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This guide is written by Neapolitans who live and love their city. If you are organizing your holiday to visit the historic center of the city of Naples Italy, on this website you will find valid support on the monuments, streets, churches, museums and others beautiful places to visit, where to sleep, itineraries, how to move, things to do in Naples and other useful tourist information.

Known throughout the world, Naples has become in recent years one of the most visited destinations by foreigners and italians. Naples Italy is a city with a historic center rich in history with museums that will make you relive the past, churches full of decorations and traditions, famous squares and streets that express the essence of Naples. Walking through the historic center of Naples Italy you can admire, between a coffee accompanied by a sweet hot sfogliatella and a pizza for lunch, the architecture of the historic buildings among the monuments that follow one another.

Naples is the city of a thousand colors, the city where folklore and the warmth of the people will envelop you. If you need help during your visit to Naples, you will find people who will be able to help you with pleasure and cordiality.

This guide is written by Neapolitans who live and love their city. If you are organizing your trip to visit the city of Naples on this website you will find valid support on the monuments to visit, where to sleep, itineraries, how to move around the city, things to do in Naples and other useful tourist information.

Spaccanapoli is one of the symbolic streets of Naples Italy and is so called because it divides the ancient city in two, between north and south. Commonly called the Lower Decumanus, it is a long straight line of the historic center which, together with the Decumanus Major and the Decumanus Superior, is one of the three main arteries of the original Greek urban layout. The street is one of the most famous and animated streets in the city and in the historic center of Naples Italy. Here there are many sites of historical and artistic interest in Naples italy. Numerous churches stand out, including the Basilica of Santa Chiara, the Church of Gesù Nuovo, the Church of San Domenico Maggiore. We also find an infinity of historic noble palaces, including Filomarino Palace, Petrucci Palace, Venezia Palace, Marigliano Palace. Originally the route rose from San Domenico Maggiore Square and continued as far as Duomo Street. In Roman times, the street lengthened and also incorporated the area of the present Gesù Nuovo Square as evidenced by the remains of the Roman baths found under the cloister of the basilica of Santa Chiara. The modern concept of Spaccanapoli, on the other hand, also […]

Spaccanapoli

Via Domenico Capitelli, Napels, Italy

Bourbon Tunnel – entrance Grottone Street

The Bourbon Tunnel, is an underground cavity in Naples Italy that extends under the hill, near the Royal Palace. By decree of February 19, 1853, Ferdinand II of Bourbon commissioned the architect Errico Alvino to build a long underground tunnel that connected Plebiscito Square to Vittoria Square. The work was part of the public works that Ferdinand II had conceived, however its real purpose was military: it was to constitute a quick escape route to the sea for the royal family in case of riots and a quick connection with the palace for the soldiers quartered in the Chiaia barracks: the Victory barracks and the Cavallerizza barracks. The works lasted three years and were carried out exclusively by hand with picks, hammers and wedges, and with lighting provided only by torches and candles. On May 25, 1855, the Bourbon Tunnel of Naples Italy was inaugurated with the passage of Ferdinand II of Bourbon, but then it remained open to the public for only 3 days. The gallery closed permanently for economic reasons and for the decline of the Bourbons with the arrival of the unification of Italy. The path was abandoned in the following century, until during the Second World […]

Bourbon Tunnel – entrance Grottone Street

Vico del Grottone, 4, Naples, Italy

Basilica of Gesù Vecchio

The Basilica of Gesù Vecchio is one of the basilicas of Naples Italy; it is located in Giovanni Paladino Street, in the heart of the historic city center. The temple is called Basilica of Gesù Vecchio due to the fact that later, due to the expansion of the Society of Jesus, a new much larger church was built a short distance away, known as the Church of Nuovo Gesù (or of the Greater Trinity). It was the first Jesuit church in Naples Italy: its construction began in 1555 and it became the first place of worship for the Order of the Society of Jesus in the city. The church has a facade, built in the late seventeenth century by Giovan Domenico Vinaccia, in baroque style with a slightly convex shape: in the center there is the entrance door, surmounted by a large rectangular window. The interior of the Basilica of Gesù Vecchio has a latin cross architectural structure, with a single nave and side chapels, and preserves numerous works of art. The main altar contains a sculpture of the Immaculate that belonged to Don Placido. Very well known is the Feast of the Privileged Saturday falls on the first Saturday […]

Basilica of Gesù Vecchio

Via Giovanni Paladino, 38, Naples, Italy

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