This unusual site opened in 2000, and swiftly became a local favourite. The park clings to an exposed hillside above the city ring road, offering little...

In 1815, King Ferdinando returned to Naples after ten years of French rule, accompanied by his second wife. Lucia Migliaccio, Duchess of Floridia, was given...

The Parco Sommersa di Baia can be visited through the cultural association of Baiasommersa. They will also arrange scuba-diving trips to various underwater...

This inner-city park was founded in 1995 - in part to halt the uncontrolled expansion of urban development on the upper reaches of the Vomero hill. A number...

To appreciate this splendidly peaceful spot, you'll need to climb a long flight of steps. For your pains, you'll get a view into the Crypta Neapolitana, a...

From the entrance, a flight of steps leads up to the right and into a splendid cloister planted with medlar and lemon trees. This small art gallery is one...

Pio Monte della Misericordia was established in 1601 by seven Neapolitan nobles, with the purpose of providing interest-free loans to the needy. Borrowers...

The Educational Entertainment Centre shows a 3-D film of the ancient town in 79 AD, giving visitors the chance to witness to the eruption of the Vesuvius.

Astroni is one of the wonders of the Campi Flegrei: an entire volcanic crater carpeted with Mediterranean vegetation. Tapped by the Romans for its...

This vast, castellated church has an extraordinary rear entrance, with a curved double flight of marble steps leading up from the piazza. However, it is...

One of Naples' neoclassical rarities, San Francesco is surprisingly unpopular with the locals. Flanked by curving colonnades reminiscent of Saint Peter's...

The original fourth-century basilica was built by St Severus (364-410), when this area of Naples was occupied by descendants of families driven out of their...

This 14th-century church stands at the top of a dramatic flight of steps (added in 1707 by Ferdinando Sanfelice) above the modern church of the same name....

So-called because the sea (il mare) used to lap against its walls, this 12th-century building is the only surviving Norman church in Naples. The foundations...