Naples in 1 day

1. 8:30 a.m. Breakfast in Piazza Dante. A warm sfogliatella from SfogliateLab (Piazza Dante 80, €2 in its online shop), then a standing espresso at Caffè Mexico at number 86, reported at under €2. It comes sugared unless you say senza zucchero.
2. 9:15 a.m. Gesù Nuovo. Free, about 470 m from the square. Twenty minutes: the diamond-point facade, then the baroque interior it hides.
3. 9:30 a.m. Santa Chiara cloister, €7. The majolica-tiled cloister opens at 9:30 a.m. (Monday to Saturday); the basilica next door is free. The cloister is closed on Thursday, October 22, 2026, when the church stays open.
4. 10:30 a.m. Cappella Sansevero, €12. Book the 10:30 a.m. slot. Slots run every 30 minutes and the grace period is only 10 minutes. The ticket office has moved to Via Raimondo di Sangro 12. No phones or photos inside.
5. 11:15 a.m. San Gregorio Armeno. The nativity-workshop street, 370 m away via Piazza San Gaetano. Fifteen minutes is plenty outside November and December.
6. 11:45 a.m. Pio Monte della Misericordia, €10. Caravaggio's Seven Works of Mercy in the chapel it was painted for, open seven days a week.
7. 12:15 p.m. The Duomo. Free, about 100 m further. Visits pause during Mass (9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., plus 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Sundays).

1 p.m. Da Michele. Via Cesare Sersale 1, 518 m (7 minutes) from the Duomo, open daily from 11 a.m. Take a numbered ticket at the door; there are no bookings. The July 2026 menu has four pizzas, all €6.50, a €1 cover, and a half-liter of water for €2. Order one margherita and one marinara and share: the marinara tells you more about the dough.

3 p.m. Napoli Sotterranea, €18. Walk back 740 m to Piazza San Gaetano 68. Guided tours in English and Italian leave every hour from 10 a.m.; the last is at 6 p.m. Small parties do not book: you queue, which the operator says takes 10 to 90 minutes. That is why this plan goes mid-afternoon, after the lunch rush. Allow about 1 hour 20 minutes, including the Roman theater hidden inside a family's flat. It is 136 steps down to about 40 m, with an optional narrow candlelit passage.

From Piazza San Gaetano it is 2.2 km (1.4 miles), about 29 minutes on foot, to Piazza del Plebiscito: west along the decumanus, then down Via Toledo. Look into the Galleria Umberto I on the way. The square is often fenced for events, so do not count on the photo.

Then follow the Lungomare 1.1 km to the causeway of Castel dell'Ovo. The castle itself is still closed for restoration, but the causeway and the view are free. Sunset in Naples is at about 6:46 p.m. on October 1, 6:24 p.m. on October 15, 5:08 p.m. on October 26 after the clocks change, and 4:46 p.m. in mid-November. In November, swap the order: seafront first, underground after dark.

8 p.m. Dinner at Osteria della Mattonella. Via Giovanni Nicotera 13, 604 m from Plebiscito; ring the bell. Order the genovese. It publishes no prices; a food-tour operator's 2026 guide puts it at €20–€35 a head. Sources disagree on its closing day, so phone +39 081 416541.

On the first Sunday of the month state museums are free, but nothing in this plan is a state museum, so it changes little. The Duomo's Mass times matter more on Sundays.

Flying in November 2026? Capodichino airport is closed for runway works from November 1 to 30, and some airlines have moved their flights to Salerno airport (QSR), about an hour's drive from Naples: see getting to Naples.

What we left out, and why. Castel Nuovo (€10, closed Sundays) is worth it only if its halls are open that day; Palazzo Reale (€15, closed Wednesdays) loses its Hall of Mirrors and Salone d'Ercole to restoration from October 1, 2026; Galleria Borbonica runs Friday to Sunday only. None beats the old town on a single day.

Gesù Nuovo, the Duomo, the Lungomare and the castle causeway are free. Add Naples' tourist tax if you sleep here: since May 1, 2026 it is €6 per person per night in 4-star hotels and €5.50 in 3-star hotels and B&Bs. Under-18s get into Pio Monte and the cloister at reduced prices, so check each page if you travel with children.

Naples: Downtown Tour with Veiled Christ & St Clare Tickets

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Naples: Street Food Walking Tour with Local Guide

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Naples: Veiled Christ Entrance Ticket and Guided Tour

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