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tour guide naples, campania
 funny naples
There is something truly vibrant and alive,
something infinite. (John Turturro)
artistic naples
Neapolitans dig the art from the sun.
(Camillo Boito)
legendary naples
Remove Vesuvius to Naples,
and the voice of the enchanted mermaid
awill lose the sweetest harmonies.
(Renato Fucini)
spectacular naples
I apologize all those who
the sight of Naples makes lose senses!
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
musical naples
Musical capital of Europe,
ergo of the world.
(Charles de Brosses)
authentic naples
Wonderful, quaint, poignant:
that of the street. (Roger Peyrefitte)
Guided tours Naples (Campania - Italy)

GUIDED TOURS IN NAPLES

 

Located at the centre of its homonymous gulf, between the Vesuvius and the volcanic area of ​​Campi Flegrei, Naples is the capital of the Campania Region, the third most populated Italian city after Rome and Milan.
Represents a main metropolis of culture in Europe. Headquarters of Federico II, the first European public university, also hosts theOriental, the oldest university sinology and eastern studies.
In the 90s, Unesco recognized the historic center of Naples as world heritage of mankind and the Somma-Vesuvius Volcanic System as a world biosphere reserve.

 

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ITINERARY 1: NAPLES WALKING TOURS

A) Two castles

Meeting Point: "Castel Nuovo" (or Maschio Angioino) entrance, close to the Ship Terminal Naples (Stazione Marittima).

Our tour begins at Castel Nuovo close to the Ship Terminal Naples.
We'll visit the famous Galleria Umberto I, a short walk along the main street "Via Toledo", we'll reach the elegant square "Piazza dei Martiri", where there are the shops that display Italian high fashion. Last stop another castle: "Castel dell'Ovo" where the history of Naples began thank to a mermaid, and the gulf of Naples appears in all its beauty.

Duration: About 3 hours



B) From the modern underground stations to the Ancient Center of Naples.

Meeting Point: "Castel Nuovo" (or Maschio Angioino) entrance, close to the Ship Terminal Naples (Stazione Marittima).

We take the metro train and after two stations will be at the gates of the old city center. We will go to the discovery of some of Neapolitan treasures, between churches, typical narrow street, street artists, its art... a unique experience. An ancient gate "Port'Alba" ancient streets such as "Via Tribunali or Spaccanapoli" will be a pleasant surprise.

Duration: About 3 hours


ITINERARY 2: WALKING WITH CARAVAGGIO

We start from the “Pio Monte della Misericordia” (Pious Mount of Mercy) in via Tribunali (in the historical center of Naples), where you will see the famous painting "Sette Opere di Misericordia" (Seven Works of Mercy). Then we'll visit the church of San Domenico Maggiore to see a copy of “Flagellazione” (Flagellation) made by a Neapolitan painter D.A.Vaccaro (the original made by Caravaggio is in the Museum of Capodimonte). Our walk will take us from the famous Spaccanapoli, important street of the ancient Greek-Roman Neapolis, to Via Toledo, one of the most famous Neapolitan streets built by a Spanish Viceroy. On the way we make a stop at the Palazzo Colonna-Zevallos di Stigliano where there is the last Neapolitan masterpiece painted by the Caravaggio "Il martirio di sant'Orsola"(The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula). We are now just a few steps away from the Galleria Umberto I, Piazza del Plebiscito. A bit of shopping, a pizza, a "babà"... The sweetest way to end a walk in Naples!

Duration: 1 day


ITINERARY 3: THE TWO GALLERIES -FROM PRINCIPE DI NAPOLI TO UMBERTO I-

The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies is gone, the city of Naples has lost its role of Capital and there is nothing new in the air, all the rules are decided elsewhere. Then they design wider streets, new buildings, between these two Galleries: the first Galleria Principe di Napoli was less fortunate while the second, Galleria Umberto I, became very famous. Our walk will start from the National Archaeological Museum where there are precious testimonies of the towns destroyed by the fury of the volcano Vesuvius in 79 AD. We enter the Galleria Principe di Napoli, in Liberty style ,an inspiration from the elegant French and English shopping malls. Few meters away is Piazza Dante designed by a famous Neapolitan architect Lugi Vanvitelli where there is a Modern Art underground-Station, projected by an Italian architect Gae Aulenti. Then we reach the busy Via Toledo full of shops and elegant mansions, where on the way there's another Metro Art underground Station "Stazione Toledo" defined by the UK's Daily Telegraph as "the most beautiful in Europe" (designed by the Spanish architect Oscar Tusquets Blanca). We end up the walk at the impressive Galleria Umberto I, a meeting point from where we can easily reach Via Toledo, Piazza del Plebiscito with the Royal Palace and the prestigious as well as the most ancient Opera House in the world "Teatro San Carlo."

Duration: 1 day


ITINERARY 4: WHERE IT ALL BEGAN -FROM CASTEL DELL'OVO TO PALAZZO SAN GIACOMO-

On the little island of Megaride, where the first Greeks landed, and the place in which the mermaid Partenope died, the one who gave life to this Greek city, then luxurious residence of the Roman general Lucullus. It was that during the Middle Ages that the castle “Castel dell'Ovo” was built, then came the monks, the Normans, so much history by the Gulf of Posillipo in Sorrento, Capri. According to a medieval legend the Latin poet Virgil hid an egg in the underground of a fortress, today Castel dell'Ovo. We are in Santa Lucia, where the ancient and the modern meet at the foot of Monte Echia. Leaving this place we reach, with a ten minutes walk, the monumental Piazza del Plebiscito. We admire the Royal Palace, the church of San Francesco di Paola, and other buildings which flank the sides of the square while on the top of Vomero Hill, you can see the Certosa di San Martino and Castel S'Elmo waiting for new visitors. We make a stop at the Literary Caffè Gambrinus, once a meeting place for Italian and European intellectuals society. Then we continue our walk along Via Toledo, from which we enter the Galleria Umberto I, today a nice shopping area. From here we can see the oldest Opera House in the world, Teatro San Carlo. Leaving the Galleria Umberto I, we will reach the Angevin “Castel Nuovo” or “Maschio Angioino”, once a royal residence. On the facade we can see Triumphal Arch made of white marble from Carrara. We'll over a look the excavations of the City Hall Square, which gave us a lot of surprises: including the finding of three roman ships. We will end the walk in front of he City Hall so called “Palazzo San Giacomo”.

Duration: 1 day


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