7 Hidden Gems in Naples Most People Walk Right Past
7 landmarks with verified facts and stories
Art Metro Stations
Via Toledo, Municipalità 2, Naples, 80134, Italy
Naples turned its subway system into one of the most ambitious public art projects in Europe, and barely anyone outside Italy knows about it.
Basilica of Santa Chiara
49C Via Santa Chiara, Municipalità 2, Naples, 80134, Italy
The majolica-tiled cloister behind this church is one of the most photographed spots in Naples, and it's also one of the most improbable.
Bourbon Tunnel (Tunnel Borbonico)
4 Vico del Grottone, Municipalità 1, Naples, 80132, Italy
King Ferdinand II was paranoid, and for good reason.
Cappella Sansevero
19 Via Francesco De Sanctis, Municipalità 2, Naples, 80134, Italy
There is a marble sculpture in this chapel that has made grown adults weep.
Fontanelle Cemetery
80 Via Fontanelle, Municipalità 2, Naples, 80136, Italy
This is not a normal cemetery.
Rione Sanita
Rione Sanità, 80136 Naples
This is the neighborhood Naples forgot, and then remembered just in time.
Spanish Quarter (Quartieri Spagnoli)
Quartieri Spagnoli, 80134 Naples
The grid of narrow streets climbing the hillside west of Via Toledo was built in the 16th century to house Spanish troops garrisoned in Naples, and it has been considered dangerous by polite society ever since.
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