fact that it is very long and from above it seems to divide that part of the city.Quest'arteria has ancient origins: it is one of the three decumani (the one closest to the sea) in which the Romans, based on the Greek construction, organized the city. Walking Spaccanapoli time seems to slow down and speed up along with your steps, taking you by the hand along the thousand-year history of the city. 
Here there are only the old buildings, churches, but also the legends and the unmistakable odor of Neapolitan cuisine. Do not be surprised by anything along the way you will meet Spaccanapoli splendid churches and families living in low-craftsmen and artists abusive selling everything. For some 'years of small hotels and bed and breakfast have arisen along the way, allowing tourists to Naples to live just like the Neapolitans. Spaccanapoli is a narrow gut, where Neapolitans, tourists and scooters coexist, not very peacefully. But there is a place in the city that can better tell the soul of Naples, its essence is revealed here that no tricks.

 Spaccanapoli is not a tourist postcard: is Naples.


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At the end of 1500, the news of the possible visit of King Philip III in Naples, created quite a stir. The capital of the Viceroyalty, in fact, had no place to house the most powerful man in the world. After endless thoughts, the viceroy Don Fernando, ordered the construction of a residence for the distinguished guest. 
The Royal Palace was commissioned to Domenico Fontana in 1600, which gave it after only two years, although not completely finished. Too bad, that the capricious King Philip III changed his mind without warning: put off his visit to Naples to date. You who are the luckiest of the King, visit the Royal Apartments, the Royal Chapel, the gardens and the Teatrino court.
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  • When: Every day from 9:00 to 20:00
  • Mai: every Wednesday, December 25, January 1, April 25 and May 1.
  • How much: full € 4, reduced € 2.
  • How: from the central station, bus stop R2 with San Carlo. From Capodichino, Alibus Piazza Municipio stop.

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Before riding school and the University, the Archaeological Museum of Naples was opened in 1816 and today is one of the most important in the world for the quality and quantity of works that guards. King Ferdinand IV in Naples wanted to create an impressive institution for the arts and, after more than two centuries, we can say that his ambitions have been realized. The Archaeological Museum, in addition to containing the findings of the excavations of Pompeii, houses finds from the greek-Roman, Egyptian and Etruscan antiquities collection Borgia and ancient coins from the collection Santangelo. Do not miss the "Secret Cabinet" which contains frescoes and ancient sculptures on the theme of eroticism.

  • When: every day from 9.00 to 20.00
  • Ever: every Tuesday, January 1, 25 dicembre
  • How much: full € 6.50, reduced € 3.25
  • How: from Piazza Garibaldi (station), bus 201 or line 2 of the metro stop at the station Piazza Cavour.


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For many years, from the deep belly of Naples, is housed tuff to build the city, thus creating gorges, caves and underground tunnels, which tell a parallel story to life in the Naples area. In the underground city people led another life, taking advantage of the inside in a thousand ways, even as precious refuge during the bombing of World War II. Underground Naples is the place of the ghosts of Naples, true and false, good and bad. And if visiting these tunnels tight and wet you feel to hear a strange voices, you're not going crazy: it is from these passages that was born the legend of the "munaciello".

  • Where: Piazza Trieste e Trento
  • When: Thursday at 21, Saturday at 10, at 12 and 18. Sunday holidays at 10, at 11, at 12 and 18.
  • Where: Piazza San Gaetano
  • When: Monday to Friday at 12, to 14, and 16, on Thursday also at 21:00. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, at 10, to 12, to 14, to 16 and 18.


 http://www.napolisotterranea.org/

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The Veiled Christ is one of the most fascinating and mysterious that you can see in Naples. It is said that the veil of marble on the body of Christ, is actually a veil fabric, turned into rock by a special liquid invented by the sinister Prince of San Severo, famous alchemist. Many, however, argue that the surprise effect is all the result of the talent of Giuseppe Sammartino, the sculptor who created the Veiled Christ. The discovery of a secret room and some macabre works, visible in the Chapel of San Severo, have helped to give the Prince and the Veiled Christ aura of mystery. The Chapel is worth a visit not only for Christ but also to the other works in this little gem hidden in the streets of Naples.

