3-hour walking tour
kid-friendly tour
Start your day with an authentic Neapolitan breakfast made up of coffee and sfogliatella. Your journey will kick off from Piazza del Plebiscito where the Royal Palace, one of the most symbolic places of the city, is located.
In fact, the Royal Palace is one of the most popular museums in Naples with a collection of objects, furnishings and settings dating back to the Spanish and Bourbon period as well as important paintings by artists of the time. After that, we will visit the University Metro station and Toledo Metro, which was awarded for being the most beautiful metro station in Europe. In Naples there are 15 metro stations that host about two hundred works of art created by more than ninety internationally renowned artists.
Our walk will then continue into the city center, specifically Spaccanapoli. Here we will visit San Gregorio Armeno street which is world famous for its countless shops dedicated to Christmas nativity scenes. A visit to the church of Gesù Nuovo will feature a masterpiece of the Neapolitan Baroque, famous for hosting the tomb of doctor Giuseppe Moscati. The tour will continue towards the Cathedral and the Chapel of San Gennaro, the heart of Neapolitan traditions, and will end in the Rione Sanità. Here, the beautiful Palazzo dello Spagnolo and Palazzo San Felice stand; they were designed in the 18th century and today are still used as residences and locations for the cinema.
Some of the most representative pictures of this tour
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Named after the plebiscite taken in October 1860 that brought Naples into the unified Kingdom of Italy under the House of Savoy, this grandiose square is very close to the gulf of Naples and surrounded by buildings of great historical and artistic importance, specifically the Royal Palace and the church of San Francesco di Paola. Today, the piazza is a large pedestrian area that even hosts several events and concerts.
The artistic project featured in Naples metro stations represent one of the most interesting Italian experiments to permanently display contemporary artwork in an urban context. The most famous ones are the Garibaldi, Municipio and Toledo stations. The latter, in particular, has been considered the most beautiful station in Europe by CNN and the Daily Telegraph. Completed in 2012, it is the backdrop to the impressive artwork by Robert Wilson, Crater de luz, which connects the inside with the outside and is reminiscent of the sea.
Gesù Nuovo is the name of a church and a square in Naples. The former was originally a palace built in 1470 for Roberto Sanseverino, Prince of Salerno, that was confiscated and eventually sold in the 1580s to the Jesuits to construct a church under the architect Giuseppe Valeriano. Today, the church is enriched by spectacular decorations, such as the vault frescos representing biblical and saintly narratives. The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple, a baroque masterpiece by Francesco Solimena, is also a featured among the various works of art.
Located in the Cathedral of Naples and dedicated to St. Januarius, patron saint of the city, this is the most lavishly decorated chapel in the Cathedral and contains contributions by the premier Baroque artists in Naples. Three times in a year the Cathedral becomes the meeting place of devotees, believers and tourists who gather here to witness the so-called “blood miracle of St. Gennaro”, a phenomenon during which the Saint’s blood transforms from a solid to a liquid...definitely the most ancient Neapolitan mystery!
A place of contradictions and symbolism between art, culture and history; the streets of the Rione Sanità are a lively, colorful and populated district of shops and local markets. From the Catacombs of San Gennaro, where the remains of the city's patron saint are located, to the Catacombs of San Gaudioso, to the Fontanelle Cemetery, where local women nurse a skull as a sign of devotion to receive graces in exchange for their care.
Some useful information for your experience
Expert and licensed guide, full on-site assistance, sterilized earphones (from 5 people upwards).
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