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Naples Attractions

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Read More Harbor
The Naples harbor is a scenic and fun area, with cafes, restaurants, and ice cream shops. The area is always full of activity and people socializing.
Read More National Archeological Museum
The National Archeological Museum in Naples contains royal collections, including those of kings of Naples, Farnese collections, and pieces from Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Cumae..
Read More Capella Sansevero
(Piazza San Domenico Maggiore)
Read More Capodimonte Park
Capodimonte Park is a beautiful green space with open grassy areas and palm trees, surrounding the Royal Palace.
Read More Carthusian Monastery (Museum)
(Vomero)
The former monastery of San Martino now houses the Museo Nazionale di San Martino. Highlights include the splendidly decorated church, and the museum's diverse collection.
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Read More Castel Nuovo
The recently renovated Castel Nuovo was built in the late 1200s by Charles I of Anjou. The Gothic church of Santa Barbara and the Baron's Hall stand along the courtyard.
Read More Catacombs of San Gennaro
(Corso Amedeo di Savoia)
Read More Cathedral
The Cathedral has a history dating back to the late 13th C. However, earthquakes and restoration work have altered it from its original appearance. The cathedral is dedicated to St Januarius, whose skull resides in a bust on the main altar.
Read More Monte Epomeo
(Ischia Island)
Read More Villa Comunale
The 18th C park of Villa Comunale is a popular spot with locals and visitors. In addition to walking paths, it contains a small Aquarium with numerous tanks.
Central Station
A short distance southeast of the Porta Capuana in the spacious Piazza Garibaldi is the Central Station, built in 1960-64 some 250m/275yd east of the old station.
Address
Naples Central Station
Piazza Garibaldi 69
I-80100 Naples
Italy
Corso Malta
Corso Malta is a flea market located at the corner of Poggioreale district. The market is held every Monday and Friday.
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Disaccordi Open Air Cinema Festival
The Open-Air Film Festival, held annually for at least twomonths, showcases the best of European and International Cinema. Watch films beneath the stars in an amphiteatre equipped with one of the widest projection screens in Italy, rising up above an artificial lake.
Address
Open Air Cinema Festival
Via Salvator Rosa, 137/E

I-80129 Naples
Italy
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June 27 to September 2
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Festival of San Gennaro
The Festival of San Gennaro is held on September 19. It's a religious ceremony to honor the patron saint of the city. It is believed that if the statue of San Gennaro cries on this day, the fortune of the city is affected.
Read More Gesù Nuovo
(Via Medina and Via Monteoliveto)
Metro and Light Rail
The initial 9.5km/6 mi section of the 16km/10mi Line 1 of the Naples Metro and light Rail opened late in 1992/93. There are nine stations and the trains run every three minutes. This is the outer portion linking Vanvitelli and Secondigliano. The central section, 5km/3mi from Vanvitelli to Dante, incorporates a dramatic underground spiral loop that descends to the city center, is unlikely to open before 1997. A further portion, from Dante to Garibaldi, is awaiting approval.

Operation of the metro is in the hands of the state railroad FS. An extension to the present line, three other lines and two funiculars have been proposed for construction.
Naples Royal Palace
Along the east side of the Piazza del Plesbiscito is the Palazzo Reale, the former Royal Palace, begun in 1600 by Dominico Fontana and restored in 1837-41. On the facade (169m/185yd) are eight marble statues of the various kings who ruled Naples. The palace contains a grand staircase of white marble (1651), a theater, seventeen richly appointed state apartments and the valuable Biblioteca Nazionale (1,500,000 volumes, 12,000 manuscripts, 5,000 incunabula).
Address
Palazzo Reale
Piazza Plebiscito
I-80132 Naples
Italy
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Piazza Giovanni Bovio
Corso Umberto I runs into the Piazza Giovanni Bovio, with the new Exchange and an old Fountain of Neptune.
San Francesco di Paola
Adjoining the Piazza Trieste e Trento on the south is the large Piazza del Plesbiscito, occupied on the west side by the church of San Francesco di Paola (1817-46), an imitation of the Pantheon in Rome.
San Giacomo degli Spagnoli
Adjoining the Town Hall the church of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli (1540) has behind the high altar, the sumptuous tomb of Viceroy Don Pedro de Toledo, founder of the church.
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Santa Croce al Mercato
Northwest of Santa Maria del Carmine, in the Piazza del Mercato, is the church of Santa Croce al Mercato, on the spot on which Conradin was executed on October 29th 1268 on the orders of Charles I of Anjou. Inside the church, to the left of the entrance, a commemorative porphyry column can be seen.
Santa Maria del Carmine
From the Central Station the Corso Garibaldi runs south to Piazza G. Pepe, to the right of which stands the church of Santa Maria del Carmine, containing the tomb of Conradin of Hohenstaufen, Frederick II's grandson, who was beheaded at the age of sixteen. Above the tomb is a statue of Conradin from a design by Thorwaldsen (1847).
Town Hall (Statue of Victor Emmanuel II)
In the center of the Piazza del Municipio, which is laid out in gardens, stands an equestrian statue of Victor Emmanuel II (1897). On the west side of the square is the fine Town Hall (1819-25), originally built to house government departments.
Address
Naples Town Hall
Piazza del Municipio
I-80100 Naples
Italy
University
From Piazza Garibaldi the broad Corso Umberto I runs southwest to the University, with its massive main building (1908) facing the street and behind it the former Jesuit college (1605) which was the only university building from 1777 to 1908. To the east is the church of Santi Severino e Sossio (1494; rebuilt 1731 onwards).
Address
Naples University
Via Cintia, Monte S. Angelo
I-80126 Naples
Italy

Naples Surroundings

Picture of Ascent of Vesuvius
Read More Ascent of Vesuvius
(Vesuvius)
Vesuvius can be appreciated up close or afar. A road leads up the volcano to a point where visitors can do a short hike to the rim of the crater rim and around the crater.
Read More Camaldoli
There are great views of the Naples area from the 16th C monastery of Camaldoli, just northwest of the city. It stands on a high point, at 458 m.
Read More Cumae
The ruins of the ancient city of Cumae are located a short drive west of Naples. Cumae was established in the 9th or 8th C B.C., and is the oldest Greek settlement found in Italy.
Read More Posillipo
The area of Posillip contains villas and gardens located along a ridge of hills looking out over the water.
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