  • When: Weekdays hours 10:00 to 17:40, Sunday and holidays hours 10:00 to 13:10.
  • Mai on Tuesday.
  • How much: full 6 €, reduced 4 €.
  • How: from Capodichino, Alibus Piazza Municipio stop, then bus 1, 4 or 82 C with a stop off New Marina. From Central Station, subway line 2 stop Cavour.


 http://www.museosansevero.it/

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The link with the Neapolitan San Gennaro goes far beyond the simple devotion to the patron saint. It 'a gut feeling and shared, which over the centuries has passed bans and restrictions, from strength to strength. Despite San Gennaro is considered a saint by the church of "Series B", it is not for the Neapolitans. The treasure is the most immediate and important proof of this love for "Yellow Face", the name by which the Neapolitans call the Holy due to its most famous statue in gilded silver. The Treasure of San Gennaro is located in the Museum dedicated to the saint, in the Cathedral of Naples, and collects relics and precious objects, become oracles of faith. The Treasury also includes statues, silver candlesticks and various, that devotees have jealously protected during the numerous looting the city. Testament to how the Neapolitans consider San Gennaro a presence nearby and comforting, like a dear neighbor, they will use in times of need, but also when you just want to talk a little '.

  • When: daily 9:00 to 14:00.
  • How much: full € 6, reduced € 4.50. Groups minimum 15 people € 4.50 per person reservation and guide mandatory. School groups € 3.50. All tickets of the museum include the audio guide Multilingual while stocks last.
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  • How: metro line 1 stop "Cavour" or line 2 station "Museum".


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The Virgilian Park covers an area of about 92,000 m² on the tip of the promontory of Coroglio in Posillipo hill, 150 meters above sea level, with an extraordinary panoramic position overlooking the entire Gulf of Naples.

 From the viewpoint view that encompasses the Vesuvius to the coast of Sorrento, the island of Capri to the area and to the islands of the Campi Flegrei. The hill of Posillipo is in fact part of the volcanic area of Campi Flegrei and consists mainly of Neapolitan yellow tuff. From the terraces you can see striking and steep cliffs overlooking the sea and outcrops tuffaceous yellow characteristics natural sculptures.
The park was built in the '30s on an area of 215 000 m², in the' 60s was built inside a sports still exists today with a football field and a running track.

 In 1975 were carried out other work on the side of the quarry Trentaremi and was created a auditorium for concerts. There followed years of deterioration of structures and vegetation that resulted in a ban for safety reasons, but in 1997 the council decided to restore the area with the cooperation of the Faculty of Architecture of the University Federico II of Naples.

 In 1999 he was drafted and approved the redevelopment of the site for the creation of a public park, the restoration project of the park has identified and implemented four objectives:

  • The elimination of paved areas in favor of green areas
  • The preservation and restoration of existing vegetation
  • The reconquest of sights
  • The elimination of barriers and internal subdivisions


 The park was finally enriched with 250 trees and 55,000 shrubs of different species.
The new plant was opened in June 2002, and has since returned to being an important place of sport, nature and aggregation for families, youth and sports intent to spend hours of fun and lightheartedness in one of the most beautiful in the city.

 The Park is open to the public during the following hours:
  • from 07.00 to 24.00 from 1 May to 30 September
  • from 07.00 to 21.00 from 1 October to 30 April with a delay of closing at 22.00 on Saturdays and Sundays.


