Welcome to the jungle, Naples is europe’s most densely populated city. Enjoy Italy at it most Italian!
It boasts supersized statues as well as art and decorations of Pompeii and Herculaneum, the two ancient burgs that were buried in ash by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.
The least crowded time to visit is after 16:00. You may skip the long ticket-buying line by reserving ahead online (€ 2 fee) and printing out a voucher.
As a commercial port, Pompeii grew from Greek and Etruscan roots to become a Roman city. On August 24, A.D. 79, everything changed as Vesuvius erupted and buried the city under 10m of volcanic ash
Housed in an impressive palace dating to 1738. Features works by great Raphael, Titian and Botticelli, as well as Andy Warhol's "Vesuvius".
In Sale Moscati, notice the big bomb casing that hangs high in the left corner. It fell through the church’s dome in 1943, but caused almost no damage.
Built in 1737, 41 years before Milan’s La Scala, and Europe’s oldest opera house.The theater burned down in 1816, and was rebuilt within the year. there are guided 35-minute visits in English.
The statue, also known as Corpo Di Napoli, has become a landmark of the landscape of old buildings and alleys of the Decumani. It faces the church of Santa Maria Assunta dei Pignatelli.
The plays staged by the puppeteers reenact fictional episodes from the epic story of the life of Charlemagne and his chivalrous yet merciless knights. shows. Schedule posted on theater door.
Opened in 1865 to celebrate the newly unified kingdom of Italy, this street throbs with cars, buses, shoppers, and the last artery still open to traffic through downtown.
