Naples in 3 days
Intense and full of street life, Naples has a UNESCO-listed historic centre cut through by Spaccanapoli, the Veiled Christ in the Sansevero Chapel and a whole city underground. It is also, of course, where pizza was born.
The plan, day by day
Day 1
- Morning
The historic centre and Spaccanapolifree · 2 to 3 hThe long straight street that splits the UNESCO-listed old town in two, lined with churches, cloisters and workshops making nativity figures.
- Afternoon
Sansevero Chapel and the Veiled Christabout 45 minA small chapel holding Giuseppe Sanmartino's 1753 marble Christ under a shroud so fine it looks like real fabric.
Day 2
- Morning
Underground Naplesabout 1 h 30Tunnels and cisterns dug into the soft tufa beneath the old town, used since Greek times and as air-raid shelters in the Second World War.
- Afternoon
Neapolitan pizzaabout 1 hSoft-centred and blistered from a wood-fired oven, made by pizzaioli whose craft UNESCO listed as intangible heritage in 2017.
Day 3
- Morning
National Archaeological Museum2 to 3 hOne of the world's great collections of Roman art, with the frescoes, mosaics and objects taken from Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Where to sleep in Naples
- Hotel Il Convento · €90 a night
- Correra 241 Lifestyle Hotel · €95 a night
- Hostel of the Sun · €60 a night
- Hotel Piazza Bellini · €130 a night
- Palazzo Decumani · €160 a night
- Hotel Royal Continental · €170 a night
- Grand Hotel Vesuvio · €400 a night
- Grand Hotel Parker's · €300 a night
- Grand Hotel Santa Lucia · €280 a night
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