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Naples by day from above: colourful buildings, palm trees, the bay and Vesuvius in the background

What to see in Naples from Via Foria and Capodimonte

From Via Foria 210 the historic centre is 1.3 km away and the Archaeological Museum about 1 km.

From Via Ponti Rossi 80 the Capodimonte Museum is about a 10-minute walk.

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The historic centre of Naples, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1995

The streets still follow the decumani of the ancient Greek city; the main one is Via dei Tribunali.

  • Naples Cathedral (Duomo)

  • Napoli Sotterranea, in Piazza San Gaetano: 136 steps down to about 40 metres underground

  • Sansevero Chapel, with Giuseppe Sanmartino’s Veiled Christ, from 1753

  • Piazza San Domenico Maggiore, on Spaccanapoli

From Via Foria, Spaccanapoli is a 10–15 minute walk; from Capodimonte the historic centre is about 3 km away, downhill.

The National Archaeological Museum of Naples

  • The Farnese collection and finds from Pompeii and Herculaneum, with the House of the Faun mosaics.

From Via Foria it’s about 1 km; from Capodimonte it’s 2.4 km downhill, about a 20-minute walk.

Capodimonte: the Museum, the Royal Park and the Catacombs

The Museum, in the royal palace within the Royal Park, also has works by Caravaggio.

Heading down towards the centre, you come to the Catacombs of San Gennaro.

  • From Via Ponti Rossi 80: park 600 metres, Museum about 10 minutes, Catacombs a further 700 metres

  • From Via Foria 210: the Museum 1.9 km, the Catacombs 2.5 km

Piazza del Plebiscito, the San Carlo and the Naples seafront

  • Galleria Umberto I

  • Teatro di San Carlo, from 1737: the oldest opera house in Europe still in use

  • Piazza del Plebiscito, with the Royal Palace

  • Castel dell’Ovo, on the seafront

On foot to Piazza del Plebiscito: just over 40 minutes from Via Foria, about an hour from Capodimonte.

Piazza del Plebiscito with the colonnade and the Basilica of San Francesco di Paola

Metro and buses to the centre of Naples

  • From Via Foria it’s 700 metres to the metro; bus 182 stops at the Botanical Garden, 200 metres away.

  • From Capodimonte the C63 stops outside the entrance and runs into the centre.

Many guests walk down into the centre and take the bus back up.

Getting here
Castel dell’Ovo by the sea, next to the Naples seafront

Capri, Ischia, Procida and Pompeii: day trips from Naples

Hydrofoils to Capri, Ischia and Procida leave from Molo Beverello.

The pier is 3.1 km from Via Foria and 4.6 km from Capodimonte.

Ferries to the islands and Positano

Pompeii, Herculaneum, Sorrento and Ravello can also be reached by car, from the motorway near Capodimonte.

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