Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #10 in Naples, Italy

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 12 km
Ascend 564 m
Descend 668 m

Experience Naples in Italy in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in NaplesIndividual Sights in Naples

Sight 1: Chiesa della Santissima Trinità

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The Church of the Holy Trinity is a church in Naples, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa della Santissima Trinità (Napoli) (IT)

1072 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 2: Chiesa dei Santi Giovanni e Teresa

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The church of Saints John and Teresa is one of the monumental churches of Naples; it stands in the Chiaia district.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Santi Giovanni e Teresa (IT)

1922 meters / 23 minutes

Sight 3: Basilica Pontificia di San Gennaro ad Antignano

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The minor pontifical basilica of San Gennaro in Antignano is one of the monumental churches of Naples. it stands in the V Municipality of Arenella-Vomero, in the Vomero District, in via San Gennaro ad Antignano nº 82.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Gennaro ad Antignano (IT)

1252 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 4: Castel Sant'Elmo

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Castel Sant'Elmo is a medieval fortress located on Vomero Hill adjacent to the Certosa di San Martino, overlooking Naples, Italy. The name "Sant'Elmo" derives from a former 10th-century church dedicated to Sant'Erasmo, shortened to "Ermo" and, finally altered to "Elmo". Located near the upper terminus of the Petraio, one of the city's earliest pedestrian connections between upper and lower Naples, the fortress now serves as a museum, exhibition hall, and offices.

Wikipedia: Castel Sant'Elmo (EN)

1858 meters / 22 minutes

Sight 5: Chiesa della Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini

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The Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini is a church on via Portamedina in the historic city centre of Naples, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, Naples (EN)

295 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: San Michele Arcangelo

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San Michele Arcangelo or San Michele a Port'Alba is one of four major churches facing Piazza Dante in Naples, Italy. It stands near Port'Alba, a city gate opening to the piazza.

Wikipedia: San Michele Arcangelo, Naples (EN)

229 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: San Domenico Soriano

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The church of San Domenico Soriano takes its title from the miraculous image of San Domenico Soriano and is one of the monumental churches of Naples located in Piazza Dante. Here St. Nunzio Sulprizio was buried, whose body is placed on the high altar and following his canonization in 2018 the church changed its name to the church of Saints Domenico Soriano and Nunzio Sulprizio

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Domenico Soriano (IT)

519 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: San Giovanni Battista delle Monache

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San Giovanni Battista delle Monache is a former Roman Catholic church located in Via Costantinopoli 106 in central Naples, region of Campania, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Giovanni Battista delle Monache (EN)

405 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: Croce di Lucca

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Croce di Lucca

The church of the Croce di Lucca is a religious edifice in central Naples, Italy, on the Via dei Tribunali.

Wikipedia: Croce di Lucca, Naples (EN)

125 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Church of San Domenico Maggiore

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The Basilica of San Domenico Maggiore is a monumental church in Naples, located in an almost central position with respect to the lower decumanus, in the square of the same name.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Domenico Maggiore (Napoli) (IT)

42 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Amor Divino

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Amor Divino

The Cappella Sansevero is a chapel located on Via Francesco de Sanctis 19, just northwest of the church of San Domenico Maggiore, in the historic center of Naples, Italy. The chapel is more properly named the Chapel of Santa Maria della Pietà. It contains works of Rococo art by some of the leading Italian artists of the 18th century.

Wikipedia: Cappella Sansevero (EN)

201 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Cappella Pontano

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Cappella Pontano

The Pontano Chapel is a small Renaissance temple in Naples located in the ancient center of the city, along the major decumanus, between Via del Sole and Via dei Tribunali. The church of Santa Maria Maggiore alla Pietrasanta is also located near the building.

Wikipedia: Cappella dei Pontano (IT)

320 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: Basilica di San Lorenzo Maggiore

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San Lorenzo Maggiore is a church in Naples, Italy. It is located at the precise geographic center of the historic center of the ancient Greek-Roman city, at the intersection of via San Gregorio Armeno and via dei Tribunali. The name "San Lorenzo" may also refer to the new museum now opened on the premises, as well as to the ancient Roman market beneath the church itself, the Macellum of Naples.

Wikipedia: San Lorenzo Maggiore, Naples (EN)

246 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: Chiesa di San Nicola a Pistaso

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Chiesa di San Nicola a Pistaso Deca16894 / CC BY-SA 4.0

The church of San Nicola in Pistaso is a place of worship of historical and artistic interest in Naples, located in via San Biagio dei Librari, the toponym in Pistaso refers to the homonymous minor seat of the Sedile di Forcella present in that area of the city.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Nicola a Pistaso (IT)

94 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: Chiesa di Santa Maria del Divino Amore

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The church of Santa Maria del Divino Amore is a monumental church in the city of Naples, located between Piazzetta del Divino Amore, Via del Grande Archivio, Via de Blasiis and Vicoletto Paparelle al Pendino.

Wikipedia: Chiesa del Divino Amore (IT)

414 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 16: Arciconfraternita della Compagnia della Disciplina della Santa Croce

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The church of the Compagnia della Disciplina della Santa Croce is one of the monumental churches of Naples. It is located in the historic center of the city.

