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The Square of Kings
You start at the entrance to the Galleria Umberto I, whose glass dome stands where a tangle of alleys once stood, alleys that cholera exposed.
Essential Naples: audio walks
What should you see, and understand, on your first visit to Naples?
5 walks with different starting points and stories. Compare their maps, stops and duration, then choose where to begin.
Explore these walks
Naples makes more sense when its great places are connected with the life of its streets. These routes offer ways to begin, linking monuments and people through stories. The theme helps you choose a first direction without expecting you to see everything: each walk proposes its own approach to the city and its changes.
In “The Historic Centre, Layer by Layer”: You start with the most recent layer: Santa Chiara on the August afternoon in 1943 when it lost its roof, and what turned up underneath when it was rebuilt.
In “Saints, skulls and mysteries”: You start in front of a façade of diamond-pointed stones covered in marks that some read as masons' signatures and others as music.
In “The Square of Kings”: You start at the entrance to the Galleria Umberto I, whose glass dome stands where a tangle of alleys once stood, alleys that cholera exposed.
Choose from 5 independent walks in Naples. Open the one that interests you to see its map, stops and approximate duration before deciding. You don't need to do them all or follow this selection's order; each walk has its own starting and finishing points.
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The Historic Centre, Layer by Layer
You start with the most recent layer: Santa Chiara on the August afternoon in 1943 when it lost its roof, and what turned up underneath when it was rebuilt.
Naples: Saints, Skulls and Mysteries
You start in front of a façade of diamond-pointed stones covered in marks that some read as masons' signatures and others as music.
Santa Lucia and the Egg Castle
You start in Santa Lucia with the song they sing even in Sweden, and find out who really lived on this street: fishermen, oyster sellers and water-sellers quite capable of beating a policeman black and blue.
Spanish Naples
You start in front of the marble arch that Alfonso of Aragon slotted between two towers to celebrate his entry into the city, and beneath it you discover the story of the bronze door that a French king carried off and that ended up with a cannonball stuck in it.
Naples, before you go
Walk Naples with attention and an appetite. Narrow streets, slopes and the sea change the pace; leave room to look and to step aside for a moment.
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