Naples
Naples is the regional capital of Campania, southern Italy.
Naples is the regional capital of Campania, southern Italy. With a population of 905,050 within the city's administrative limits as of 2026, it is the largest city in southern Italy and the third-largest city in Italy after Rome and Milan, while its province-level municipality is the third most populous metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 2,954,847 residents – or the second largest according to OECD data. Its metropolitan area, the seventh most populous in the European Union, has a population of approximately 4.4 million and stretches beyond the boundaries of the city proper for approximately 30 kilometres. Naples also plays a key role in international diplomacy, being home to NATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean.
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Worth seeing in and around Naples
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, formerly known as Stadio San Paolo, is a large multi-purpose stadium in Naples, Italy. Completed in 1959, it is the fourth-largest football stadium in Italy after Milan's San Siro, Rome's Stadio Olimpico and Bari's San Nicola.
4.8 km · multi-use stadium in Naples, Italy · Wikipedia - 02Teatro di San Carlo
The Real Teatro di San Carlo, as originally named by the Bourbon monarchy but today known simply as the Teatro San Carlo, is a historic opera house in Naples, Italy, connected to the Royal Palace and adjacent to the Piazza del Plebiscito. It is the oldest continuously active venue for opera in the world, having opened in 1737, decades before either Milan's La Scala or Venice's La Fenice.
200 m · opera house in Naples, Italy · Wikipedia - 03University of Naples Federico II
The University of Naples Federico II is a public research university in Naples, Campania, Italy. Established in 1224 and named after its founder, Frederick II, it is the oldest public, non-denominational, non-sectarian and state-funded university in Italy and the world, and one of the world's ten oldest universities in continuous operation.
1.4 km · university in Naples · Wikipedia - 04Naples National Archaeological Museum
The National Archaeological Museum of Naples is an important Italian archaeological museum.
2 km · Italian archeological museum known for Roman materials · Wikipedia - 05Castel Nuovo
Castel Nuovo, often called Maschio Angioino, is a medieval castle located in front of Piazza Municipio and the city hall in central Naples, Campania, Italy. Its scenic location and imposing size makes the castle, first erected in 1279, one of the main architectural landmarks of the city.
500 m · castle in Naples · Wikipedia - 06Museo di Capodimonte
The Museo di Capodimonte or National Museum of Capodimonte is an art museum occupying the Palace of Capodimonte, a grand 18th-century Bourbon palazzo in Naples, Italy. The museum is the prime repository of Neapolitan painting and decorative art, with several important works from other Italian schools of painting, and some important ancient Roman sculptures.
3.5 km · art museum and historic site in Naples, Italy · Wikipedia - 07Naples Cathedral
Naples Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, is a Roman Catholic cathedral, the main church of Naples, southern Italy, and the seat of the Archbishop of Naples. It is widely known as the Cathedral of Saint Januarius, in honour of the city's patron saint.
2.1 km · cathedral in Naples · Wikipedia - 08Solfatara
Solfatara is a shallow volcanic crater at Pozzuoli, near Naples, part of the Phlegraean Fields volcanic area. It is a volcano, which emits jets of steam with sulfurous fumes.
9.3 km · mountain · Wikipedia - 09Royal Palace of Naples
The Royal Palace of Naples is a historic building located in Piazza del Plebiscito, in the historic center of Naples, Italy. Although the main entrance is located in this square, there are other accesses to the complex, which also includes the gardens and the Teatro di San Carlo, from the Piazza Trieste e Trento, Piazza del Municipio and Via Acton.
100 m · building in Naples, Italy · Wikipedia - 10Castel dell'Ovo
Castel dell'Ovo is a seafront castle in Naples, located on the former island of Megaride, now a peninsula, on the Gulf of Naples in Italy. The castle's name comes from a legend about the Roman poet Virgil, who had a reputation in the Middle Ages as a great sorcerer and predictor of the future.
800 m · castle in Naples, Italy · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
As a UNESCO World Heritage site, the historic centre of Naples hosts a huge number of architectural landmarks.
- 01Cappella Sansevero
A chapel built in 1590, it contains sculptures and other works of art by some of the leading Italian artists of the 18th century, like the extraordinary Veiled Christ by Giuseppe Sanmartino.
- 02San Francesco di Paola
One of the main churches in Naples, it's at the west side of Piazza del Plebiscito, the city's main square.
- 03Gesù Nuovo
The Church of Gesù Nuovo (New Jesus) was built in 1470 as a palace for Roberto Sanseverino, Prince of Salerno.
- 04San Domenico Maggiore
One of the most prominent churches of Naples.
- 05Santa Chiara
Via Santa Chiara, 49 (Dante 1 ; facing Gesù Nuovo), amministraziones.chiara@gmail.com.
- 06Naples Cathedral
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Things to do
Enjoy classical music in the Neapolitan temple of opera, or other performances such as musicals, comedies and actors' exhibitions in one of the theatres in the historic centre.
- 01Real Teatro San Carlo
- 02Teatro Bellini
- 03Teatro Augusteo
Piazzetta Duca d'Aosta (Augusteo Centrale ; in front of Galleria Umberto I), botteghinoaugusteo@libero.it.
- 04Underwater Park of Gaiola
- 05Pontile di Bagnoli
A walk of 900 m (½ mile) suspended on the waters of the Gulf of Pozzuoli, along a concrete pier built in 1962 to serve a former steel mill, closed in 1993 and now dismantled.
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Where to eat
You will find many sauces based on garlic sauteed in extra-virgin olive oil, tomatoes, and local red wines. Some of the sauces are arrabbiata ("angry") or fra diavolo ("brother Devil"), which means they will contain hot pepper. It's a great cuisine. Fresh mozzarella di bufala (mozzarella made from European buffaloes' milk) is also typical of the region.
- 01Di Matteo
Via dei Tribunali, 94 (Centro Storico), info@pizzeriadimatteo.com.
- 02Trattoria Don Vincenzo
Via San Biagio dei Librai, 60 (Centro Storico),.
- 03Decumano 31
- 04Il Cuoppo
Via San Biagio Dei Librai, 23 (Centro Storico).
- 05L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele
Via Cesare Sersale, 1-3 (Centro Storico),.
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Getting to Naples
- Airports
- Naples (NAP), 7 km · Ciampino–G. B. Pastine (CIA), 175 km · Abruzzo (PSR), 177 km
- Stations
- Naples International Airport, 6.5 km · Napoli Centrale railway station, 2.7 km · Toledo, 700 m
- Rome → Naples187 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · €22–30
- Pescara → Naples179 km · quickest by road, 4h 18m · €29–41
- Bari → Naples220 km · quickest by road, 4h 7m · €26–37
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Naples
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Naples. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get in}} From the airport you can take a bus for €5 (called Alibus) which has two stops only: Stazione Centrale (Central station) and Piazza Municipio, near the main ferry port (molo Beverello).
- Get inBeware of (legal) taxi drivers on the way to the Alibus stop, who claim to charge the same price as the Alibus, but actually also charge for children and go only once the minivan is full.
- Get inFrom around the station, the bus routes Alibus, R2 and 151, the tram route 1 and the metro Line 1 will take you within three blocks of the ferries at Stazione Marittima.
- Get inMedMar Group operates several large ferry/passenger ships that connect Naples with Sardinia (Olbia), Corsica (Porto-Vecchio), Tunisia (Tunis), and the Aeolian Islands.
- Get inTirrenia Navigazione operates an overnight ferry service that has two separate routes, one to Sardinia (Cagliari) and the other to Sicily (Palermo).
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- HerculaneumRoman town destroyed by eruption of Mount Vesuvius9 km
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