Wikipedia: Chiesa della Compagnia della Disciplina della Santa Croce (IT)

354 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 17: Chiesa delle Crocelle ai Mannesi

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The church of St. Francis of Assisi, popularly known as the church of the Crocelle ai Mannesi, is a building of historical and artistic interest in Naples. It is located in the heart of the historic center, in the square of the same name.

Wikipedia: Chiesa delle Crocelle ai Mannesi (IT)

87 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 18: Chiesa di San Giorgio Maggiore

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San Giorgio Maggiore is a basilica church located on the corner of Via vicaria Vecchia and Via Duomo, in central Naples, Italy. The apse of the church lies diagonally across the street from San Severo al Pendino.

Wikipedia: San Giorgio Maggiore, Naples (EN)

219 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 19: San Biagio Maggiore

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The church of San Biagio Maggiore also known to its locals as 'Santa Patrizia' is a small former religious edifice located at the intersection of Via San Biagio dei Librai and Via San Gregorio Armeno, which was an integral part in the city center of Naples, Italy. It is adjacent, and for many years integral to the church of San Gennaro all’Olmo.

Wikipedia: San Biagio Maggiore (EN)

6 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 20: San Gennaro Cathedral

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The deconsecrated church of San Gennaro all’Olmo is a former religious edifice located in the city center of Naples, Italy, on Via San Gregorio Armeno. It is adjacent and for many years integral to the chapel-church of San Biagio Maggiore.

Wikipedia: San Gennaro all'Olmo (EN)

92 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 21: Chiesa di San Gregorio Armeno

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San Gregorio Armeno is a church and a monastery in Naples, Italy. It is one of the most important Baroque complexes in Naples. The church is located on a street of the same name just south of Via dei Tribunali and a few blocks south of the church of San Paolo Maggiore, Naples

Wikipedia: San Gregorio Armeno (EN)

228 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 22: Santi Severino e Sossio

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The church of Santi Severino e Sossio and the annexed monastery are located on via Bartolommeo Capasso in Naples, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santi Severino e Sossio (EN)

158 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 23: Santi Filippo e Giacomo

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Santi Filippo e Giacomo is a Renaissance-style, Roman Catholic church in Naples, Italy, located on Via San Biagio dei Librai, near the churches of San Biagio Maggiore and Santa Luciella.

Wikipedia: Santi Filippo e Giacomo, Naples (EN)

48 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 24: San Nicola a Nilo

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San Nicola a Nilo is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic church on Via San Biagio dei Librai #10, in the center of Naples, province of Campania, Italy. It stands across from the Palazzo Diomede Carafa.

Wikipedia: San Nicola a Nilo (EN)

202 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 25: Chiesa dei Santi Marco e Andrea a Nilo

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The church of Santi Marco e Andrea a Nilo is a former Roman Catholic church, located on via Paladino #50 in central Naples, Italy. It is less than a block east of the Santa Maria Assunta dei Pignatelli church.

Wikipedia: Santi Marco e Andrea a Nilo (EN)

373 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 26: San Francesco delle Monache (Centro Culturale Domus Ars)

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San Francesco delle Monache is a Baroque-style church located in via Santa Chiara, in Naples, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Francesco delle Monache (EN)

77 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 27: Santa Chiara

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Santa Chiara is a religious complex in Naples, Italy, that includes the church of Santa Chiara, a monastery, tombs and an archeological museum. The basilica church of Santa Chiara faces Via Benedetto Croce, which is the easternmost leg of Via Spaccanapoli. The church facade of Santa Chiara is diagonally across from the church of Gesù Nuovo.

Wikipedia: Santa Chiara, Naples (EN)

134 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 28: Gesù Nuovo

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Gesù Nuovo is the name of a church and a square in Naples, Italy. It is located just outside the western boundary of the historic center of the city. To the southeast of the spire, one can see a block away the Fountain of Monteoliveto and the piazza of the church of Sant'Anna dei Lombardi. The square is a result of the expansion of the city to the west beginning in the early 16th century under the rule of Spanish viceroy Pedro Alvarez de Toledo. The square of Gesù Nuovo contains three prominent landmarks:The Church of Gesù Nuovo The Church of Santa Chiara The spire or guglia of the Immaculate Virgin

Wikipedia: Gesù Nuovo (EN)

390 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 29: Basilica dello Spirito Santo

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Basilica dello Spirito Santo Antoine Pitrou / FAL

The Basilica of the Holy Spirit or complex of the Holy Spirit is a basilica in Naples located in Piazza Sette Settembre, along Via Toledo, in front of Palazzo Doria d'Angri.

Wikipedia: Basilica dello Spirito Santo (IT)

654 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 30: Chiesa dei Santi Alberto e Teresa

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The Church of Saints Joseph and Christopher, also known as the Church of Saints Albert and Teresa, is a Catholic place of worship of historical and artistic interest in the historic center of Naples, located in Piazza Santa Maria la Nova.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Santi Alberto e Teresa (IT)

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