Where to actually go in Naples

L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele

Restaurant · Forcella / Centro

The legendary pizzeria with just marinara and margherita on the menu. Take a number and wait.

Best for: the classic Naples pizza

Best time: lunch or early dinner

Gino e Toto Sorbillo

Restaurant · Via dei Tribunali, Centro Storico

One of the most famous pizza houses on Via dei Tribunali; long queue, fast tables.

Best for: a famous pizza in the old centre

Best time: lunch or dinner

Intra Moenia

Cafe · Piazza Bellini

A literary café-bar on Piazza Bellini; a classic aperitivo start.

Best for: aperitivo

Best time: early evening

Concettina ai Tre Santi

Restaurant · Sanità

A celebrated family pizzeria in the Sanità district.

Best for: one of the best pizzas in Naples

Booking: Expect a queue.

Best time: dinner

Starita

Restaurant · Materdei

A historic pizzeria known for fried pizza.

Best for: fried pizza

Best time: lunch

Di Matteo

Restaurant · Via dei Tribunali

Pizzeria and friggitoria with cheap fried snacks and pizza a portafoglio (folded, to go).

Best for: a cheap street lunch

Best time: lunch

Gran Caffè Gambrinus

Cafe · Piazza Trieste e Trento

The grand historic café by the royal palace; try a sfogliatella.

Best for: coffee and pastry in style

Best time: morning

Attanasio

Dessert · near Garibaldi station

A bakery famous for hot sfogliatelle straight from the oven.

Best for: the best sfogliatella

Best time: morning

Spaccanapoli and the Centro Storico

Walk · Centro Storico

The straight street that splits the old city: churches, shrines, nativity-figure workshops on San Gregorio Armeno and street food.

Best for: a free wander through real Naples

Best time: morning

Pompeii day trip

Activity · Pompei (about 45 minutes by train)

The Roman city buried by Vesuvius, reached by the Circumvesuviana train. Big site: bring water and good shoes.

Best for: the best day trip from Naples

Booking: Buy the entry ticket on the official Pompeii site ahead.

Best time: full day, leave early

Lungomare and Castel dell'Ovo

Walk · Chiaia / Santa Lucia

The seafront promenade to the old castle on its islet, with Vesuvius across the bay. Free.

Best for: a free sunset walk

Best time: sunset

Napoli Sotterranea

Activity · Centro Storico

Tours of the Greek and Roman tunnels and cisterns under the city.

Best for: underground Naples

Best time: guided tour

Cappella Sansevero

Museum · Centro Storico

A small chapel holding the astonishing marble Veiled Christ.

Best for: one unforgettable sculpture

Booking: Book a timed ticket online.

Best time: booked slot

National Archaeological Museum

Museum · Museo

Treasures from Pompeii and Herculaneum, including the mosaics.

Best for: before or after Pompeii

Best time: morning

Mount Vesuvius hike

Activity · by bus from Naples or Ercolano

A short hike to the crater rim of the volcano.

Best for: standing on a volcano

Booking: Book a timed entry online.

Best time: morning

Toledo metro station

Sight · Via Toledo

A metro station designed like the sea, often called Europe's most beautiful.

Best for: a free photo stop

Best time: any time

Capri or the Amalfi Coast

Activity · ferry from Molo Beverello

Ferries to Capri or Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast for a day of cliffs and sea.

Best for: the big day trip

Best time: full day

Piazza Bellini

Area · Centro Storico

A square of bars and students around exposed Greek walls; the centre of a night out in the old town.

Best for: a student bar night

Best time: from about 10 PM

L'Antiquario

Cocktail bar · Chiaia

A speakeasy cocktail bar on the World's 50 Best Bars list.

Best for: a top cocktail

Price: $ — roughly $14–17 a cocktail

Best time: evening

Chiaia "baretti"

Area · Chiaia

Narrow streets of small bars where young Neapolitans drink outside.

Best for: a local bar night

Best time: from about 10 PM

Quartieri Spagnoli

Area · Quartieri Spagnoli

Dense old streets with cheap bars, street food and the Maradona mural.

Best for: cheap drinks and street life

Best time: evening

Heads up: Keep phones and bags close.