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The old Bourbon Royal Palace which houses the Museo di Capodimonte, is one of the most beautiful green spaces in all of Naples. The museum contains some works of great masters of painting, such as Botticelli, Goya, Titian and Caravaggio. Walking through the spacious rooms of the palace, decorated as if the Bourbon family had left the house just before your entrance, takes you back in time. Along the 110 rooms and three floors of the Museum of Capodimonte, winds a path that starts from the main floor with the Farnese Gallery and the Royal Apartment, continues on the second floor with the Neapolitan Gallery and concludes with the nineteenth-century collection and that of Art contemporary. Capodimonte is the only museum in the world where ancient art alongside contemporary. Among the collections of numismatics, ceramics and precious vestments, the Capodimonte Museum offers a wonderful snapshot of Naples that was.
  • When: Daily from 8:30 to 19:30.
  • Never: every Wednesday, January 1 and December 25.
  • how Much:


 € 7.50 full
€ 6.50 from 14.00 onwards
€ 3.75 reduced
€ 5 rental audioguide

 Holders Artecard:
€ 3.75 full
€ 3.50 Rental audioguide
Free: for citizens of the European Union under 18 and over 65
  • How: the airport of Capodichino, Alibus to Piazza Municipio and bus 63 C or R 4. Metro line 2 Cavour stop and then bus 178 or 201 or even more and M2 Line 2 Montesanto stop and bus 63 or R4 C.


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It is the oldest opera house in Europe still active, having been founded in 1737, and one of the most spacious theaters Italian peninsula. It can accommodate more than two thousand spectators and has a wide audience (22 × 28 × 23 m), five tiers of boxes arranged in a horseshoe over a large royal box, a gallery and a stage (34 × 33 m). Given its size and structure, was the model for the following theaters in Europe. Looks out onto the street and, laterally, Piazza Trieste e Trento, the theater, in line with the other great architectural works of the period, such as the great royal Bourbon, was the symbol of a Naples remarked that his status as a great European capital .

 Prices and events on the official website: http://www.teatrosancarlo.it/
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A few meters away, on the Vomero hill, some of the most important pieces and cultural city, with the backdrop of a unique panorama:

  • Certosa di San Martino:
The Charterhouse was enriched over the centuries of an artistic, historical and architectural highly prestigious, between marble and stucco, frescoes and paintings, sculptures and precious furniture. The Neapolitan Republic of 1799 changed his destiny: the brothers accused of republican sympathies, were expelled from the monastery, which after various events, the Unification of Italy, was finally suppressed. The wealth of art treasures united all'incatevole location have made the monastery a favorite, since '500, men of letters, and eduditi travelers. Through the trails you can visitiare objects grouped by the museum's collections in terms of the criteria and to the laws exhibition (topographical, historical, collectable).

 Inside the museum many works: portraits, sculptures, maps, monuments, sacred art, ceramics ...

 Hours: Open daily from 8.30 to 19.30
Closed on Wednesdays

 The ticket office closes one hour earlier

 http://cir.campania.beniculturali.it/museosanmartino

  • Castel Sant'Elmo:

It 'a medieval castle, now a museum, situated on the hill of Vomero, in Naples. It was once called Paturcium and stands in the place where there was, in the tenth century, a church dedicated to St. Erasmus (hence Eramo, Ermo and then Elmo).
This imposing building (the first castle by extension of the city), in part derived from the rock (Neapolitan yellow tuff), stems from an observation tower called Norman Belforte. Because of its strategic importance, the castle has always been a coveted possession from its position (250 m above sea level) you can control the whole city, the bay, and the roads that lead from the hills surrounding the city.

 Today the castle, as well as permanent museum, the "Naples twentieth century", is also home to various temporary exhibitions, fairs and events: from 1998 to 2011 during the spring was the seat of the Napoli Comicon (from 2012 that moved to the Show d 'overseas).

 Hours:
open daily 8:30 to 19:30 h; the ticket office closes an hour earlier;
closed Tuesdays access to the Museum of the twentieth century in Naples takes place every day, except Tuesdays, every hour from 9.00 to 18.00 (last entry)
tickets:
Full price: € 5.00
Reduced: € 2.50
Free: for citizens of the European Union under 18 and over 65
http://www.polomusealenapoli.beniculturali.it/museo_se/se_info.html



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